OnlineHE_Toolkit

110 The European Commission's support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents, which reflect the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. Project Number: 2020-1-RO01-KA226-HE-095434 Best Practice 12: The Digital Competence Wheel 1. Topic/ Area Digital skills 2. Title The Digital Competence Wheel 3. Type of Best Practice Online Testing Tool That Maps Digital Competences 4. Date released 2015 5. Partners/ network The Digital Competence Wheel has been developed by the Center for Digital Dannelse. 6. Level International/EU 7. Description of the methods/ approach and/or theories used The Digital Competence Wheel is theoretically based on a major EU research project, DIGCOMP, deriving from the European Parliament’s inclusion of digital competence, as one of the eight core competences for lifelong learning. 8. Purpose/Aim The purpose of the Digital Competence Wheel is to support the development of digital competences. It provides an overview of the digital competences and which ones need to be improved, as well as concrete inspiration for how to improve the most relevant digital competences. This way, it can be used both for guidance and self-evaluation of school staff’s digital competences 9. Target group Higher Education faculty & staff University leadership teams Learning designers/educational technologists Higher Education students 10. Evaluation (results) of its effectiveness (if applicable) N/A