Digital competence, digital citizen, digital hygiene

1. Digital competence, digital
hygiene, digital ethics
Pirje Jürgens
October 2017

2. Lovely to meet You and welcome to TLU!
• The administrative head of School of Digital
Technologies
• Samsung Digi Pass program coordinator
• Deep interest in technology enhanced
learning
• Student - Vocational pedagogy, BA
• Past - 12 years managing at the biggest Apple
Premium retailer in Baltics and Finland

3. Where are You from?
• http://bit.ly/2fYpqN3
• Pin Your country

4. http://bit.ly/2fYpqN3

5. Topics today
• Digital competence - what and why
• Analysing Your digital competence
• Digital Citizen
• Digital ethics
• Digital hygiene

6. Course “Learning in Communication and Creative
Disciplines”
• Why does it matter?
• Prepares the right skills and attitudes to handle the study
program
• Helps You find the meaning to Your studies by giving bigger
picture and perspectives

7. Today’s lecture on digital competences
• Why does it matter?
• Helps You map Your digital competences, thus help You
study and research
• Helps You map Yourself as a dignified digital citizen
• You will notice the threats and opportunities of the digital
student life

8. Lifelong Learning Strategy 2020
Everyone has the right to high
quality education despite the age, the
sex, the social status, the health, the
financial situation etc.
Everyone has the rigt to have
motivated teachers and quality
learning infrastructure.
Source: www.hm.ee

9. Digital competences in Lifelong Learning
• Digital competence as a general competence is developed
throughout the curriculum and hobby activities, and is a natural
part of the learning process.
• Digital teaching materials are of good quality and up to date
• Schools digital infrastructure is up to date , personal digital
devices are used daily (smartphones etc)
(Estonian Lifelong Learning Strategy 2020)

10. Tell me - what is
competence?

11. Knowledge

12. Skills

13. Attitudes

14. Attitudes
Worried dad tells on
Facebook that the teacher at
her daughter's school asked
the students to use their first
name as a password. Her
daughter doubt that it is a
right thing to do.

15. What is digital competence?
• Please go to www.menti.com and enter the code 83 05 67
• Please write some words that relate to You with “digital
competence” topic

16. www.menti. com 83 05 67

17. What is digital competence?
• Being able to use constantly evolving
technologies in constantly changing
society when learning, being a
citizen and communicating daily
(National curriculum for upper secondary schools)

18. What is digital competence?
• Searching and finding knowledge
with digital devices and evaluating
the relevance and trustworthy
(National curriculum for upper secondary schools)

19. What is digital competence?
• Taking part creating and using
digital content like text, music,
images, multimedia etc
(National curriculum for upper secondary schools)

20. What is digital competence?
• Being able to solve problems
with digital tools and techniques
and to communicate and
teamwork on different digital
platforms
(National curriculum for upper secondary schools)

21. What is digital competence?
• Being aware of the threats and
having the knowledge to
protect Your own privacy,
private data and digital identity
(National curriculum for upper secondary schools)

22. What is digital competence?
• Being able to follow the moral
and ethical values as well in
digital environment
(National curriculum for upper secondary schools)

23. Why is it important to have digital competence?
(National curriculum for upper secondary schools)

24. Digital competence
• Many areas of life have changed to digital:
• Working, applying for work
• Education
• Hobbies
• Social life, being part of the community

25. Digital competence
• Information and services are turned to digital
• Participating in economics and society is digital
• Digital competence is cross-cutting - it helps develop other
competences like language skills, communication skills, basic
math and science
• Not only accessibility and using to ICT but also adopting the
knowledge, skills and attitudes related to it

26. European Digital Competence Framework for
Citizens (DigComp)
The DigComp framework describes what digital competence is
and groups the competences in five areas:
• Information and data literacy
• Communication and collaboration
• Digital content creation
• Safety
• Problem solving

27. European Digital Competence Framework for
Citizens (DigComp)
The Digital Competence Framework can help citizens with self-
evaluation, setting learning goals, identifying training
opportunities and facilitating job search.
Follows how DIDCOMP defines the 5 digital competences

28. Information and data literacy
• Managing information
• Meaningful search of digital information
• Browsing
• Saving and reproducing the digital information

29. Communication and collaboration
• Communicating in digital environments
• Meaningful online communication
• Sharing content

