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Inclusive Education to host Microsoft Digital Literacy resources
Sister site, Inclusive Education, is currently redesigning it’s web site and hopes to implement a virtual learning environment to provide free access to Microsoft’s digital literacy resources.
Registered users will be able to access a variety of free resources to achieve a certificate after completion of five main areas:
Computer Basics
The Internet and the World Wide Web
Productivity Programs
Computer Security and Privacy
Digital Lifestyles
Each of the five areas takes between 2 – 3 hours to work through, so you can easily fit it around existing commitments.
The goal of Digital Literacy is to teach and assess basic computer concepts and skills so that people can use computer technology in everyday life to develop new social and economic opportunities for themselves, their families, and their communities.
Whether you are entirely new to computing or have some experience, this curriculum will help you develop a fundamental understanding of computers. From using the Internet, to sending e-mail, to creating a résumé, the Digital Literacy Curriculum helps you develop the essential skills you need to begin computing with confidence.
There are two versions of Digital Literacy. While there are minor changes to the content coverage between versions, the course titles remain the same. The primary difference between the versions is that the examples and screen shots in the original curriculum feature Microsoft Office 2003 and Microsoft Windows XP, while Version 2 of the Digital Literacy Curriculum offers examples and screen shots from Microsoft Office 2007 and Microsoft Windows Vista.
Inclusive Education will be offering both versions of the Digital Literacy course to support users on previous versions of Microsoft Office as well as those of us who have made the transition.
If you would like to register an interest in being contacted when this is up and running, please contact us at elearning@threebears.biz
