Digital skills allow people to effectively understand and interact with the digital world by consuming and producing digital content. There are five key areas of digital skills: ICT skills to use devices and programs; information skills to find and organize data; media skills to create and understand different media; communication and collaboration skills to work with others online; and learning skills to study effectively using technology. Being digitally literate enhances lives professionally, academically, and personally.

1. DIGITAL SKILLS AND PRACTICES
Digital skills, knowledgeand practices are increasingly important in enabling us
to effectively and safely understand and interact with the digital world. Being
digitally literate allows us to consume and produce digital content and
enhance how we operate in our professional, academic and personal lives. The
five areas of digital skills and practices are
 ICT /Computer Skill
 Information Skill
 Media Skill
 Communication And Collaboration
 Learning Skills
ICT /Computer Skill
This refers to the ability to use digital devices , programs, applications and
services in pursuit of goals. It covers a wide range of competencies from basic
keyboard skills to the ability to explore and understand new technologies. An
ICT literate person is able to choose from a variety of tools and services to
achieve an object using most appropriate means
Example Practices
 Use digital devices for everyday office tasks
 Online banking, shopping online, printing
 Using E-mail, creating and working with documents,
spreadsheets
 Copying file, e-mailing a file
 Evaluate and select a device appropriate for personal or work use
 Choose and buy a laptop, tablet or smartphone

2. Information Skills
Being able to find, interpret, evaluate, organise, manipulate, share and
record information is vital to learning and working in the 21st
century.
Example Practices
 Find Content
 Organize and share resources
 Evaluate resources
Media Skills
Production of high quality media is now relatively using widely available
service and software. Effective consumption and production of these type
of outputs requires a sophisticated understanding of audience, creator and
message
Example Practices
 Awareness, experience and understanding of a range of digital media
 E.g. email, blog, Skype, YouTube, twitter, face book
 Understand audience
 Choose means of transmission most suitable to target
recipients
 Choose appropriate language and content
 Create media resources
 Capture with photo, video and audio
 Use text, video and audio editing software
Eg Adobe Photoshop, In Design etc

3.  Awareness if Intellectual Property Right laws
 Knowledge of how IPR applies to own content
 Knowledge of how IPR applies to the use of content of
others
Communication & Collaboration
Digital networks increasingly play a significant role in supporting knowledge,
scholarship, research and learning, whilst collaborative working supported by
digital forms of communication is now common
Example Practices
 Communication
 Using email, online forums, chatrooms, social networks
 Understanding of online etiquette for different areas of
communication
 Using skype,microsoft communicator or other software
for video calls
 Collaborative
 Working simultaneously on document in online
environment
 Version control and tracking changes for document
passed between users
 Events
 Participating in and running interactive online events

4. Learning Skills
There are similarities to general learning skills but here there is a particular
focus on the ability to study and learn effectively in technology-rich
environments. Sometimes referred to as ‘learning to learn online’ this
encompasses the use of digital tools to support critical thinking , academic
writing, note taking, time and task management. A learner should be also
be comfortable being assesses and attending to feedback in digital formats
and with undertaking independent study using digital/digitized resources
and learning materials.
Example Practices
 Managing time and commitments
 Using calendars on one or across multiple devices eg
outlook, Google, Ical etc
 Understanding of how to organize meeting using
Microsoft Outlook
 Understanding and use of Skype, Microsoft
communicator or video conferencing as a way to save
time.
 Identifying and attending to own learning needs
 Online tutorials, forums etc
 Online courses
 Google, You tube, Wikipedia etc
REFERENCES:
 A New Approach to Teaching Learning Process- Dr.M.S.Sachdeva.
 Effective Teaching Evidence And Practice- David Reynolds
 Teaching Of Computer-Manish Tiwari.

5. DIGITAL SKILLS AND PRACTICES