The Framework encapsulates the skills that will help learners thrive in an increasingly digital world

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 subjects and scenarios.

The Framework, which has been developed by practitioners from Pioneer Schools, supported by external experts, has 4 strands of equal importance, each with a number of elements.

Citizenship – which includes:

• Identity, image and reputation
• Health and well-being
• Digital rights, licensing and ownership
• Online behaviour and cyberbullying.

Interacting and collaborating – which includes:

• Communication
• Collaboration
• Storing and sharing.

Producing – which includes:

• Planning, sourcing and searching
• Creating
• Evaluating and improving.

Data and computational thinking – which includes:

• Problem solving and modelling
• Data and information literacy.

Schools and settings should familiarise themselves with the framework, agreeing their strategic vision for cross-curricular digital competence and consider how to translate this into practice.

For more information on the Digital Competence Framework, click here to visit the Learning Wales website.