A presentation of the training undertaken as part of the GoDigital Project which seeks to improve the employability of NEETs (young people not in education or employment). The training consists of 4 modules which are connected to the European Digital Competence Framework (DigComp) for citizens. it is concerned with improving digital skills for work This presentation concerns Module 2 - Digital Communication and Collaboration. The GoDigital Web site is https://godigital-project.eu/

1. https://godigital-project.eu/

2. About The Project
• Project Title: Digital tools for work
• Project Acronym: GOdIGITAL
• Start Date: 15-09-2019
• End Date: 14-09-2021
• Coordinator:
• Partners:

3. GODIGITAL TRAINING COURSE FOR NEETS
This training course relates to the European
Commission Digital Competence Framework and
consists of four modules
1. Information & Data Literacy
2. Communication & Collaboration
3. Digital Content Creation
4. Safety & Problem Solving

4. GODIGITAL TRAINING COURSE FOR NEETS
The GOdIGITAL training course aims to:
• Close the digital skills gap and help young people
become more employable and competitive
• Provide career guidance to young NEETs
• Reinforce the digital professionalisation of the work
force, career counselors, and trainers
This presentation introduces Module 2
Communication & Collaboration

5. The course is based on materials produced for three
levels of expertise – Beginner – Intermediate -
Advanced
Course participants are self-assessed using a skills
assessment
Training is customised and units are assessed
before they move on to the next level
Once all levels in a Module have been achieved,
GODIGITAL TRAINING COURSE FOR NEETS

6. SKILLS WHEEL FROM ASSESSMENT

7. MODULE 2: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION
Contents
Topic 1: Interacting through digital technologies
• Beginners Level -Activity card 1 – Introduction to Nettiquette
• Beginners Level -Activity card 2 – Create a Redbooth workspace
• Intermediate Level- Activity card 3 – Invite people to your calendar event
• Advanced Level. Activity card 4 – Create a Slack workspace
Topic 2: Sharing through digital technologies
• Beginners Level: Activity Card 5 – Share a Pinterest board
• Beginners Level: Activity Card 6 – Share a Google presentation
• Beginners Level: Activity Card 7 – Share files through WeTransfer
• Beginners Level: Activity Card 8 – Share a Google presentation
• Beginners Level: Activity Card 9 – Documents sharing and collaboration
• Intermediate Level: Activity Card 10 – APA citation Style
• Advanced Level: Activity Card 11 – Promoting your blog

8. Topic 3: Collaboration through digital technologies
• Beginners Level -Activity card 12 – Basics of online collaboration
• Beginners Level- Activity card 13 – Collaborative vs cooperative learning
• Intermediate Level- Activity card 14 – Teamwork online
• Advanced Level: Activity Card 15 – Create a Teamup calendar
• Advanced Level: Activity Card 16 – Create a Discord server
Topic 4: Managing digital identity
• Beginners Level -Activity card 17 – Understanding Digital Identidy
• Beginners Level -Activity card 18 – Basics of a CV
• Beginners Level: Activity Card 19 - Create a Europass CV
• Advanced Level. Activity card 20 – Settiing up your LinkedIn account
MODULE 2: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION

9. MODULE 2: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION
TOPIC 1: INTERACTING THROUGH DIGITAL TEHCNOLOGIES
BEGINNERS LEVEL

10. • crucial to know how to communicate in the digital work
environment
LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Interacting through digital technologies
Ability to...
• fruitfully interact with colleagues, friends and family,
• create profiles and accounts on a number of digital tools,
• organise and manage digital workspaces.

