The Essential Digital Skills qualifications (EDSQs) equip individuals with the necessary skills to safely navigate, engage with, and actively contribute to the digital world. These qualifications are particularly beneficial for those aiming to enhance their digital competencies to function more effectively in everyday life.
Essential Digital Skills qualifications (EDSQ) are mapped to national standards for basic digital literacy. Those with no or low digital skills are now entitled to take the qualification free of charge. The EDSQ framework defines the digital skills adults need to safely benefit from, participate in and contribute to the digital world.
The qualifications cover five key topics: using devices and handling information, creating and editing using apps, communicating electronically, e-commerce transactions online and being safe and responsible online.
Entry requirements
Learners must be over the age of 19 years old
Learners need to have some basic digital skills (pre-course assessment is required via a Job Club appointment). You will also need access to the Internet and suitable device(s) outside of the classroom.
Teaching method
Learning will take place in a classroom situation, with independent learning (outside the classroom) in the form of set activities or practise of things learned in the classroom. You will generally work individually.
How is your progress checked
You will be supported by a tutor in a classroom and will need to do independent work for homework. The qualification will be assessed by a combination of different tasks.
Assessment
Self-evaluation at the end of the course
More information
A full specification of EDSQ can be found:
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Course details
Contact information
Community Learning Team
Email: community.learning@bracknell-forest.gov.uk for course information
Email: olc@bracknell-forest.gov.uk for room hire
Phone: 01344 354220