7 Ideas for a discussion on "Digital Culture and Education"

The Space Foundation Telefonica hosts a series of debates organized in collaboration with élogos Foundation , dedicated to the role of ICT in today's job market in Spain. From what was stated in the roundtable meeting on April 16 on "Digital Culture and Education. ICT as a means and object of study, "7 Ideas include:

Session 3 Digital Culture and Education
Session 3 Digital Culture and Education
  1. There is a major disconnect between what the education sector provides and demanding society and business. Education authorities should make changes in order to provide more appropriate training.
  2. There are not enough well-trained professionals in ICT and foreign languages.
  3. New technologies have changed the way we go to the client and the internal organization of firms. We must learn to work in new virtual spaces and know how to use social media as a powerful communication tool.
  4. In many cases they already have the tools but still works with traditional analog models. You do not need a technical background to be user.
  5. Key is the ability to manage and exploit the abundance of information on the Internet comes continuously.
  6. Instead of emphasizing regular training processes, which are becoming less formal, more diverse and global, should focus more attention on the regulation of the accreditation and certification of skills.
  7. It would be desirable to have a common framework for digital competence in education and that teachers act as active agents of knowledge.