11. ACTIVITY CARD 1. ONLINE ETIQUETTE
(NETIQUETTE) – CRASH COURSE

12. ACTIVITY CARD 2. CREATE A REDBOOTH
WORKSPACE
• Easy-to-use online workplace collaboration tool
• Very useful for project management
• Visit https://redbooth.com/features for full list of
features

13. TOPIC 1: INTERACTING THROUGH DIGITAL TEHCNOLOGIES
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
MODULE 2: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION

14. ACTIVITY CARD 3. INVITE PEOPLE TO YOUR
CALENDAR EVENT
• a good organisation is possible only thanks to and with a proper
and continuous communication
• Google Calendar
• an intuitive online calendar
• helps to keep track of appointments, to-do lists and events

15. ACTIVITY CARD 3. INVITE PEOPLE TO YOUR
CALENDAR EVENT
1. Open Google Calendar (https://calendar.google.com/calendar/r)
2. Click on a day
3. Add title
4. Add a date (could be longer than one single day)
5. Start typing the name of person from your contacts or type an email
adress
6. Add a description
7. Click Save
8. Video conference? Click on the icon of camera!

16. ACTIVITY CARD 3. INVITE PEOPLE TO YOUR
CALENDAR EVENT

17. TOPIC 1: INTERACTING THROUGH DIGITAL TEHCNOLOGIES
ADVANCED LEVEL
MODULE 2: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION

18. ACTIVITY CARD 4. CREATE A SLACK
WORKSPACE
• An online tool which can be used to communicate
among colleagues and co-workers
• Especially helpful in the organisation for
conversations, sharing of files and documents
• Used not only as a communication tool but also as
co-working space for implementing a common
projects as a shared workspace

19. ACTIVITY CARD 4. CREATE A SLACK
WORKSPACE
Easy to set-up

20. TOPIC 2: SHARING THROUGH DIGITAL TEHCNOLOGIES
BEGINNERS LEVEL
MODULE 2: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION

21. • Helps with mastering skills like creation of solution to complex
problem or efficient collaboration with colleagues
LEARNING OUTCOMES
2. Sharing through digital technologies
Ability to...
• Recognise appropriate digital technologies to share data,
information and digital content
• Illustrate well-defined and routine referencing and attribution
practices

22. ACTIVITY CARD 5. SHARE A PINTEREST BOARD
• A social media platform for image and
video sharing
• A good place for exploring, collecting and
advertising within a community of
interested people
• Having in mind a precise topic, you can
focus your activity

23. ACTIVITY CARD 6. SHARE A GOOGLE
PRESENTATION
• Google slides
• An online tool for co-
creating presentations
• Useful as digital support
when building your own
personal presentation

24. ACTIVITY CARD 7. SHARE FILES THROUGH
WETRANSFER
• WeTransfer
• A free service allowing users to
easily share files up to 2
gigabytes while protecting them
with passwords
• Ideal for safely sending
documents - public or with
restricted access

25. ACTIVITY CARD 8. SHARE A FILE WITH THE
DROPBOX MOBILE APP
• DropBox
• Perfect online storage tool for all type of
files, including documents, presentations,
excel files, images
• Includes a mobile app, useful for keeping
your work always with you and remotely
stay in touch with your team

26. ACTIVITY CARD 9. DOCUMENT SHARING AND
COLLABORATION
• Google Docs
• The easiest way to share and collaborate
over a text document online
• Free, reliable and secure
• Word processing, spreadsheets,
presentations, surveys, diagrams

27. TOPIC 2: SHARING THROUGH DIGITAL TEHCNOLOGIES
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
MODULE 2: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION

28. ACTIVITY CARD 10- REFERENCE CORRECTLY
WITH APA CITATION STYLE
• when referencing you do not need to know the source of the
resource
• APA Citation style
• most commonly used reference style
• key when delivering a report to employer or research to
Professor

29. ACTIVITY CARD 10-
REFERENCE CORRECTLY
WITH APA CITATION STYLE
1. Check examples of
correct citation
according to APA
Citation Style
(https://guides.library.ual
berta.ca/apa-citation-
style/web-resources)

30. REFERENCE
CORRECTLY WITH APA
CITATION STYLE
2. Using the guidelines
of the APA Citation
Style create
references for the
following web
resource
(https://twitter.com/EUdl
earn/status/1264918626
567626752)

31. TOPIC 2: SHARING THROUGH DIGITAL TEHCNOLOGIES
ADVANCED LEVEL
MODULE 2: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION

