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• Author: Castaño, Jonatan; Centeno, Clara; Jakobsone, Mara; Kluzer, Stefano; Troia, Sandra; Vuorikari, Riina; Cabrera, Marcelino; O'Keeffe, William; Zandbergs, Uldis; Clifford, Ian; Punie, Yves
• Pages: 4-4

DigCompSAT: A Self-reflection Tool for DigComp

Abstract

The European Digital Competence Framework for Citizens (DigComp) provides a comprehensive approach for

digital competence that can be adapted to many areas of life. The DigCompSat tool aims at testing empirically

the set of DigComp 2.1 competences corresponding to levels 1 to 6 (foundation, intermediate and advanced) .

It can be considered that these are the most widely needed digital competence levels for most European citizens

for their employment and career development.

The tool is designed wi th a methodological perspective that allows measuring of digital competence by the

three elements - knowledge, skills and attitude – for each of the 5 DigComp areas. It also provides respondents

with a self-reflection path on their digital competence.

The tool was piloted in Irela nd, Latvia and Spain by 1 6-65 year old individuals. The selected countries

represented the three co untry categories defined by the Digital Skills Index (DSI) in 2020 regarding the

percentage of the no- and low-skilled population in the society: Ireland over EU a verage, Spain close to EU

average, and Latvia below EU average.

The piloting provided reliable feedback of digital competence level for the 5 competence areas for different

age and gender groups, education and digital skills levels. The DigComp tool has sound psychometric properties,

including the validity and internal consistency of the items. The tool is able to perform three main functions for

test takers: measuring existing competences based on the respondents’ self-reflection; identifying competence

gaps; and raising awareness. The conciseness of the items a llowed a test-time of less than 30 minutes across

different countries, age and educational background groups and genders.

This report describes the process and methodology taken to achieve the result. The annexes provide the

statistical data and the Item Bank used. To ac hieve the Item Bank, a number of experts and users have been

involved in iterative consultations and focus groups as part of the applied methodology during the initial design,

validation and development process of the tool.