The document discusses embedding digital literacy and processes into apprenticeship standards and delivery. It provides advice to the Apprenticeship Institute on including digital skills in trailblazer standards, the standards development process, and delivery. Recommendations include using digital tools for collaborative standard writing, consultation, and maintenance of standards over time. Digital literacy frameworks from Wales and basic digital skills standards from The Tech Partnership are presented as examples.

1. Building Digital Literacy and Digital Processes into standards and delivery
Joe Wilson
20/04/2017 Apprenticeships Ideation Day

2. • Overview –The new apprenticeship landscape / digital enablement / digital
literacy
• Digitally enabling theTrailblazer process - advice for Apprenticeship
Institute
• Digital Literacy into apprenticeships the challenges – advice for
Apprenticeship
• How do we getTrailblazers and Apprenticeship Institute to horizon scan –
Checklist for Apprenticeship Institute
Agenda
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3. Quick overview of what this meeting is all about:
»Provide advice to BIS and Institute for Apprenticeships
› Embedding Digital processes
› Embedding Digital Literacy
› ForTrailblazers horizon scanning checklist
Overview – Deliverables
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4. ‘Make or Break ‘ House of Lords Report
Changing demands from firms, consumers, students and communities mean
that apprenticeships, vocational qualifications and degrees need to deliver
more general—and also specific—digital capabilities.
Trailblazer Guidance
‘Trail Blazers now have to address digital literacy within their standards and
should have an understanding of digital processes in both the creation of their
standards with a view to embedding this in delivery and assessment ‘
Context
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5. We know Sainsbury Report will suggest 15 routes for technical apprenticeships -
digital processes and digital literacy has to drive all of this and it will be broader
than apprenticeships – will impact across all vocational qualifications/training.
UK Government Digital Skills Strategy
“While the government is to be commended for the actions taken so far to tackle
aspects of the digital skills crisis, stubborn digital exclusion and systemic problems
with digital education and training need to be addressed as a matter of urgency in
the government’s forthcoming digital strategy.”
Context – post referendum
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6. Report findings
12.6 million adults in the UK lack basic digital skills; 5.8 million people have never used the internet; only 35% of computer teachers in schools
have a relevant degree and 30% of the required number of computer science teachers have not been recruited; and 13% of computer
graduates are still unemployed 6 months after leaving university. This digital skills gap is costing the UK economy £63 billion a year in lost
GDP.
The gap between digital skills possessed and digital skills needed demonstrates a long-running weakness in the UK’s approach to this crisis.
The Committee is calling for:
Digital skills to be made one of the core components in all apprenticeships, not just ‘digital apprenticeships’.
Industry led vocationally-focused digital careers advice in universities.
Universities to provide ‘code conversion courses’ to help graduates from non-computer science backgrounds enter the tech sector.
After introducing the much needed computer curriculum in schools, the Government to establish a forum for employers to feedback on the
continuing development of the curriculum, and Ofsted to include it in its school inspections.
A review of the qualifying requirements for ‘shortage occupation’ IT jobs under ‘Tier 2 visas’, to allow SMEs to get critical digital skills from
abroad.
Apprenticeship scheme processes to be simplified to allow SMEs to participate more easily.
Digital Skills Crisis – from Science andTechnology
Committee
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7. Page 7 Future of Apprenticeships in England
The English and maths criterion has been extended to cover digital skills, to the extent that Trailblazers are now required to
consider whether digital skills should be built into the standard(s) they are developing (criterion F at paragraph 85).
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In this context, “digital” encompasses the very broad set of skills that individuals need in order to understand, use or create the
software and services we all access through devices such as computers, tablets and ‘smart’ phones.
From review of all available information around apprenticeships to date
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Guidance forTrail Blazers Edited Highlights
Digital References
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8. Page 19
Criteria for apprenticeship standardsTo ensure every standard is high quality there are seven criteria that all
apprenticeship standards must meet.These, together with the kind of evidence needed to demonstrate compliance
with the criteria, are set out fully at paragraph 85 but, in summary, a standard must:
Be short, concise and clear.
Set out the full competence needed in an occupation, so that, on completion,the apprentice is able to carry out the
role in any size of employer across any relevant sector.
Have the support of employers including smaller businesses.
Be sufficiently stretching so that it will require at least a year of training (before the end-point assessment) with
off-the-job training accounting for at least 20% of the apprenticeship.
Align with professional registration where it exists.
Contain minimum English and maths requirements and any digital skills required.
Only include mandatory qualifications under certain circumstances.
Guidance forTrail Blazers Edited Highlights Digital
References
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9. Many trailblazer standards already available
»Fragmented ? – chunks rather than former National Occupational Standards
– autoglazing technician ??
»Not to common standard in format and expectations
»Digital literacy not embedded to date or clear that it could be standalone
component
»Procedurally blind ? Entry – processing – On-line blended delivery – balance
between course and End Point Assessment
Challenges on review of existing standards -
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Advice to BIS / Institute of Apprenticeships on advice forTrailblazer in
embedding digital literacy
Inside standards themselves ?
In the process – of standards development ?
In improving delivery of Apprenticeship standard through to End Point
Assessment

