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Digital competences for a digital social professional
www.esocialwork.eu@DavyNijs
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The Internet is
changing society
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“Technology can raise our quality of life and our learning quality, and has the potential to enrich social work…”
(Rafferty and Steyaert, 2007)
+Expertisecel eSocialWork.eu:
Supporting social workers on…
(1) how to use the Internet as a tool
and on
(2) how to guide the Internetuse of children, young people and adults
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+The EU framework for key competences programma Education & Training 2010
1. Communication in the mother tongue
2. Communication in a foreign language
3. Mathematical literacy and basic competences in science and technology
4. Digital competence
5. Learning-to-learn
6. Interpersonal and civic competences
7. Entrepreneurship
8. Cultural expression
+Digital competence
Digital competence involves the confident and critical use of electronic media for work, leisure and communication. These competences are related to logical and critical thinking, to high-level information management skills, and to well- developed communication skills.At the most basic level, ICT skills comprise the use of multi-media technology to retrieve, assess, store, produce, present and exchange information, and to communicate and participate in networks via the Internet.
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+e-practice
skills
+Clash
+Tricky point
‘innovation through resistance-attitude’
(Rafferty, J. and Steyaert, J., 2006)
+Framework suggestion (wip)…
(1) showing a positive attitude towards the Internet
(2) being media-literate online
(3) being able to guide clients in their use of the Internet
(4) integrating the use of the Internet in daily practice
(5) specific competences for specific online care (e.g. care by chat or email).
+3 initiatives
eLab4socialworkhttp://eopvoeding.classy.be/?page_id=551
eLab4socialwork light
Opleidingsteam online hulphttp://www.e-hulpvlaanderen.be