How Much Is Digital Illiteracy Costing Your RTO?
- Posted By Super User
- HR Management
In spite (or perhaps because) of rapid and ongoing technological advances, many individuals today are inadequately prepared to leverage available tools and technologies to communicate and collaborate with their colleagues and external stakeholders. Traditionally, the Digital Divide was about access and cost, but it is becoming an issue of knowledge and use. Given that, it is increasingly important for learning professionals, and particularly trainers and assessors, to directly address the issue of digital literacy.
What constitutes digital literacy?
Digital literacy is comprised of four components. The first three focus on basic knowledge and understanding, as well as organisational and individual applications. The fourth focuses on related skills and the ability to leverage digital technology effectively.
Being a training designer presents daily opportunities to challenge ourselves, push boundaries, and design solutions that make our businesses successful, clients happy, and learning audience more effective. But sometimes our work isn't inspirational, and it's really hard to get ourselves psyched-up to change the world thinking about compliance frameworks and guidelines.
What this Standard means for your RTO - The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) is the national policy for qualifications in the Australian education and training system. The National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 requires that RTOs comply with the AQF as a condition of their registration. The AQF recognises RTOs as ‘authorised issuing organisations’, able to issue AQF qualifications and statements of attainment to learners who have satisfied the relevant competency requirements. All authorised issuing organisations are required to comply with the requirements of the AQF, including the volume of learning. The AQF has full effect from 1 January 2015.
