As with the ACSF, this Digital Literacy Skills Framework considers three broad Domains of Communication when describing performance across the breadth of contexts within the core skill. As these are not entirely separable, they may be better understood as orientations rather than as clearly distinct and exclusive categories. They are:
Sample activities provide examples of tasks and text types that reflect the real life experiences of adults. Sample activities are provided for each of the three Domains at each level (or Stage).
Sample activities are not assessment activities but provide examples to guide the development of learning and assessment tasks that are appropriate for the Domain and the level. They also provide a link to real work to assist with mapping workplace tasks to the ACSF.
At the lower levels of this Digital Literacy Skills Framework there are differences between tasks like ‘use’ and ‘download’, for example, downloading and setting up an app is a more demanding task than using an app.
Appendix 1 provides the progression across the 4 levels (and PL1 stages) at the performance feature level. The grids are a quick way to track progress in specific levels of skills and to know a learner’s strengths and areas to improve. The grids also provide information for curriculum development and planning, and the LLN levels required for jobs.
Some of the terms used in this Digital Literacy Skills Framework may be unfamiliar to users, or users may interpret in different ways. The framework provides a glossary of key terms at Appendix 2. These terms are underlined throughout the framework. The glossary is also provided to help develop a common language around the core skill of Digital Literacy.
