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Digital Skills: Digital Skills for Work and Life

Accenture via FutureLearn

Overview

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Learn how to thrive in the changing world of work with Accenture

Digital technology now touches almost every aspect of our personal and professional lives.

On this two-week course from Accenture, you’ll explore the meaning of digital and how it’s changing the way we work and live. You’ll discover digital’s impact on industries and jobs and consider the opportunities and challenges it brings.

Explore how the digital age has transformed daily life

Using videos and quizzes, you’ll examine what digital means to you and identify the ways in which digital technology impacts your daily life, from fitness tracking to contactless payments.

Investigate the impact of digital technology on different work sectors

From logistics to hospitality, job roles and specifications continue to change due to emerging technologies and digital implementation.

You’ll focus on the impact of digital in specific settings, identifying the digital skills that employees need to develop to move with the times.

With this knowledge, you’ll be able to spot and address any gaps in your own skill set.

Develop a growth mindset

To thrive in the digital workplace, adapting to new challenges is key. In the second part of this course, you’ll develop a skill to do just that–the growth mindset.

You’ll explore what a growth mindset is, the steps you can take to develop your own, and how a growth mindset can help you reach your full potential in work and life.

With these skills, you’ll become more adaptable, open to new learning experiences, and able to respond to uncertainty with the confidence to make mistakes and learn from them.

You’ll finish this course understanding how digital technology has transformed our personal and professional lives and have gained valuable insights into how to adapt to the challenges and opportunities that digital advancements present.

This course is for anyone looking to understand how they can develop the skills to thrive in the digital world of work, whether you’re preparing to enter the workplace or looking to change jobs or careers.

Interested in growing your digital skills more widely? Discover more Digital Skills courses from Accenture.

Syllabus

  • Introduction to digital for work and life
    • Getting started
    • Digital for life
    • Digital for work
    • Weekly roundup
  • Developing a growth mindset
    • How our brains help us learn
    • Different mindsets
    • Approaching setbacks
    • Weekly roundup

Taught by

Candida Mottershead

Reviews

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4.7 rating at FutureLearn based on 984 ratings

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  • JN Santos
    Um ótimo curso para quem busca se atualizar, traz uma visão detalhada sobre as competências digitais que devemos desenvolver não só nas atividades do trabalho no dia a dia mas também em outros ambientes.
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    Inna Dronova
    It’s an easy, interesting class . I really enjoyed it. Recommend everyone! I liked that the information was consistent and right to the point. I already knew lots of things that was presented there but at the same time I learned a lot too from the other articles about growth mindset . From this course I learned that growth mindset is one that recognizes that each team member is capable , and most importantly can get better. Somebody with a growth mindset would focus on the things they learned in the process and believed that they can go forward even though they fell , but they can improve and try again.

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