www njszt hu www ecdl hu DIGITAL LITERACY

www. njszt. hu, www. ecdl. hu DIGITAL LITERACY AND ECDL IN HUNGARY ECDL Office of John von Neumann Computer Society, Hungary Third Regional ECDL Conference, Belgrade, 9 th October 2009.

www. njszt. hu, www. ecdl. hu The Mission • Our common mission: Equal opportunities to everyone in the information society • What to do? Let’s bridge the digital divide • How? By spreading digital literacy Third Regional ECDL Conference, Belgrade, 9 th October 2009.

www. njszt. hu, www. ecdl. hu The solution Which is the best tool? Of course ECDL!!! With ECDL save 20% of time * save 420 Euro/employee/year * * refer to Hungary Third Regional ECDL Conference, Belgrade, 9 th October 2009.

www. njszt. hu, www. ecdl. hu Why is so important? The Cost of ignorance • 2 hours 51 min/person/week lost • ~ 1 billion Euro lost/year only in Hungary! Third Regional ECDL Conference, Belgrade, 9 th October 2009.

www. njszt. hu, www. ecdl. hu Organisation of the Hungarian ECDL • Accreditation Committee – the main decision maker body – representatives of ministries (see next slide) – representatives of main users (e. g. Telecom, Post, and the most relevant Test Centres) • Quality Assurance Committee – members are the most prestigeous experts, cca. 350 site visits/year • National ECDL Office – the operative government of the Hungarian ECDL Third Regional ECDL Conference, Belgrade, 9 th October 2009.

www. njszt. hu, www. ecdl. hu Close cooperation with • the following ministries – – – Prime Minister’s Office Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour Ministry of Education and Culture Ministry for National Development and Economy Ministry of Health • the local governments • the public education, the higher education and the vocational training Third Regional ECDL Conference, Belgrade, 9 th October 2009.

www. njszt. hu, www. ecdl. hu Recognition of ECDL • Resolution 1035/1998. of the government • ECDL for Public Officials - accredited program • ECDL for teachers - accredited training since 2000 (Teacher Upgrading Program) From July 2009: Credit points for ECDL acquired anyhow/anywhere • ECDL in the schools – ECDL based final exam • ECDL in VET • ECDL as a National Accredited program (FAT) Third Regional ECDL Conference, Belgrade, 9 th October 2009.

www. njszt. hu, www. ecdl. hu How ECDL Hungary works • since 1997 • 400 Test centres • more than 350 000 candidates more than 3, 5% of the population • 230 000 certifications • 2045 testers • severe quality assurance Third Regional ECDL Conference, Belgrade, 9 th October 2009.

www. njszt. hu, www. ecdl. hu International TOP 10 – August 2009 (% population penetration) • Hungary is the 8 th in cumulative sales to date. Third Regional ECDL Conference, Belgrade, 9 th October 2009.

www. njszt. hu, www. ecdl. hu Number of registrated Candidates/years Third Regional ECDL Conference, Belgrade, 9 th October 2009.

www. njszt. hu, www. ecdl. hu Hungarian initiatives for the sustainable increasing • International QA System (plus Hungarian representative in the Quality Assurance Committee) • Public Test Book (Syllabus 5. 0 - official deviation) • Imagemaker • ECDL SELECT • New module for Blinds • Electronic Signature Third Regional ECDL Conference, Belgrade, 9 th October 2009.

www. njszt. hu, www. ecdl. hu Public QTB Approved as an accepted deviation by ECDL-F Requirements: • to multiply the number of tests/module (the multiplication factor is cca. 8) • To ensure conformance with Syllabus and CTT Benefits: More satisfied consumers – major interest for ECDL Guaranteed Quality! (can the „Secret QTB and its few tests really remain a secret after a while…? ) Third Regional ECDL Conference, Belgrade, 9 th October 2009.

www. njszt. hu, www. ecdl. hu Imagemaker module • About digital photos – fulfills a new requirement of the market (most of the people now have digital camera) • Photoshop and GIMP versions, • Cca. 25 -30 hours course, 45 minutes test • Dozens of Test Centres, hundreds and more candidates • Optional module for ECDL Select • Hungary since April 2006: becoming more and more popular • The most enthusiastic are the students, but not only Third Regional ECDL Conference, Belgrade, 9 th October 2009.

www. njszt. hu, www. ecdl. hu The only courseware accredited by ECDL-F • contact for more info: ecdl@njszt. hu Third Regional ECDL Conference, Belgrade, 9 th October 2009.

www. njszt. hu, www. ecdl. hu ECDL Select • Piloted in 2006 • Launched in 2007 7 ECDL (core) modules + W ebstarter + I magemaker As N ew modules 9 modules = more flexible system Third Regional ECDL Conference, Belgrade, 9 th October 2009.

www. njszt. hu, www. ecdl. hu ECDL SELECT Modules 1, 2, 3, 7 for everyone + 3 modules to be choosen from Module 4 (Spreadsheets) Module 5 (Database) Module 6 (Presentation) Imagemaker Webstarter OCR (for Blinds) Third Regional ECDL Conference, Belgrade, 9 th October 2009.

www. njszt. hu, www. ecdl. hu ECDL SELECT • 70% of the Test Centres joined • 50% of the Candidates choose SELECT The preferred modules to leave out of the 7 modules: IT Concepts + Database: both „ignored” by 92, 9% IT Concepts ignored by 97, 4% Database ignored by 95, 5% Third Regional ECDL Conference, Belgrade, 9 th October 2009.

www. njszt. hu, www. ecdl. hu ECDL SELECT – The choice is yours! Can you imagine a „better best practice”…? Third Regional ECDL Conference, Belgrade, 9 th October 2009.

www. njszt. hu, www. ecdl. hu Endorsed Products Screen. Reader and OCR • a real alternative for visually imapared people instead of Presentation, in order to ensure equal opportunities for everyone in using PC • possible part of ECDL Select for Blinds (instead of Presentation) Electronic Signature • accepted by the ECDL-F in July 2009 Third Regional ECDL Conference, Belgrade, 9 th October 2009.

www. njszt. hu, www. ecdl. hu Help with ECDL • Children with cancer • ECDL for refugees Third Regional ECDL Conference, Belgrade, 9 th October 2009.

www. njszt. hu, www. ecdl. hu SUMMARY What Hungary gives to the ECDL/ICDLCommunity: • Basis of the QA System and help to maintain and develope quality • 3 new modules (Imagemaker, Endorsed Modules: OCR - for Blinds, Electronic Signature) • More flexible system: ECDL SELECT • Idea of the Public Test Book to satisfy consumers and to maintain quality • The practice of the cooperation with the main stakeholders of the digital literacy Third Regional ECDL Conference, Belgrade, 9 th October 2009.

www. njszt. hu, www. ecdl. hu Add success after success We are ready to support your efforts Bea and Istvan on behalf of the Hungarian ECDL Third Regional ECDL Conference, Belgrade, 9 th October 2009.