30. Digital content creation
• Creating and editing digital content

31. Safety
• Protecting identity
• Using ICT safely

32. Problem solving
• Finding solutions to ICT problems
• Solving problems with ICT

33. Samsung Digital Passport
• Digital collector - collect and organise materials, apps, memories, contacts
• Digital Thinker - mark, sort and comment what You have collected
• Digital distributor - You share Your digital content withothers
• Digital author - You create digital texts, images, movies, music, tell stories, create instructions
• Digital team member - You do cowork, contribute to team, lead if needed
• Digital presenter - You take care of Your digital image, present Your(work) best self
• Digitally safe - You follow copyright, avoid risks to privacy, safety and health
• Digital problem solver - You will fix Your digital tools, find solution
• Digital innovator- You make things better, faster and smarter wiht digital tools

34. Digital portfolio
• For mapping Your professional development
• For presenting (marketing) Your artwork
• www.nunocorreia.com - audiovisual artist from Portugal,
scientist, teacher(also in TLU and BFM)
• pirjejyrgens.wordpress.com - vocational teacher
competences

35. Digital citizen
Digital ethics
Digital hygiene

36. Digital Citizen
• Citizen - individual member of society that follows the code,
expectations and functions accepted by the society
• Digital Citizen - see prev. and add: accepted and rsponsible
behaviour in technology enhanced environment
https://www.tlu.ee/opmat/tp/Digikultuur.pdf

37. www.menti.com 64 16 47

38. Skills of Digital Citizen
• Digital access
• Digital shopping
• Digital security
• Digital communication
• Digital hygiene
• Digital legislations
• Digital rights and responsibilities
• (N)etiquette
• Digital Literacy
https://www.tlu.ee/opmat/tp/Digikultuur.pdf

39. N(etiquette)

40. (N)etiquette
• Etiquette - the customary code of polite behaviour in society or
among members of a particular profession or group.
• Netiquette - rules for using in electronic environment. The goal
is to keep the digital environment pleasant to all users.

41. (N)etiquette
• Begin messages with a salutation and end them with your name.
• Use a signature (a footer with your identifying information) at the end of a
message
• Include a subject line. Give a descriptive phrase in the subject line of the
message header that tells the topic of the message (not just "Hi, there!").
• Avoid sarcasm. People who don't know you may misinterpret its meaning.
• Respect others' privacy. Do not tag, quote or forward personal email without
the original author's permission.
• Acknowledge and return messages promptly.

42. Your TLU email
• Use Your TLU email mainly
and regularly
• Info from study counselor
• Unlimited space in Google
Drive
• You alone are responsible
of Your learning results.
These are the tools
provided to You

43. Reply vs Reply all

44. Reply vs Reply all
• Never answer to all in mailing list
• Always think if “all of them” can help You
• ALWAYS double check before You “spam” to a list

45. Copyright and intellectual property
• The exclusive legal right to reproduce, publish, sell, or distribute
the matter and form of something (such as a literary, musical, or
artistic work)
• Today’s information society demands high standards on
protecting intellectual property. Internet has opened up
possibilities to share creative work easily, thus needs solid rules
and framework.

46. Copyright and intellectual property
• Always refer if You use someone else’s images, music, videos,
multimedia. texts
• Correct referencing is a decision, attitude and responsibility.
Especially in Your academic life.
• Refer also when blogging
• Make sure You know the conditions You need to meet in order to
share someone else's content
• Not referring = stealing of intellectual property

47. Copyright and intellectual property
• If needed, please use public domain materials (do not need to
refer to author)
• CC0- No Rights Reserved

48. Creative Commons Licenses
https://pirjejyrgens.wordpress.com/2016/04/16/oppematerjalide-autorioigus-maakeeli/

49. Digital Hygiene
Conscious action and mindset to to ensure the digital safety of self
and those around
aka digital safety; e-safety

50. Digital Hygiene
dailymail.com
micheleborba.com

51. Digital Hygiene
What are the online threats nowadays?

52. Digital Hygiene
Solid passwords
Overview of Your online accounts
Create accounts Yourself
Regular change of passwords
Multiway authentication
Always log out!
Never use obvious passwords!

53. Digital Hygiene

54. Digital Hygiene
Regular copies
Avoid viruses
No clicking on strange links
Don’t hare too much private information to strangers

55. Digital Hygiene
Think for Yourself! Don’t be a drone!

56. Name some daily devices that are connected to the internet

57. Always change default logins/passwords!
Smartwatch
Security camera
Air conditioning
Ventilation system
Baby monitor
Alarms
Locks
Washing Machine
Sprinklers
etc.

58. Assignment
Ask the person sitting next to You, to google Your name
google:”name surname”
Ask the person what kind of impression he gets by the information
he/she receives from the internet
Is the impression correct? Is it exactly the impression You want to
give out?

59. Good luck with Your studies!