Digital Iceland Academy arrange courses for Digital Iceland partners. The goal is to empower staff and prepare teams for digital project management.
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What is the Digital Iceland Academy?
The digital school imparts knowledge and promotes lifelong learning in digital development for the employees of public entities, thus accelerating the digital journey of the public sector. The goal is to strengthen the staff of organisations and prepare teams for project management of digital projects. Likewise, the courses are intended to harmonise working methods and support the Ísland.is community.
More information about the Digital School Ísland.is courses, along with helpful information for all those who join the Ísland.is community, will be presented in more detail this fall.
Available courses
The course is aimed at all those working on material processing for Ísland.is.
1.5 hours of course - held electronically.
The course is held monthly.
The course is based on the Accessibility and Content Policy from Iceland.is and also on the Contentful web based curriculum.
Ideally that all writers of material on Ísland.is should review each year.
The course is intended for official employees to set up applications in the Ísland.is application system.
1.5 hours of courses with a realistic project.
The course is designed for employees of public entities leading digital projects.
One-day courses - held outside the institution.
The course is based on a realistic project - kept out of the institution.
At the end of the course, participants will:
Know better what digital development involves and be more comfortable in identifying the opportunities that come with it.
Increased skills for managing digital projects.
Know the common issues and obstacles that come with the change-process.
Have an opportunity to try out the proposed changes in their field.
The course is designed for independent consultants, return managers and product managers within institutions.
3-day courses - held outside the institution.
The course is based on the experience of previous projects and the main points that come up in digital projects are covered. Go deeper into specifics and technology behind Ísland.is than in the course digital leader.
Course material:
Policy and ideology of Ísland.is.
Introduction of Ísland.is's core services, how they work and work together and be used as tools in providing digital services
Digital project processes, what to keep in mind, cheques that you can work with.
Cooperation between the agency, tendering teams and Digital Iceland. Who does what and where lies the responsibility.
Tools and tools that support digital services.
Key concepts in software development, such as the first version (MVP), evaluation of the impact of data protection, development ahead in electronic certificates, and more.
Service process analysis
At the end of the course, participants will:
Know better what digital development involves and be more comfortable in identifying the opportunities that come with it.
Skills for managing digital projects, roadmap and analysis work.
Know the common issues and obstacles that come with the change-process.
Have an opportunity to try out the proposed changes in their field.
Send an email to island@island.is to get information about next courses.
