Use a label "100 % digital-free course" as a positive selling argument?

Events

April 13, 2026 144

From Tool to Thinking: Digital Competences in Adult Education

A BarCamp event will be held in Hannover, Germany, on 24 June 2026, to open the floor for in-depth discussions of adult education experts and practitioners about the implications of digitalisation for society in general and for educational institutions in particular. The event…

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October 2025

A thought that crossed our minds recently when discussing with colleagues the approach VHS Hannover has chosen to communicate DigComp levels in (ideally: all) course descriptions: Wouldn't it be necessary to not only communicate the DigComp levels of our courses in their description but also to indicate when a course does not rely on (or refer to) any digital skills?

Background: As discussed earlier here (in several articles) there are concerns that certain users of adult education (citizens enroling to adult education courses) may rather be repelled by notions such as "smartphone" and "digital" in course descriptions. Some may simply not want to be bothered by these things at all. They want to book their painting course or cooking class, and they may find any mentioning of digital skills there simply annoying.

Hence the idea came up: Could it be useful to mark certain courses with "no digital skills needed", or even "digital-free course offer"? Could this be an attractive selling point?

The question is open...

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December 15, 2025 519

What Employers in Sweden Expect Today: The New Digital Competence Gap

December 2025 Sweden’s labour market is changing faster than at any point in recent decades. Automation, artificial intelligence, and digital workflows are no longer future trends they are already shaping how work is organised, evaluated, and performed. For Swedish employers,…

December 01, 2025 223

Seniors in a Cashless Society: Why Older Adults Need Digital Confidence

December 2025 In today’s Sweden, the simple act of paying for a coffee or buying groceries has become a digital experience. Cards replace cash, Swish replaces coins, and apps guide everything from travel to communication. For many people this transition feels natural—even…

First draft with text fields and grayed out areas. In this example, the competence levels Safety, Communication and collaboration and Information and data literacy are addressed in the course. After successful participation, participants have attained competency level three.

November 10, 2025 109

Development of an icon for course classification

November 2025 In order to visualize our course classification along DigComp, we began developing icons in late 2025. Here is what we did:

November 01, 2025 203

How Digital Skills Shape Sweden’s Future Labour Market

November 2025 Sweden’s labour market is undergoing one of the most significant transformations in its modern history. Automation, artificial intelligence, and digital workflows are reshaping how people work across almost every sector, from healthcare and logistics to…

October 17, 2025 198

A word about "digital" versus "analogue"

October 2025 There is a problem with terminology. DigComp is meant to help define "digital" skills of citizens, as a step towards helping citizens to improve these skills. But what are "digital" skills? And how are they different from "analogue skills"?

October 10, 2025 216