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About the project |
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| The Project is implemented under Microsoft's Your Course initiative through the network of Сomputer Literacy centers throughout Russia launched in partnership with libraries, colleges and universities and non-profit organizations. Each center provides e-skills trainings in the Microsoft Digital Literacy and Unlimited Potential Curricula, free Internet access and access to Digital Literacy Course; as well as training in capacity-building themes, in order to increase employability and marketability among underserved and disadvantaged populations in Russia. Learn more>> |
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| 27.08.2010 Novosibirsk | |
Get Online for Job Vacancies! |
The Internet with its search engines, special job sites and portals, and websites of employers and employment agencies, has become a primary resource for job seekers. In fact, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find work without using online resources. With this in mind, on 25 August 2010 the Digital Literacy Center of Novosibirsk regional academic library held a special seminar for job seekers. The seminar was attended by ten Digital Literacy trainees, some of whom had already passed the Certificate Test and received their Digital Literacy Certificates. | | | | 26.08.2010 Volgograd | |
Two YCDL Groups Launched in Volgograd |
On 24 – 25 August 2010 the Digital Literacy Center of M. Gorky regional academic library in Volgograd simultaneously launched two courses in Computer Basics for socially underserved residents of the city. | | | | 23.08.2010 Novosibirsk | |
A Workshop in Job Search Skills |
The Digital Literacy Center of the IT Academy in Novosibirsk held a seminar in employment search skills, attended by job seekers, senior citizens, people with disabilities and children from low-income families. | |
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Success Stories |
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| | | 28.08.2010 Toliatti | |
A Story of How a First Grader Found His Mom a Job
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People come to the Togliatti Digital Literacy Center for different reasons. Ludmila Abletz, a nurse working in the local ER, signed up for the training because her son was about to start school and needed her help. Now Ludmila is a confident PC user, and her digital skills have also helped her to a new job: she has been promoted to the position of a database manager in her emergency room. | | | | 26.08.2010 Samara | |
Dreams Come True with Digital Literacy
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According to the team of the Digital Literacy Center at the Russian State University for the Humanities in Samara, their trainee Galina Arkhipova is quite a unique figure. Despite her age, she is full of energy, enthusiasm and determination. An alumna of Your Course: Digital Literacy, Galina is full of thanks for the many opportunities that have now opened up for her. She has become an active member of several Internet forums and communities, regularly shops online and is getting ready to become a volunteer at the Digital Literacy Center. | |
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