{"id":42,"date":"2026-09-21T14:10:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T13:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digitallearningteachingandassessment\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2026-09-22T16:43:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:43:16","slug":"digital-skills-for-scottish-educators","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digitallearningteachingandassessment\/digital-skills-for-scottish-educators\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital skills for Scottish educators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This guidance is an update to the Teacher Digital Skills published previously. It aims to support the development of digital skills for all Scottish educators, including Early Learning and Childcare, school and Community Learning and Development sectors. It is based on the UK <span style=\"color: initial;font-size: 1rem\">essential digital skills framework, the Digital Competence Framework for Educators (DigCompEdu) and education council standards for Scottish educators.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/essential-digital-skills-framework\">View the UK essential digital skills framework with this link<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu\/scientific-activities\/key-competences-lifelong-learning\/digcompedu_en\">View the EU Digital Competence Framework for Educators with this link<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digitallearningteachingandassessment\/2026\/09\/22\/national-standards-for-educators\/\">Find out more about national standards with this link<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Documents<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/digilearn\/uploads\/sites\/6913\/2023\/11\/16152229\/Education-Scotland-digital-skills-for-scottish-educators-2026-update-pdf.pdf\">Education-Scotland-digital-skills-for-scottish-educators-2026 update (pdf)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/digilearn\/uploads\/sites\/6913\/2023\/11\/16152432\/Education-Scotland-digital-skills-for-scottish-educators-2026-update.docx\">Education-Scotland-digital-skills-for-scottish-educators-2026 update<\/a> (Word)<\/p>\n<div class=\"_df_book df-lite\" id=\"df_104\"  _slug=\"104\" data-title=\"\" wpoptions=\"true\" thumbtype=\"\" ><\/div><script class=\"df-shortcode-script\" nowprocket type=\"application\/javascript\">window.option_df_104 = {\"outline\":[],\"autoEnableOutline\":\"false\",\"autoEnableThumbnail\":\"false\",\"overwritePDFOutline\":\"false\",\"direction\":\"1\",\"pageSize\":\"0\",\"source\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\\\/glowblogs\\\/public\\\/digitallearningteachingandassessment\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/11212\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/22164123\\\/Education-Scotland-digital-skills-for-scottish-educators-2026-update-pdf.pdf\",\"wpOptions\":\"true\"}; if(window.DFLIP && window.DFLIP.parseBooks){window.DFLIP.parseBooks();}<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Take the survey<\/h3>\n<p>Use this link to access the form and evaluate your own digital skills:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/e\/Mc94uLy9Uf\">Digital Skills for Scottish Educators (2026) \u2013 Fill in form<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Copy the form and use it with my colleagues<\/h3>\n<p>Use this link to make a copy of the form that you can use with staff or colleagues to evaluate your setting or organisation&#8217;s digital skills:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ShareFormPage.aspx?id=R3T3DoMQ7E24nyfHZQdoQCnBqSEB0fdKrzsAn_Tad9JURjJDTTJPNjhIRFUyVkNPTFNLVE84MDJYSSQlQCN0PWcu&amp;sharetoken=q2pbfcuCVA1qVepI6iSd\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/Pages\/ShareFormPage.aspx?id=oyzTzM4Wj0KVQTctawUZKbe9W83BShhPka6Ykkp8B5NUQjFDODY4QVdZR0NBMjlLOE5XQTBCVjlKRyQlQCNjPTEu&amp;sharetoken=MBlhGzg9HRqoKmgtEA1R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Make a copy of the form\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Next steps<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eprints.gla.ac.uk\/366744\/\">View the digital learning and teaching toolkit (UofG)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digitallearningteachingandassessment\/educator-development\/effective-use-of-digital-in-learning-teaching-and-assessment\/\">Find out more about effective use of digital with this link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This guidance is an update to the Teacher Digital Skills published previously. 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