What is digital competence?

Digital competence is the set of skills, knowledge and attitudes that gives pupils access to the use of technologies and systems.

Digital competence is one of 3 cross-curricular responsibilities, alongside literacy and numeracy; it focuses on developing

digital skills which can be applied to a wide range of learning experiences that are transferable to the world of work.

What does the DCF include?

The DCF is made up of 4 strands of equal importance; each strand has a number of elements. The 4 strands are:

• Citizenship
• Interacting and collaborating
• Producing
• Data and computational thinking