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Unit 6: Assessment of Digital Readiness of VET Providers Overview For VET educators to assist their learners with their skills development, they first need to assess their own readiness and practices regarding ICT use in teaching and learning. Therefore, this section will introduce the SELFIE tool and provide guidelines to VET educators on how they can use this self-reflection tool. Introduction to the SELFIE Tool SELFIE (Self-reflection on Effective Learning by Fostering Innovative Educational Technologies) is a self-reflection tool for primary, secondary, and vocational schools. It is an initiative of the European Commission. It was launched in 2018 and used by more than 7,000 schools and around 700,000 individuals from 57 countries. 9 It includes questions on a 1-5 scale that take around 20 minutes to complete, and the answers of students, teachers and school leaders regarding the use of technology in their school remain anonymous. 10 Based on the answers gathered, the SELFIE tool creates an interactive report that outlines the strengths and weaknesses of schools when it comes to using technology. The SELFIE tool is:  A 360-degree process  Free of charge  Easy to use  Anonymous (answers are anonymised)  Private (personal data are not collected)  Available to use on a computer, tablet, or smartphone  Available in more than 30 languages 9 EU Science Hub (2020). New school year: support to schools facing the remote teaching challenge. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/news/new-school-year-support-schools-facing-remote-teaching-challenge 10 European Commission (N.D.). SELFIE. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/education/schools-go-digital/about- selfie_en Key Facts about the SELFIE Tool:  Included in the Digital Education Action Plan of the European Commission  Developed based on the framework by JRC titled “Promoting Effectiver Digital-Age Learning: A European Framework for Digitally – Competent Educational Organisations”  Funded through the Erasmus Programme  Developed by a team of experts from various bodies and partner institutions include: o the European Training Foundation (ETF) o the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) o UNESCOS’s Institute for Information Technologies in Education