Higher education in the context of major societal trends

The ‘digital’ skills profile is characterised above all by media literacy, information literacy and networked thinking. These skills include

• an understanding of key developments, as well as the opportunities and risks associated with digitalisation in the private, public and business sectors
• the ability to make effective use of digital concepts, including for learning, communicating and collaborating
• knowledge of innovative forms of knowledge communication and production, as well as online and informal continuing professional development
• the ability to use digital media to develop one’s own skills on a global and networked scale
• the ability to rethink processes and products and thereby help shape innovation in business and society
• the ability to link technological knowledge with ethical and legal knowledge and to reflect on it critically
• networked thinking and interaction
• communication, whether personal or public, that transcends geographical and cultural boundaries