32. 2. Activity Card 11 – Promoting your Blog
Activity Card 11 looks at how to promote
yourself and your blog online. It examines:
• Using the static blog pages
• Promoting blog content
• Sharing your blog with key sites and
search engines
• Being active and engaging with others

33. 2. Activity Card 11 – Promoting your Blog
There are lots of advantages to promoting
yourself, for instance:
It helps you create an online identity
Improves your writing skills. ...
Connects with new people. ...
You get known as an expert

34. MODULE 2: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION
TOPIC 3: Collaborating through digital technologies
BEGINNERS LEVEL

35. Activity Card 12 – Basics of online
collaboration
First things first:
• Collaboration is not a software
• It may include games or gamified
experience
• It requires protocols

36. Main differences between Collaborative and Cooperative Learning:
1. Activity Card 13 – Collaborative vs Cooperative Learning
Collaborative Learning Cooperative Learning
• Each learner has a personal
goal
• All learners work towards a
common goal
• No supervision • Supervised by a team leader
• Learners evaluate each other • Evaluated by external parties
• Learner A holds skills that
learner B lacks and vice
versa.
• Learners don’t aim at acquiring
each other’s skills

37. MODULE 2: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION
TOPIC 3: Collaborating through digital technologies
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

38. Activity Card 14 – Teamwork Online
• Teamwork online requires
different approach
• Online teamwork requires more
structured management
• In an online environment
different issues may arise

39. MODULE 2: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION
TOPIC 3: Collaborating through digital technologies
ADVANCED LEVEL

40. Activity Card 15 – Create a Teamup calendar
• Teamup
• Online calendar conceived and dedicated to the
management of time, appointments, dates and
events
• The goal is to help a group when managing their
shared time and resources
• A digital tool for communicating and sharing
online as needed

41. Activity Card 16 – Create a Discord server
• A virtual space used for a variety of purposes and in
many different fields
• A useful platform you can use in the work
environment to communicate, share and collaborate
• You can share presentation, files, video, make
audio/video calls or simply chat

42. TOPIC 4: MANAGING DIGITAL IDENTITY
BEGINNERS LEVEL
MODULE 2: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION

43. Activity Card 17 – Understanding Digital Identity
• Our online activity leaves digital footprint
• Internet plays bigger and bigger role in our lives
• Most of the online communication platforms and
social media provide multiple ways and channels that
can be used for both showing and shaping a human’s
personality
• You can think of your digital identity as your presence
“online”

44. Main differences between the CV and Cover Letter:
2. Activity Card 18 - Basics of a CV
Curriculum Vitae (CV or résumé) - a Latin
term meaning ‘Course of life’, covers a
jobseeker’s academic and professional
abilities and contains:
A cover letter - an accompanying document
with your CV and is written to the potential
employers why you apply in a specific job and
includes:
• Job seeker’s personal information • Why are you interested in this specific
job?
• Work Experience, Education and
Training
• Why employers/organisation should
hire you?
• Personal Information: Language
Skills, Digital Skills, Personal skills
• How your skills meets job
requirements?
• Achievements and awards • How your work experience meets job
requirements?
• Courses, training etc.

45. TOPIC 4: MANAGING DIGITAL IDENTITY
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
MODULE 2: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION

46. • Visit the ‘Europass’ official website
https://europa.eu/europass/en
• OR visit the ‘Europass’ official Facebook
Page
https://www.facebook.com/europasseur
ope
3. Activity Card 19 - Create a Europass CV

47. TOPIC 4: MANAGING DIGITAL IDENTITY
ADVANCED LEVEL
MODULE 2: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION

48. In this activity you will learn how to
registering in LinkedIn and how to
optimize your profile
• https:/www.linkedin.com/
3. Activity Card 20 - Setting up your LinkedIn
account

49. Activity Card 20 - Setting up your LinkedIn
account
Which picture would you chose to show a
professional profile?

50. Visit
https://godigital-
project.eu/
to find out more