AELP Webinar: Developing
Learners Digital Skills

AELP Webinar: Developing Learners Digital Skills

AELP Webinar: Developing Learners Digital Skills

Event Date & Time 20 January, 2026 (10:00 AM)
Details Digital capability is no longer optional—it’s a core life skill, as vital as maths and English. Whether it’s managing everyday online tasks or thriving in a fast-changing workplace, learners need the confidence and skills to succeed in a digital world.
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Overview of Event This interactive webinar will: • Demystify the digital skills landscape—exploring why digital capability is now central to employability, inclusion and lifelong learning. • Clarify EDS and DFSQs—understanding how they connect, and what this means for your delivery. • Provide practical strategies—showing how to embed digital skills seamlessly across programmes, from adult education to apprenticeships. • Connect digital to sustainability and progression—highlighting how building capability supports Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and learner futures. You’ll leave with clear, actionable ideas to strengthen your organisation’s digital skills offer—and to better equip your learners to live, work and progress with confidence.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes

By the end of this session, delegates will:

  1. Navigate the policy landscape with confidence—understanding the role of Essential Digital Skills (EDS) and Digital Functional Skills (DFSQs) in today’s learning and employability agenda.
  2. Spot opportunities to embed digital learning across existing programmes, apprenticeships and adult provision.
  3. Apply practical strategies to build both staff and learner confidence in using and developing digital skills.
  4. Make clear connections between digital capability, employability, inclusion and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD).
  5. Take away tools and prompts to review and enhance their organisation’s current digital skills strategy.
Target Audience
(By Organisation)

Who should attend?
This webinar is designed for organisations across the post-16 and skills sector, including:

  • FE colleges, independent training providers, adult and community learning providers, and employer providers.

It will be particularly valuable for:

  • Curriculum designers and digital/quality leads looking to strengthen their digital strategy.
  • Apprenticeship managers, tutors, trainers and assessors seeking practical ways to embed digital skills.
  • Employability and learner support staff wanting to build learners’ confidence and readiness for life and work.

Level: Ideal for both practitioners and managers who want to update, refresh or expand their digital skills provision and ensure it meets learner and employer needs.
Target Audience
(By Job Title)
Who Is This Event For? Ideal for both practitioners and managers who want to update, refresh or expand their digital skills provision and ensure it meets learner and employer needs.
Booking Practical strategies to build confidence, capability and career-ready skills in a digital world within post 16 education
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