EdDI

EdDI will allow young people who enter the labor market and who have not had the opportunity to complete their educational journeys, to access essential digital skills to enter the 21st century. The contents, developed by UNESCO, include the description and examples of the transversal or fundamental digital skills that allow us to understand how the online universe works.

These are skills that any citizen needs – but even more so those who are unemployed or in precarious work – to insert themselves into a society that is increasingly mediated and permeated by technology. The contents include: how to search for reliable information on the web, what privacy means on the Internet, what is a digital footprint, how others can use the personal data shared on the web, what is big data, how do algorithms, how to participate in the Internet and how to use digital language.

To build these skills, people must have essential skills linked to critical thinking, such as the ability to analyze, evaluate, process, identify and solve problems, argue, make decisions, create, communicate and participate in the digital environment.

This application is launched simultaneously for all of Latin America.

The idea is that anyone can download it on their mobile device and access it free of charge. This initiative complements the work that UNESCO -with the support of Microsoft- is developing with the institutions that are in charge of training young people for the world of employment.