Global Standard 5

Nicholas Haber
Global Leader – IC3
Monday, March 22, 2021
IC3 – What A Year!
IC3 – Success Stories and Successful
Strategies
• Breakout Session
• Tuesday 2pm-2:45
• Grapevine 4
Global Standard 5
Life in the Digital Age
Skills Gap
• In U.S. at height of recession 600,000 unfulfilled jobs due to lack of
skilled applicants
• Estimate 10,000,000 new skilled workers needed by 2020 in U.S.
• Africa estimates 100 million unemployed expected by 2020
Computers Disrupting How We Work
IC3 and Career Pathways
Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
Plant Systems
Arts, A/V Technology & Communications
A/V Technology & Film
Telecommunications
Business Management & Administration
General Management
Business Information Management
Human Resources Management
Operations Management
Administrative Support Management
Education & Training
Administrative and Administrative Support
Teaching/Training
Finance
Securities & Investment
Business Finance
Accounting
Government & Public Administration
Foreign Service
Health Science
Diagnostic Services
Health Informatics
Support Services
Hospitality & Tourism
Restaurants & Food/Beverage Services
Recreation, Amusement & Attractions
Human Services
Early Childhood Development & Services
Counseling & Mental Health Services
Family & Community Services
Information Technology
Network Systems
Information Support & Services
Programming & Software Development
Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security
Legal Services
Security & Protective Services
Manufacturing
Maintenance, Installation & Repair
Logistics & Inventory Control
Health, Safety & Environmental Assurance
Marketing
Marketing Management
Professional Sales
Merchandising
Marketing Communications
Marketing Research
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
Engineering & Technology
Transportation, Distribution & Logistics
Facility & Mobile Equipment Maintenance
Transportation Systems/Infrastructure Planning,
Management & Regulation
Sales & Service
 
Defining the Global Standard 5
Candidates who are IC3 Certified with the Global Standard 5
will, in 2016, have the digital skills and knowledge to use a
computer at the level expected for an entry level employee or
a first-year college student.
Global Digital Literacy Council
Focused on the Outcomes of the
IC3 Certification
• Employers
• Educators
• Government Officials

6 Continents
Resources for the Global Standard 5
Employer Feedback

“Recruiters are witnessing a decreasing

level of skill in young people”

-Dr. Shelly Funderburg

Right Management
Employer Feedback

“I am shocked that new employees cannot understand

the concepts of SaaS or Web-based applications”
-Jay Hargis
24 Seven Staffing
Employer Feedback
“I am concerned about the Information Technology Skills Gap
– there is an anticipated shortage of around 300,000
professionals, in the next ten years, [which] threatens to stifle
the UKs potential.”
- Mark Braund
InterQuest Group (UK)
Instructor Feedback
1. Reduce Level of Difficulty

We believe in efficacy over easy standards.

No reduction in difficulty by design
Instructor Feedback
2. Align practice tests/learning pathway with certification exams

• In partnership with our Learning Content Providers – We can do a

better job.
• Alignment to be with Learning Standard, not necessarily with exams.
• Better communication of IC3 developers intentions
• Better dialog between partners
Global Standard 5
IC3 Modules
Global Standard 5 Simulations
• IC3 Standard is Vendor Neutral
• Deemphasize Windows
• Will have Windows 7 in CF Launch
• Key Applications
• Office 2013 in Launch
 GS5 Computing Fundamentals
• Critical Skills
• Manage device at system level
• Troubleshoot device
• File Management
• Security
 GS5 Computing Fundamentals
• Categories of Content
• Mobile Devices
• Hardware
• Computing Systems Architecture
• Backup & Restore
• File Sharing
• Cloud Computing
• Security
 GS5 Computing Fundamentals – What’s
New?
• Less Device Dependence
• Windows OS will be Windows 7 out of the gate
• Fluency in Mobile & Tablet systems
• File Management in “the Cloud”
• Less emphasis on discs
• Device Protection
• Strong Passwords
• Virus protection & firewalls
• e-commerce Smarts
Computing Fundamentals
• Smart Phone Example
Mobile Question

Connect this smart phone

wirelessly to your car
device (CAR
MULTIMEDIA)
 GS5 Key Applications
• Job Skills/Categories of Content
• Word Processing
• Spreadsheet
• Presentation Software
• Database concepts
• App Culture
• Graphic Manipulation
 GS5 Key Applications What’s New?
• Initial exams in English to simulate
• MS Office 2013
• Word
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• Database concepts do not simulate Access
• Graphic Manipulation simulated with Paint
• App Culture – Not always an app for that
 GS5 Living Online
• Job Skills
• Living Online = Life, period
• Communication = Collaboration and Effectiveness
• Media Literacy
 GS5 Living Online
• Categories of Content
• Internet Navigation
• Google Chrome
• Common Functionality
• Email Clients
• Calendaring
• Social Media
• Communications
• Online Conferencing
• Streaming
• Digital Principles, Ethics Skills, Citizenship
GS5 Living Online -What’s New?
• Research Fluency/Media Literacy
• Find Multiple Sources
• Check Sources
• Intended Audience
• Persuasive Language
• Business Usage of Communication Tools
• Collaboration with Apps
• Digital Identity
Living Online
• Media Literacy Lesson
Global Standard 5
Release Dates
IC3 Global Standard 5 – Release Dates
• Development of Learning Standard – Completed Dec 2014
• Development of Exams in English – Complete June 2015
• Setting of Cut Scores – Due August 31

• Official Release Date – January 6th, 2016

IC3 Global Standard 5 – Release Dates
• For Release January 6, 2016 • Soon to follow*
• English • French
• Spanish (Latin American) • Indonesian Bahasa
• Arabic • Japanese
• Vietnamese
• Chinese Traditional
• Thai
*Anticipated, not confirmed
Learn, Practice, Certify
• Learning Content
• CCI
• Goodheart-Willcox
• LearnKey
• Pearson
• Teknimedia
• Wiley
• Practice Tests
• GMetrix
IC3 Global Standard 5
• Some who is IC3 Certified is:
• Ready for Work
• Ready for School
• Ready to be a part of the digital
world

Together we can help students learn to be

prepared
Nicholas Haber
Global Leader – IC3
Monday, March 22, 2021