Essential Digital Literacy Skills (EDLS)

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Reference Codes

Essential Digital Literacy Skills (EDLS)

Purpose	Reference
Qual Code	9950E1 Digital Literacy - Entry 1 9950E2 Digital Literacy - Entry 2 9950E3 Digital Literacy - Entry 3 9950L1 Digital Literacy - Level 1 9950L2 Digital Literacy - Level 2 9950L3 Digital Literacy - Level 3
QWADN	C00/0725/1 Digital Literacy - Entry 1 C00/0725/3 Digital Literacy - Entry 2 C00/0725/4 Digital Literacy - Entry 3 C00/0725/5 Digital Literacy - Level 1 C00/0725/6 Digital Literacy - Level 2 C00/0725/7 Digital Literacy - Level 3
QN	500/8936/5 Application of Number - Entry 1 500/8934/1 Application of Number - Entry 2 500/8937/7 Application of Number - Entry 3 601/6852/3 Application of Number - Level 1 601/6857/2 Application of Number – Level 2 601/6858/4 Application of Number - Level 3

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Overview
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Essential Digital Literacy Skills consists of Digital Citizenship, Productivity, Information Literacy, Collaboration, Creativity and Learning and is available from Entry 1 to Level 3. These six skills are assessed holistically through:

an internally-assessed and externally verified Controlled Task; and
a short, internally-assessed and externally verified Structured Discussion.

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Grade Boundaries

Grade boundaries are the minimum number of marks needed to achieve each grade.

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