Training Offers in Greece Fostering e-Competencies

Aliki Panagiotarou, Yiannis C Stamatiou

Abstract


This paper presents the findings of a study of Greek training programs targeting e-competencies that are on demand in the Greek labour market. This study is an effort to identify, categorize, and understand the content of ICT training programs in Greece. To obtain qualitative and quantitative raw data for our study, we collected information from publicly available information from the programs’ websites and descriptions of studies during the period April 2017 – November 2017. We find 201 training programs in the field of ICT and we construct a table according to the following criteria: Training providers, focus area, training methods, duration of the programs, previous experience in ICT, certification and e-skills that were obtained. In our results will try to present preliminary findings why Greece have low digital skills and provide recommendations as a part of conclusion that can help close the digital gap in Greece.

https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.18.7.14


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Training programs; e-competencies; ICT skills; adult education; e-learning

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