Where a digital literacy teacher can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a digital literacy teacher already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Digital literacy teachers instruct students in the theory and practice of (basic) computer usage. They teach students digital literacy and, optionally, more advanced principles of computer science. They prepare the students with knowledge of software programmes ensure that computer hardware equipment is properly used. Digital literacy teachers construct and revise course content and assignments, and update them according to technological developments.
Also known as digital literacy trainer, computer literacy instructor, computer literacy teacher, digital literacy teaching practitioner, digital literacy instructor, digital literacy lecturer, educator in digital literacy, teacher of digital literacy, digital literacy educator.
Professionals 52 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: further education teacher, 67%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- further education teacher 67% covered · difficulty 39.3
- hospitality vocational teacher 66% covered · difficulty 42.3
- adult literacy teacher 66% covered · difficulty 43.1
- agriculture, forestry and fishery vocational teacher 65% covered · difficulty 43.3
- medical laboratory technology vocational teacher 64% covered · difficulty 44.7
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A digital literacy teacher needs 30 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- technology education education
- design web-based courses communication, collaboration and creativity
- Computer Assisted Language Learning education
- ICT hardware specifications information and communication technologies (icts)
- develop digital educational materials communication, collaboration and creativity
- e-learning education
- teach digital literacy communication, collaboration and creativity
- adapt teaching to target group communication, collaboration and creativity
- develop digital content working with computers
- digital systems information and communication technologies (icts)
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a digital literacy teacher does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
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Digital literacy teacher is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a digital literacy teacher’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.