11. You need to think about how you can and use digital capabilities to design and
maintain the standards you are developing.
As you start the development of your standards; have you thought about, how are
you going to make best use of a wiki or another collaborative tool that allows you
and your co-developers to collaborate on the development of the standards, review
comments and work together in production of the final product?
When the initial process is complete have you thought about how comments and
suggested amendments to the standards will be managed and monitored over
time?
The Standards Development Process – after the fact ?
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If we acknowledge the process needs to be more inclusive ( small employers,
awarding bodies, end point assessment organisations, training providers)
What advice would you give new Institute for Apprenticeships in using digital
tools for
1. Opening up process ofTrailblazer standards consultation
2. The maintenance and review of standards
3. Assessment and tracking of learners
4. Balance of course and end point assessment
5. Maintenance of standards across assessment centres
Thinkathon – one
Standards Development, Review and Maintenance

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Stop and think – Embedding Digital Processes

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InWales they have already changed their essential skills framework to include
digital literacy . This replaces IT as the essential skill – Digital Literacy is a
broader set of skills
The full -Welsh Story is here -
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cd4DgTucXVXHc1sKRgzqc0yjkYyGItE1
x312PEIC5bI/edit
Digital Literacy theWelsh Experience

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Based on jisc work

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• Digital responsibility
• Digital information literacy
• Digital productivity
• Digital collaboration
• Digital creativity
• Digital learning
Welsh Framework based on

17. TheTech Partnership currently undertaking work to establish a set of
standards for basic digital skills
https://www.thetechpartnership.com/globalassets/pdfs/basic-digital-skills-
standards/160531_BasicDigitalSkillsStandards_CONSULTATIONDRAFT_V5.pd
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Digital Skills
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18. PRE-LEVEL 1 LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4+
FUNCTIONAL
SKILLS ENTRY 1-3
FUNCTIONAL
SKILLS LEVEL 1
FUNCTIONAL
SKILLS LEVEL 2
BASIC STANDARDS
(TECH COMMISSIONED TO LEAD)
EMPLOYER LED STANDARDS
(TBC)
ADULT EDUCATION BUDGET
FUNDING
SKILLS LEVEL
FUNCTIONAL
SKILLS
QUALIFICATIO
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STANDARDS
DEVELOPMENT
DIGITAL SKILLS STANDARDS - UNDERSTANDINGTHE LANDSCAPE

19. Organisation of the standards
The seven categories of technical
digital skills include:
1. Safety and security
2. Managing information
3. Increasing productivity
4. Exploiting technology
5. Implementing technology
6. Communicating effectively
7. Working on-line
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The six categories of behavioural or
transferable skills include:
1. Critical thinking
2. Innovation
3. Employability
4. Business awareness
5. Responsibility
6. Teamwork

20. Digital Skills Standard Organisation

21. Transferable Skills Standard Organisation

22. Technical Competences for Basic Digital Skills 1.
Managing Information

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What additional feedback can we offerTech Partnership today ?
What are the challenges in making digital skills and embedded and/or a
standalone component ?
What will challenges be in rolling out digital skills in the apprenticeship space ?
Thinkathon session two -

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Stop and think Embedding Digital Literacy

25. Who looks after what ?
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The Institute for
Apprenticeships
Ofqual
regulated qualifications
Ofsted and QAA
SFA
•Apprenticeship standards
•Certification
•Funding – but not English and Maths (SFA?)
•Regulationof EPA ?
•Certification of Apprentice
•Quality of delivery
•Still funds everything other than
apprenticeships
•Functional Skills - Digital Literacy ?

26. Thinkathon
Checklist for filtering future at vocational level ?
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27. Internet ofThings (expected to reach $7.3tn by 2017)
Wearable technologies (expected to reach $70bn by 2024)
Big Data and Data Analytics (expected to reach $32.4bn by 2017)
5G and associated wireless technologies (expecting a 40-fold increase by 2018)
Robotics (expecting to reach $29bn by 2018)
Autonomous vehicles (expecting to reach $28bn by 2020)
Advanced manufacturing, building automation (expected to reach $49.5bn by 2018)
Future Proofing –What would be useful advice for
Trailblazers – stats on industry impact ?
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28. Future Proofing –What would be useful advice for
Trailblazers – List of things that will have impact on
education and all sectors
Blended Learning
Greater use of video and video streaming
Augmented Reality,
Virtual Reality,
The internet of things and mobile learning
Apps for learning ,
Learner Analytics and impact of big data
Predictive assessment,
Open badges and new forms of digital
certification.
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Consumer Technologies > 3DVideo > Drones
> Electronic Publishing > Quantified Self >
Robotics >Telepresence >Wearable
Technology
Internet Technologies > Bibliometrics and
CitationTechnologies > Cloud Computing >
Networked Objects > Semantic Applications >
Syndication Tools
Social MediaTechnologies > Crowdsourcing >
Online Identity > Social Networks

29. Future Proofing –What would be useful advice for
Trailblazers – List of things that will have impact on
education and all sectors
Digital Strategies > BringYour Own
Device (BYOD) > Flipped Classroom >
Location Intelligence > Makerspaces >
Preservation/Conservation
Technologies
LearningTechnologies > Digital
Badges > Learning Analytics and
Adaptive Learning > Mobile Learning >
Online Learning > Open Content >
Open Licensing >Virtual and Remote
Laboratories
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Visualization Technologies > 3D Printing/Rapid
Prototyping > Augmented andVirtual Reality >
InformationVisualization >Visual Data Analysis >
Volumetric and Holographic Display
Enabling Technologies > Affective Computing >
Electrovibration > Flexible Displays > Machine
Learning > Mesh Networks > Mobile Broadband >
Natural User Interfaces > Near Field
Communication > Next-Generation Batteries >
Open Hardware > Speech-to-Speech Translation >
Virtual Assistants >Wireless Powe