Master the Digital Skills EPSO Tests.
17 chapters covering DigComp 3.0: information literacy, cybersecurity, AI literacy, digital rights, GDPR, computational thinking.
Framework Foundations
The DigComp 3.0 Framework
DigComp is the European Commission's reference framework for "what it means to be digitally competent" as a citizen. Maintained by the **Joint Researc...
The Eight Proficiency Levels
Eight proficiency levels, grouped into four bands (Foundation, Intermediate, Advanced, Highly Specialised). The framework grades each level along thre...
Information & Data Literacy (DigComp Area 1)
Finding and Evaluating Information
DigComp Area 1 is about turning the chaos of the open web into useful, trustworthy material. Two of its three competences are covered here: **1.1 Brow...
Managing Data, Information and Content
Competence 1.3 is the workmanlike cousin of 1.1 and 1.2 — once you've found and evaluated the content, you have to **store**, **organise**, **retrieve...
Communication & Collaboration (DigComp Area 2)
Communicating, Sharing, Collaborating
DigComp Area 2 covers everything between "send a polite email" and "co-edit a shared document with twenty colleagues in three time zones." Its six com...
Netiquette and Digital Identity
Two competences (2.5 Netiquette, 2.6 Managing digital identity) are tested as practical etiquette and reputational hygiene. The exam frames them as "w...
Digital Content Creation (DigComp Area 3)
Creating, Editing and Re-using Digital Content
Competences 3.1 and 3.2 cover producing digital content — text, images, audio, video, data visualisations — and re-using existing material to build so...
Copyright, Licensing and Creative Commons
Competence 3.3 covers a citizen's right to use, share and adapt digital content lawfully. EU copyright is harmonised through several directives, most ...
Safety & Cybersecurity (DigComp Area 4)
Protecting Devices and Networks
Competence 4.1 is the entry point to cybersecurity for citizens. It tests the everyday reflexes — strong passwords, multi-factor authentication, updat...
Protecting Personal Data and Privacy
Competence 4.2 covers the citizen's responsibility for their own personal data and a basic understanding of how processing is regulated. Day-to-day th...
Digital Well-being, Health and the Environment
Competences 4.3 and 4.4 cover the citizen's responsibility for their own health, the health of others, and the environmental impact of digital tools. ...
Problem Solving & Computational Thinking (DigComp Area 5)
Solving Technical Problems and Choosing the Right Tool
Competences 5.1 and 5.2 are the everyday digital problem-solver's competences: when something doesn't work, what do you check first? When you need a t...
Computational Thinking and Programming Basics
Competences 3.4 (Programming) and 5.3 (Creative use of digital) together cover **computational thinking**: a mode of analysis built on **decomposition...
AI Literacy
AI Fundamentals, Generative AI and Prompt Literacy
AI literacy is the most prominent addition to DigComp 3.0 and the new pillar of EU digital-skills policy. It rests on three things: a clear vocabulary...
The AI Act in Practice: Risks, Rights, Responsibilities
The **AI Act** (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689), the world's first comprehensive AI law, applies a **risk-based** approach: the higher the risk, the heavie...
Digital Rights and the EU Digital Acquis
Citizen Rights Online: GDPR, DSA, DMA
Three regulations form the citizen-facing core of the EU's digital acquis: the **GDPR** (personal data, since 2018), the **Digital Services Act** (onl...
Identity, Data and Cybersecurity: eIDAS 2.0, Data Act, NIS2, CRA, Cybersecurity Act
A second cluster of EU digital instruments covers identity, data and security: the **eIDAS 2.0 Regulation** and the European Digital Identity Wallet; ...
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