This presentation explores the digital skills required for the modern workplace. Almost all workplaces are Digital Workplaces and workers require at least basic computer skills to be competent in their roles. However there remains a Digital Proficiency Gap in many organisations as the skills required in the workplace are not being developing in a formal way. A New Digital Divide is emerging, between the many people who have Digital Lifestyle Skills and those who have Digital Workplace Skills. The development of mobile technologies and social media tools
has narrowed the traditional digital divide but the technologies and tools required in the workplace require a different set of skills. Research conducted through the ECDL network in Europe suggests a Digital Native Fallacy -
the fallacy that young people have the digital skills required for work but in reality their skills are primarily Digital Lifestyle skills rather than Digital Workplace skills. It is imperative that we prepare people for the Digital Workplace by ensuring they achieve a competent level of Digital Proficiency.