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The Use of ICT in Guidance

UK training event on digital skills for advisors

The UK Euroguidance centre recently took part in a training event on Digital Skills and
Resources for Advisors Working with Young People.

With young people in-
creasingly comfortable
with using digital apps
and resources as part
of their daily lives, there
is a growing expec-
tation that education,
training and guidance
also contain a digital
element. However, the
range of apps, websites
and other tools avail-
able means that know-
ing which resources are
best to use in sessions
with young people can
be difficult. Therefore,
Euroguidance UK was
delighted to take part in a train- was able to provide a European per- A common thread throughout the
ing event recently which looked spective, highlighting online mobili- day was that the digitalisation of
to help advisors make the most ty tools and other careers guidance the learning and guidance pro-
of the different tools available. resources (such as Cedefop’s Skills cess was not about finding ICT
Hosted in Bradford, England, Panorama) which can aid work with tools for all aspects of our work.
the event was organised as part young people, particularly when it Instead, the focus should be on
of an Erasmus+ project called comes to making the most of the getting comfortable with using a
DECODE (which is specifically international opportunities open to few trusted tools which comple-
looking to address digital skills them. Also in attendance at the event ment, rather than replace, tradi-
amongst teachers, trainers and were DECODE project partners from tional ‘offline’ guidance methods
guidance professionals). across Europe who presented their and approaches.
national contexts. Indeed, attendees
Education and guidance profes- commented that this transnation- Presentations from the day are
sionals were joined by digital ex- al approach was extremely bene- available at
perts, such as Steve Dale from the ficial, as it was both reassuring to www.padlet.com/international5/
Bradford Innovation Centre, with see that people elsewhere in Europe DECODEBradfordevent
the content for the day focussing faced similar problems and inspiring
on the impact which apps etc. can to learn about new innovative ways
have on young people’s learning of using digital tools to engage with Dr Luke Postlethwaite,
and progression. Euroguidance young people. Euroguidance UK