TVETipedia Glossary

Digitalization

The practice of utilizing technology to enhance corporate processes.

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UNESCO 2023: Enhancing TVET through digital transformation in developing countries

Digitalization refers to enabling or improving processes by leveraging digital technologies and digitized data.

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Blog article (2020): What is Digitization, Digitalization, and Digital Transformation? (Mark Sen Gupta)

Digitalisation refers to the broad transformation brought about by the widespread adoption of digital technologies. Within digitalisation, three broad categories of combined applications of digital technologies are differentiated: automation, digitisation and coordination by platforms. These are also called ‘vectors of change’.

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Eurofound, Glossary, 2022
Eurofound, Glossary, 2022
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The glossary is a compilation of definitions of terms commonly found in Eurofound research and used across the website in the various areas of expertise.

The use of digital technologies and digitized data to influence how work gets done, transform how customers and companies engage and interact, and create new – digital – revenue streams.

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ILO, Changing demand for skills in digital economies and societies: Literature review and case studies from low- and middle-income countries. (Glossary on pp. 12-13), 2021
ILO, Changing demand for skills in digital economies and societies: Literature review and case studies from low- and middle-income countries. (Glossary on pp. 12-13), 2021
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The report sheds light on changing demand for skills in digital economies and societies, based mostly on a literature review, supported by a set of case studies from low- and middle-income countries. It reviews different approaches to measuring digital skills, and discusses the impact of digitalization on skills and related policy recommendations. It shows that, while digitalization may vary widely in its extent and forms across countries and sectors, its impact on jobs and skills is nevertheless considerable everywhere.