Digital Skills : Digital Skills for Work and Life

Course overview

This course will help you understand what digital means, how it’s changing the way we live and work, and how you can learn the skills needed in the increasingly digital workplace. In Week 1 we will look at how digital is integrated into our everyday lives and how digital changes have impacted the world of work across different industries and jobs. In Week 2 we will look at an in-demand skill in the digital workplace, the growth mindset. Adopting a growth mindset can help you to learn new skills and adapt to the changing world of work. This can help you to thrive in the digital workplace!

What will I learn?

By the end of this course you will be able to:

• Explain what digital means and how it’s integrated into our day-to-day lives.
• Understand how digital is changing the world of work and the opportunities and challenges this brings.
• Understand the meaning of a growth mindset and how it can help you reach your full potential and thrive in the digital workplace.
• Identify how you can re-frame setbacks and challenges to view them as an opportunity to learn and improve.

 

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Who will support your learning?

This course is being provided to you by Accenture to help you gain digital skills. The Accenture team will share their expertise to help equip you with the skills to succeed in today’s increasingly digital workplace.

Accenture is a global technology company that helps businesses grow through using digital.

Digital experts from Accenture will be guiding you through the course. Meet some of the team below.

The Lead Educator

Your educator on this course is Candida M., who is HR Director for Accenture’s UK and Ireland businesses. Together with her talented team of HR professionals, she is responsible for the recruitment and professional development of over 15,000 employees.

Candida joined Accenture in 1997 and during this time has worked across Accenture’s businesses, at both local and global levels. Be it running major change programmes or leading large complex people transitions within the UK and across multiple geographies, Candida’s expertise has been firmly focused on the people that are at the heart of the business.

Candida and her team are instrumental in delivering Accenture’s commitment to achieving gender balance in its workforce by 2025. Her passion for diversity & inclusion, deep skills in diversity strategies & talent planning and her expertise in HR services will be key to making that happen. Candida is also passionate about ensuring we are building the right skills needed for the future, especially in an ever-increasing digital world.

In this activity, we will explore what digital means and how it’s integrated into our day-to-day lives.

By the end of this activity you will be able to:

• Explain what the term digital means and how it has developed over time.
• Explain the difference between digital and technical.
• Identify the ways in which you are already using digital, and the skills associated with this.
• What are you looking forward to learning about in this activity? Post a comment below to share your thoughts with other learners.

Remember to click the ‘Mark as complete’ button before moving on to the next steps throughout the course to ensure you receive your accredited certificate of completion.

Digital means lots of different things to different people.

In the video, you heard about some of the different uses and benefits of digital. They included the following:

• We can buy almost anything online.
• Companies can connect with their customers more easily.
• We have a better understanding of what’s going on in the world.
• We can keep in touch with friends and family.
• Many of the services we use are quicker and more personalised.

Are you surprised by the different meanings of digital in the video? Answer the question yourself - what does digital mean to you?

Share your thoughts with other learners in the comments below. Remember to like and reply to other interesting comments.

Digital technology is not new. The image below shows key moments in the development of digital technology over time, beginning in the 1940s with the invention of the transistor, the basic building block for all modern computer technology.

Look at the image below:

• Which of the digital developments have you experienced?
• Can you think of any more that aren’t mentioned below?
• Share your thoughts in the comments at the bottom of the page.

Our presenter, Shajida, was eager to work within the digital field right away. She was constantly surrounded by a range of digital technologies in her day-to-day life and wanted to pursue a career close in this area. That’s why, after studying electronics and computing at college, she successfully applied for an apprenticeship with a digital consulting company. Today, she is combining the technical knowledge she’s gained from her apprenticeship with her awareness of digital possibilities to create new ways of working for her clients.

It’s important to recognise the difference between digital and technical when thinking about the kind of jobs that might be right for you. Look at the table below to see some of the key differences and examples of tasks you might do in a job related to each area.

Note: These are only some examples and it’s important to keep in mind that there is often overlap between the two.

In this activity, we will explore how digital changes have affected different industries and jobs.

By the end of this activity you will be able to:

• Explain how digital has changed the way we work.
• Identify how digital is changing different jobs and sectors and the opportunities and challenges this brings.
• Before we start, are there any opportunities or challenges you think digital developments might bring to the world of work? Post a comment below to share your thoughts with other learners.

Remember to click the ‘Mark as complete’ button before moving on to the next steps throughout the course to ensure you receive your accredited certificate of completion.

Remember to keep thinking about the questions below when looking at each industry:

• Have you used some of the examples of digital in the industries mentioned?
• How might these industry changes impact people’s jobs?

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