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University of Wollongong Australia

Digital Capabilities Explained

ICT Proficiency

This capability area focuses on the effective use of ICT (Information and Communications Technology). While the range of devices, applications, software and services is continually being refreshed, there are key principles you can use to transfer your knowledge and stay up to date as the technology  evolves.

At University, you will be asked to; use digital devices such as a desktop computer, laptop or mobile device, use software including word processing and spreadsheet applications, navigate online learning materials, use Library databases and search interfaces when completing assessments, and complete a range of digital tasks relevant to your discipline area. You will need to know how to solve some ICT issues yourself, and how/where to access IT support when you need it. You will also need to work across a range of digital interfaces as necessary for your discipline area. After graduation, you will need to continue developing this capability to stay up to date with changes in key ICT technologies, and capably use the ICT toools specific to your profession.

UOW has some great resources to support this capability area:

Useful Tools

Computing Fundamentals

What skills are contained in this capability area?

Digital proficiency

  • The use of ICT-based devices, applications, software and services
  • The confident adoption of new devices, applications, software and services and the capacity to stay up to date with ICT as it evolves.
  • The capacity to deal with problems and failures of ICT when they occur, and to design and implement ICT solutions
  • An understanding of basic concepts in computing, coding and information processing

Digital productivity

  • The use of ICT-based tools to carry out tasks effectively, productively and with attention to quality
  • The capacity to choose devices, applications, software and systems relevant to different tasks having assessed their benefits and constraints; and to adopt and (where necessary) adapt digital tools to personal requirements such as accessibility
  • The capacity to work fluently across a range of tools, platforms and applications to achieve complex tasks
  • An understanding of how digital technology is changing practices atwork, at home, in social and in public life

(Taken from the JISC Digital Capabilities Framework, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA.)