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October 17, 2018

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Digital Learning Guides for Get Online Week. How can you help someone to get online for the first time? Why not try the ‘Get Online’ digital guide? It will take them through the basic steps of using a computer and may give them the confidence to take the next steps to becoming digitally aware.

Categories: Digital Skills

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October 15, 2018

Get Online Week

As part of Get Online Week, we wanted to highlight the Digital Learning Guides that SQA produced as part of our commitment to the Scottish Government’s Digital Participation Charter. The guides have been widely used to help people become more digitally confident. Robert worked as a Community Janitor with a local housing authority; changes to his job required him to carry out tasks such as complete timesheets online and take digital photographs to send via email. Robert didn’t have any…

Categories: Digital Skills

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October 12, 2018

Digital Skills Partnership Cyber Security December Events

Bobby previously mentioned the upcoming Digital Skills Partnership (DSP) events for November. DSP are also running Cyber Security events in December for lecturers. These events provide lecturers the opportunity to discuss the HNC Cyber Security framework with colleagues from other colleges, covering; what’s in the framework; sharing resources and expertise to aid delivery and a consideration of what is still needed for delivery. The dates for the December events are below; 6th December – from 13:30 – 17:00 in Glasgow,…

Categories: Computing

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October 11, 2018

Young people’s digital rights survey

Since their launch in February this year, the Young Scot 5Rights Youth Leadership Group has been busy investigating different aspects of the digital world – particularly around how young people can support each other around their digital rights, the role that businesses can play in realising young people’s rights, what cyber resilience means to young people, and how innovative technology can help young people exercise their rights in the digital world. The Youth Leaders are keen to hear from the…

Categories: Digital Skills

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October 10, 2018

Welcome to Lorraine

Lorraine joined the team on Monday. Lorraine replaces Emma, who is on maternity leave until next September. We’ve been under strength for a while and that has impacted on developments (and support to centres) so I appreciate your patience if we’ve been slow to respond to you during this period. Once Lorraine finds her feet, we’ll return to service-as-usual. So, the team now consists of me, Caitlin and Lorraine. Lorraine will introduce herself shortly. She has responsibility for non-advanced awards…

Categories: Computing

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