Route Core Element 7 – Learning

This resource list has been created to support the T Level Technical Qualification in Digital Support Services.

This section of the specification presents an opportunity to consider how in a globalised and fast-evolving world, digital technologies have spread rapidly, while the economy, the labour market and our societies at large are changing at an unprecedented rate. For the economy, digital technologies are a major driver for growth, productivity, competitiveness and innovative capacity. For the labour market, digital technologies are a challenge for existing jobs, especially for those including routine tasks, and an opportunity to create new ones, mainly linked to the so-called digital economy, designing workplaces where humans increasingly interact with digital tools and artificial intelligence. Although we cannot predict the pace of the digital transformation and innovation of society, what we do know is that employment opportunities and economic performance increasingly depend on the digital skills and competence (DSC) of citizens.

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This paper describes the ETF (European Training Foundation) position on digital skills and competence (DSC), and digital and online learning (DOL). Sections 1, 3 and 4 have application when covering R7.1 and R7.2.

Continuity and learning, has a practical and professional development focus. You will explore interactive dimensions of workplace learning: how people and workplace cultures create formal, informal, planned and unplanned opportunities to learn. This resource has 3 sections and includes activities that can be used for R7.1 R7.3.

The goal of this course is to introduce you to fundamental concepts and technologies that enable the IoE and help you understand its benefits as well as potential risks. The course presents introductory material and is intended to be easily completed by anyone with a basic appreciation of computer technologies. By completing this course, you will not become an IoE expert, but you will become an informed individual. As part of this course, and to check your understanding of the concepts explained, there is a brief quiz at the end of each session. There is also an end-of-course assessment quiz. By enrolling you can track your progress and gain a free statement of participation for completing the whole course. This course can be used for coverage of R7.2.

Learning how to learn is a process we all engage in throughout our lives, but no single method of learning guarantees success. Learning how to learn, aims to make the process of learning much more explicit by inviting you to apply various ideas and activities to your own study as a way of increasing your awareness of your own learning. Most learning has to be an active process and this is particularly true of learning how to learn.

After studying this course, you should be able to:

• Think about and understand personal ways of learning

• Apply the ideas and activities in this course to existing learning experiences

• Learn reflectively.

This course has content relating to R7.3.

In this video, you find explanations of the theory behind Gibbs' Reflective Cycle and it also looks at a detailed example so you can bring the theory to life. This is visual and practical resource that can be used for R7.3.

In this video, you will find an examinination of Kolb's Learning Cycle, also known as the Experiential Learning Cycle. Topics include:

The four stages of Kolb's Learning Cycle
The four Learning Styles
Pros and Cons of the model

This is a visual resource that can be used for R7.3.

The growing suspicion of expertise is a growing problem on the internet, and it can be very difficult to figure out which sources are authoritative. In this episode some strategies to help you identify credible sources and take into account a source's point of view are considered. This resource relates to R7.4.

Technology is progressing faster than ever, with ground-breaking new ideas being explored every day. This video features emerging technologies that will change our world. This video has use when covering R7.2.

This article provides a simple overview of the CPD requirements for UK IT professionals, including information on various types of CPD available. The UK IT sector is worth £58 billion annually (UK Trade & Industry, UKTI) and is one of the largest Information Technology sectors in the world. Technology Insights states 1.5million people are now employed in the UK IT sector which provides an overall contribution of £81billion (9%) to the total UK economy. This article can be used as for real-world examples when covering R7.1.

The benefits of CPD can be seen from two perspectives – that of the employee, and that of the employer. Employees can reap the benefits of continuing professional development and can improve their skills in their current role and future career. The benefits of continuing professional development for employers is something that any business should not disregard. By choosing to use the benefits of CPD, employers can see improvements across a variety of areas. This can be used for R7.1.

techUK is dedicated to exploring key transformative technologies driving the UK’s digital economy, society and industry through tech and innovation campaigns. Through dedicated events, insights and webinars on technologies such as geospatial data, Edge computing and AR/VR technologies we drive forward opportunities to drive adoption and deployment. This resource can be used for case study opportunities when covering R7.2.

Intelligent automation has the capacity to revolutionise business services across a variety of industries through driving optimisation, enhancing digitisation and building resilience. Since the pandemic, businesses from across different sectors can look to automation to build resilience and drive continuity, and in turn push forward a new, technology-focused future of work that will drastically change the UK's workforce and economy. This resource can be used for case study opportunities when covering R7.2.

techUK is focused on exploring the ways in which drones and related robotic technologies are being developed and deployed by organisations across both the public and private sector and making a difference to people’s everyday lives. This resource can be used for case study opportunities when covering R7.2.

There are many ways to gain knowledge, and some are better than others. There are several ways of acquiring knowledge, beginning with sources that may not be as reliable or accurate as scientists might desire. This resource considers sources that offer greater reliability and discusses using science as a means of gaining knowledge. This 18 page resource relates to R7.4.

Organisations gather their knowledge and information from many different sources, both inside and outside of the organisation. This resource covers the main sources of this information and can be used as an introduction to R7.4 sources of knowledge within the digital sector.

For people who create content every day, it can be difficult to constantly come up with new ideas. Luckily, if you’ve hit that creative wall, there are several techniques you can execute to get those creative juices flowing again. This resource relates R7.3.