The Digital Skills Hub, powered by ALBA Digital Academy
aspiration and scope
SOCIAL FOCUS/IMPACT: Employability
The Digital Skills Hub is a learning initiative that is part of the Digital Skills Academy. The
Digital Skills Hub is addressed to STEM majors and University Graduates and aspires to:
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Educate STEM graduates with contemporary ICT and AI knowledge and skills &
Empower STEM graduates with self- awareness, self – confidence and self leadership competencies (critical thinking, effective communication and
collaboration skills)
in order to assist them pursue a job and build a career in the Digital Economy.
BUSINESS FOCUS/IMPACT: Matching Digital Talents with Corporate Needs
The Digital Skills Hub, aims at connecting individuals with Organizations that are in an
evolving and exponential need for digital talent that will assist them to navigate through
the challenges of Digital Transformation.
COMMUNITY FOCUS/IMPACT
The Digital Skills Hub aspires to establish Greece as an ecosystem/ hub of value creation
in the fields of technology and software development.
INTERNATIONAL POTENTIAL/ IMPACT
The Digital Skills Hub will cooperate with the Digital Enlightenment Forum, and the
related European expert network to enable the Digital Skills Hub to demonstrate its
viability and sustainability. Our aim is to make this initiative a pilot, catalyst and a
showcase model for similar initiatives in EU countries.
characteristics, dimensions & approach
EMERGING, DYNAMIC & ADAPTIVE
Operating within a disruptive and ever-changing technological environment and in a
disruptive market, the Digital skills Hub will be flexible and continuously adapt learning
priorities and methodologies in order to successfully respond to changing and evolving
technological challenges, needs and demands. It aims at quick and measurable results
with skill acquisition programs of relatively short duration that enable those completing
them to immediately fill available positions in companies.
The close interaction/ collaboration/ co-creation with local corporations lies at the core
of the endeavor and provides opportunities for constant iterations and innovations that
will add value both to individuals and employers.
LEARNING IN ACTION
Through its close links with corporations, the Digital Skills Hub aims providing its
“graduates” with the opportunity to apply their skills in the industry, through
internships that will provide mutual value for the interns and the Organizations.
CONVERGENCE OF KNOWLEDGE
Through the dynamic interface, joint experimentation and exchange of insights between
stakeholders – (Digital Hub “graduates” – employers – corporations – business
community, and European Institutions and fora.) the Digital Skills Hub will serve as a
catalyst for convergence of knowledge and the creation of a new environment for
technical, business and managerial excellence in the era of digital disruption.
CORE LEARNING INTERVENTION
Junior Software Engineer program for STEM Graduates:
Scope: To arm STEM Graduates with the knowledge and the skillset that will allow them
to enter the IT Job Market and to pursue a career in software development.
Through a blend of technical and non-technical courses, learning paths, lectures, handson work and the delivery of a complete programming project, the programme covers
contemporary technologies and tools.
Duration: 241 hours
Curriculum:
-Core Learning Path
Intro to Networks
Intro to Operating Systems
Algorithms
Databases
Security Fundamentals
Front End Learning Path
HTML/CSS
Javascript
Angular 2 or ReactJS
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Back End Learning Path
Java or .net
Software Development Methodologies & Tools
Versioning with Git
Project tracking with Jira
Agile and Scrum
Communication Tools
Software Development Lifecycle
-Leadership & Self – Leadership Competencies for the Digital Transformation Era
The program concludes with a series of sessions that aim at empowering participants in
their leadership and self – leadership roles, by assisting them to develop “soft skills” and
competencies, such as emotional intelligence, cultural intelligence, collaboration &
teamwork, empathy and resilience.
ADDITIONAL LEARNING INTERVENTIONS
 Junior Software Engineer Program: Reskilling Software Engineers for the Digital
Transformation:
Scope: The programme aims at offering an updated and digitalization- relevant learning
path to Experienced IT professionals that want to re-skill themselves in more up-to-date
technologies, tools and frameworks. Through a blend of technical and non- technical
courses that will be covering different technologies and tools, hands-on work and the
completion and delivery of complete programming projects, participants will acquire
knowledge, skills and competencies that will add value to their companies and will
accelerate their career. The program concludes with a series of sessions that aim at
empowering participants in their leadership and self – leadership roles, by assisting
them to develop “soft skills” and competencies, such as emotional intelligence, cultural
intelligence, collaboration & teamwork, empathy and resilience.
Duration: 179 hours
Curriculum:
- Front End Learning Path:
HTML/CSS
Javascript
Angular 2 or ReactJS
- Back End Learning Path
Java or .net
- Software Development Methodologies & Tools
Versioning with Git (3 hours)
Project tracking with Jira (2 hours)
Agile & Scrum (8 hours)
Communication tools (3 hours)
Software development lifecycle (6 hours)
-Leadership & Self – Leadership for the Digital Transformation Era
 Community Outreach: Digital Literacy Learning Series for the Job Market
Transformation:
Scope: To offer young university students and fresh graduates of diverse academic
background the opportunity to familiarize themselves and better understand the new
technologies and methods of software development as well as the basic principles of
contemporary internet applications design. Moreover to assist them develop a
contemporary skillset and competency set in order to add value to organizations and
lead meaningful careers
Duration: 44 hrs
Curriculum:
-Understanding the Digital Revolution and Disruptive Innovation
- Developing applications in an agile environment
- Maximizing User Experience
- HTML / CSS3: Developing Web Applications
- Javascript: Developing Reactive Applications
- The Alphabet of Web Technologies
- Leadership & Self Leadership Competencies for the Digital Transformation Era