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The Lithuanian Pilot for CEPIS European Digital Literacy Survey: A Gap between the Perceived and the Actual States Dr. Eugenijus Telešius CEO, ECDL Lithuania Riga, Baltic IT&T 2007 Forum
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Contents Surveys of the General Digital Literacy in 2004-2006 in Lithuania Two experiments with self-assessment and real testing Opinion of holders of ECDL and ECDL Start Diploma
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Problem IT is changing the way of our living Digital Literacy barrier Insufficient attention to Digital Literacy problem Digital Literacy researches in Lithuania Need in European-level researches
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Monitoring Digital Literacy in Lithuania The General Computer Literacy Program (15 September 2004) System for monitoring the Digital Literacy of the citizens Ministry of Education and Science Computer Literacy Centre at Kaunas University of Technology
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Lithuanian Digital Literacy Surveys Method of a questionnaire survey Representative and adequate assessment: principle of quota groups About 1 000 citizens aged from 16 to 70 Methodics of students with respect of their place of residence Methodics of mobile research groups
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Research results About 50% of Lithuanians claim good skills
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Research results Stable number of respondents who can not work on the computer One percent increase of literate citizens corresponds to about 25 000 new computer users 2004 45,63 % 2005 48,56 % 2006 49,92 %
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77,19 % with good digital skills use the computer on a daily basis 50,7 % have Internet access 71,84 % have a computer at home Serious warning: 50,98 % of those who work on the computer do not use the e-services Research results
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4-Research results Full Reports on General Computer Literacy (2004 - 2006) Available online: http://www.emokykla.lt/lt.php/tyrimai/visuotinis_kompi uterinis_rastingumas/1131 (In Lithuanian) http://www.emokykla.lt/lt.php/tyrimai/visuotinis_kompi uterinis_rastingumas/1131
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Self-assessment and real testing experiment, 117 accountants – postgraduate studies SkillsSelf- assessment Test results Can’t work on computer317 Poor4618 Good5734 ECDL1148
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Self-assessment and real testing experiment, 35 teachers - postgraduate studies
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Survey: Holders of ECDL and ECDL START Certificates 752 respondents E-mail based questionnaire Who encouraged you to ECDL? – Personal resolution (49,93%) Will you seek further skills improvement? - Yes (91,83%) Did ECDL increase your work efficiency? – Yes (80,24)
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Survey: Holders of ECDL and ECDL START Certificates Does ECDL make you feel stronger in EU labor market? – Yes (49,93%) Would you recommend ECDL to your colleagues? – Yes (79,89%) Did you find ECDL superior to other certificates? – Yes (46,6%) Who should pay for the certification – User (22,64%), employer (41,28), state (21,17), I don’t know (14,91)
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Importance on the European level Establish a true understanding of the state of Digital Literacy Country monitoring of Digital Skills Comparison by country, gender, age and oth. factors Compelling argument for Governments and corporations Tool to enable increasing Digital Literacy
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Thank you ! Dėkui ! Paldies ! Спасибо ! Dziękuje !
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