WELCOME TO THE

Digital Skills Library

 

The Digital Skills Library is an open repository of free learning resources designed to help all adult learners develop the digital skills needed to achieve their personal, civic, educational, and career goals.

The library is managed by World Education through its EdTech Center and CrowdED Learning initiative. All resources within this library have been curated by educators to align to the skills framework within the BRIDGES Digital Resilience Toolkit.

All activities in the library are also included in SkillBlox, which allows you to search by skill, select activities you wish to use, and then organize and share these activities as playlists with others. The library continues to be updated and added to through crowdsourced contributions and EdTech Maker Space projects.

Explore the Library

Find resources by entering a keyword search, selecting resource preferences, or filtering by domain or skill.

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Excel 2016: Charts

GCFLearnFree.org

  • Video
  • Lesson
  • CR.2 Understand and Use Data
https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/excel2016/
https://youtu.be/_Wu7jYTr1Pk
https://youtu.be/_Wu7jYTr1Pk
Goodwill Community Foundation
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Essential Digital Skills Assesment

User-submitted

  • Quiz/Assessment
  • EF.1 Use Accessibility Features
  • EF.4 Use the Mouse
  • EF.5 Understand My Computer
  • EF.6 Save and Find Documents
  • EF.7 Understand the Internet
https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/5bbc9507cfcd5d001da45cb4/essential-digital-skills-assessment
Quizizz
Public Domain
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Excel 2016: What If Analysis

GCFLearnFree.org

  • Lesson
  • Video
  • CR.2 Understand and Use Data
https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/excel2016/
https://youtu.be/STTYxT6iFio
https://youtu.be/STTYxT6iFio
Goodwill Community Foundation
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How to Fill Out a Job Application (English)

User-submitted

  • Lesson Plan/Activity Guide
  • Lesson
  • Video
  • WO.1 Find a Job Online
  • PS.3 Limit Sharing of Personal Data
https://www.adultedmed.com/workforcetechnology
https://youtu.be/Xm8SxR6qQSw
https://www.adultedmed.com/jobapplication
TCALL
Other
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How to Write a Professional Email (English)

User-submitted

  • Lesson
  • Video
  • Lesson Plan/Activity Guide
  • CO.1 Communicate Effectively
  • EF.9 Send and Receive Email
  • Zoom Audio and Video Basics
https://www.adultedmed.com/workforcetechnology
https://youtu.be/4yfatQ1S3YI
https://www.adultedmed.com/writeprofessionalemail
TCALL
Other
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Making Sense of Data

News Literacy Project

  • Article
  • CR.2 Understand and Use Data
https://newslit.org/updates/making-sense-of-data-special-look-at-issues-with-infographics/
News Literacy Project
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Privacy and Security Online

User-submitted

  • Lesson Plan/Activity Guide
  • PS.1 Manage Your Online Reputation
  • PS.7 Understand Privacy Policies
https://www.learningforjustice.org/classroom-resources/lessons/privacy-and-security-online
Southern Poverty Law Center
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Chromebook Simulator

Applied Digital Skills

  • Simulation
  • DO.4 Fix Technical Problems
  • EF.5 Understand My Computer
  • EF.3 Use Basic Browser Tools
https://partnerdash.google.com/apps/simulator/chromebook
Google for Education
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Debate: Should Facial Recognition Apps Cause Concern?

User-submitted

  • Audio
  • PS.6 Recognize Online Threats
  • PS.1 Manage Your Online Reputation
  • PS.7 Understand Privacy Policies
https://listenwise.com/teach/events/1448-debate-should-facial-recognition-apps-cause-concern
Listenwise
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How to Use Google Reverse Image Search to Fact Check Images

Digital Citizenship Curriculum

  • Video
  • IS.3 Evaluate Online Information
https://youtu.be/p5e9wTdAulA
https://www.commonsense.org/education/videos/how-to-use-google-reverse-image-search-to-fact-check-images
Common Sense Education
CC-BY-NC-SA
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Influence & Persuasion: Crash Course Media Literacy #6

Crash Course

  • Video
  • IS.3 Evaluate Online Information
https://youtu.be/VXhLmkrN0-I
https://thecrashcourse.com/courses/influence-persuasion-crash-course-media-literacy-6/
Crash Course
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The Privacy Dilemma Lesson plan

User-submitted

  • Lesson Plan/Activity Guide
  • PS.1 Manage Your Online Reputation
https://mediasmarts.ca/sites/default/files/pdfs/lesson-plan/Lesson_Privacy_Dilemma.pdf
Media Smarts
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The Digital Skills Library is managed by CrowdED Learning, the open education initiative of the EdTech Center @ World Education. It is crowdsourced by adult educators, digital navigators, digital skills training providers, and other individuals dedicated to ensuring all adults have access to quality digital skills content to help them achieve their personal, civic, educational, and career goals.

The Digital Skills Library development was seed-funded by the WES Mariam Assefa Fund and the EdTech Center’s IDEAL Consortium and expanded with support from the U.S. Department of Education via the Digital Resilience in the American Workforce initiative.