Assessing IT skills with free practice tests

by Michael Tighe

Posted on 7th May 2020 at 5:07 pm

All ICDL courses offer free online practice tests called Diagnostic Tests to help you diagnose what digital skills you need to work on the most. What is an ICDL diagnostic test? Diagnostic tests are a kind of practice or mock assessment of your skills for a specific ICDL course. They contain similar questions to the […]

ECDL/ICDL is now free from SOLAS as response to ongoing Covid-19 crisis

by Michael Tighe

Posted on 22nd April 2020 at 2:52 pm

ECDL/ICDL is now free on fetchcourses.ie to support those affected by the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. SOLAS, the Further Education and Training Authority, has made ECDL/ICDL resources available for free on the SOLAS online learning service as a support to learners who have been impacted by the current containment measures. Students can now access 10 ECDL […]

Digital skills in an uncertain world

by Amy Townsend

Posted on 26th March 2020 at 4:56 pm

Life has changed suddenly and the skills we need to cope with this new reality have changed too. By Mary Cleary, the deputy chief executive of the Irish Computer Society, which runs Tech Week. We often talk about life skills and in “normal” times, there is little disagreement on what those are. Apart from specific job-related skills, […]

ICILS Results Highlight Importance of Digital and Information Literacy Skills for Students

by Michael Tighe

Posted on 4th December 2019 at 12:24 pm

The results of the International Computer and Information Literacy Study 2018 were published earlier this month. They highlight the fallacy of ‘digital natives’ being digitally competent through exposure to digital devices. Shockingly, only 2% of students in the study showed an ability to assess online information critically. ICILS, which is published by the International Association […]