Digital competence and blended learning

Development of competences nowadays is very important issue. There are discussions about development of competencies using different methods, competencies-based curriculum and so on. Digital competence is one of the 8 key competencies for lifelong learning. It is described by using five areas - information and data literacy, communication and collaboration, digital content creation, safety and problem solving (Vuorikari, Punie, Carretero Gomez, Van den Brande, 2016). The article shows literature based research of possibility to develop digital competence by using blended learning per se, because blended learning is described as learning process where integration of face-to-face learning and e-learning happens. The article's main focus is on development of digital competence. Many authors talk about "net-generation" who spends their days with technology but does it mean that they are digitally competent people.