skill
Let an agent handle skills by type, level, assessment, development and recognition, using skills frameworks.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle skills by type, level, assessment, development and recognition, using skills frameworks.
A learned ability to perform a task with expected results, combining knowledge and practice, such as digital literacy, media literacy, craft skills or interpersonal skills.
What it is for: Doing tasks well in work, study and life.
It can be assess skill levels; learn and practise; certify skills; map skills to jobs.
Distinguishing features
Learned, not innate
Improves with practice
Can be assessed and certified
Transferable or specific
What it looks like
Not visible directly; shown in performance.
How it is recognised
Skills frameworks such as ESCO
Literacies such as digital or media literacy
Certificates and badges
Related models
is a kind of - category
is acquired by - process
is described in - framework
is certified by - recognition
In practice
Families and kinds
digital and computational skills
literacy and numeracy
technical and craft skills
interpersonal and communication skills
media and information literacy
Identifiers
ESCO skill URI skill concept id EU skills taxonomy
Standards and regulation
ESCO classification
European Qualifications Framework
DigComp framework for digital skills
Failure modes and hazards
Overstating skills
Unfair skills tests
Ignoring informal learning
Also called
+80
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.skill-cognition
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Skill Which skill.
Frameworks define skills.
Type
Category.
Type
Skill type.
- Which skill is meant, in which framework? definition
- Is it transferable? definition
Level
Proficiency.
Level
Proficiency.
- At what level is the skill held? measurement
- On which scale? definition
Assessment Evidence.
Skills need evidence.
Methods
Tests and portfolios.
Methods
Assessment.
- How is the skill assessed? definition
- Is the method fair and valid? boundary
Recognition
Certificates.
Recognition
Recognition.
- How can the skill be certified? action
- Is prior learning recognised? boundary
Development Learning.
Skills are developed.
Learning
Courses and practice.
Learning
Learning routes.
- How can the skill be learned? action
- Which resources are reputable? provenance
Practice
Improvement.
Practice
Practice.
- How should practice be structured? action
- How is progress tracked? measurement
Work Jobs.
Skills link to jobs.
Jobs
Occupations.
Jobs
Occupations.
- Which occupations require this skill? definition
- How in demand is it? measurement
Gaps
Shortages.
Gaps
Skills gaps.
- Is there a skills gap here? measurement
- What programmes address it? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should skill types be separate entries?
- How should ESCO links be recorded?
- How should informal skills be recognised?