Kevin Campbell-Wright, Niace

Adults need Digital Literacy Too!Kevin Campbell-Wright, Digital Project Officer June, 2014@KevAtNIACE

as you probably already know...

• 90% of US teens use social media daily

• 55% – 65% of millennials use Facebook daily

• 72% of teenagers use their smartphone while watching TV

• 90% students use social networking during the school day

Source: CUESEO & Teensafe 2012

• E-Safety, Digital Footprint and Career searching taught at most colleges and learning providers

• Basic ICT Skills are expected when enrolling in full time FE and HE

• “Everyone has a SmartPhone”

as you probably already know...• Older people don’t use

technology whatsoever• No one over 50 has

ever used SnapChat• SmartPhones confuse

my mother• It’s bad news if your

“rents” are on Facebook

• Because we teach adults “hardly anyone uses a smart phone”Source: Made up stereotypes

60% of people over 30 use social media daily78% of adults in the UK have regular access to the internet

It’s amazing! I can pay my

credit card bill while walking to

a meeting

I get everything cheaper when I

pay for it online!

Hold on...is this actually safe?

Was it safe in the old days? Couldn’t you

have had bank robbers then?

PhishingCard Cloning

Identity TheftSpammingSkimming

Online Fraud

This will make the learning

experience more responsive to your needs!

TV LICENSE

CAR TAX

UNIVERSAL CREDIT

LearningBy 2015, 10% of publically funded FE & Skills provision must be online

By 2017, 50% of publically funded FE & Skills provision should be online

Awarding bodies to explore Online Badges

But how do I learn to access the learning?

This will mean people can

access learning in their own

time!

Less QualifiedEarn LessDon’t Access Learning

WorkToday, around 75% of jobs require digital literacy – by the end of next year it may be as high as 90%.

So this could mean that, but the end of next year, around 20% of people can’t apply for 90% of the jobs!

But how do I learn to access the learning?

22%

UNIVERSAL CREDIT

DIGITAL BYDEFAULT

• Digital ChampionsMentors that support learners in acquiring the digital skills they want, need or could use.

http://www.niace.org.uk/community-learning/resources/curriculumdevelopment

• Resources for Digital LiteracyResources that can support staff and learners

http://moodle.niace.org.uk/moodle/course/view.php?id=429

E-ResponsibilityCivic ParticipationDigital By Default EmployabilityIntergenerational

Adults need Digital Literacy Too!Kevin Campbell-Wright, Digital Project Officer May, 2014@KevAtNIACE

THANK YOU!kevin.campbellwright@niace.org.uk@KevAtNIACE www.niace.org.uk

What are the gaps in provision for adults?

How can we approach this?