Conoce el proyecto DIGCOMP y las COMPETENCIAS DIGITALES

DIGCOMP: The European Digital Competence Framework

The video introduces DIGCOMP, a European framework for understanding and developing digital competence. It opens by noting that nearly half of Spain’s population lacks digital skills and that 8% have never used the internet.

Digital competence is the safe, critical and creative use of information and communication technologies to achieve goals related to work, learning, leisure, social inclusion and participation. It involves more than operating devices: people also need to think critically and use technology safely.

The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre created DIGCOMP as a shared reference for developing digital competence across Europe. First published in 2013 and later updated, the framework describes the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed in an increasingly digital world. The video identifies the 2022 version as the current one.

DIGCOMP’s five areas

1. Information and data literacy — Finding, navigating, evaluating and managing digital information and data.
2. Communication and collaboration — Interacting and sharing through digital technologies.
3. Digital content creation — Creating content, including understanding licensing and programming.
4. Safety — Protecting devices, privacy, health and the environment.
5. Problem-solving — Identifying digital needs and gaps, and addressing them.

The framework also describes levels of competence, ranging from initial to more specialised. The video presents a DIGCOMP-based self-assessment tool to help people identify areas for improvement and receive a personalised report of their results.

Speakers and sources featured

• Narrator — Presents the information and self-assessment tool; no individual speaker is identified.
• European Union — Cited for its 2006 definition of digital competence.
• European Commission’s Joint Research Centre — Cited as the creator of the framework.
• DIGCOMP framework — The reference model described in the video.
• Self-assessment tool — Presented as a way to identify strengths and areas for improvement.