Definition

Ability to make confident, critical and responsible use of, and engage with, digital technologies for learning, at work, and for participation in society. It includes information and data literacy, communication and collaboration, media literacy, digital content creation (including programming), safety (including digital well-being and competences related to cybersecurity), intellectual property related questions, problem solving and critical thinking.

Comment:

• Digital competence is one of the eight key competences for lifelong learning set out by the Council of the European Union in 2018;
• this term is close to, but not synonymous with: digital learning, digital literacy.

Source: Cedefop (2023) "Terminology of European education and training policy: A selection of key terms"