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54 Implications of the assessment of gained skills Most of the European Training Foundation's (ETF) partner countries develop and implement NQFs as an integral part of their national qualifications systems. Possible needs and implications of digital transformation could be: • the ease of widespread accreditation for digital and online learning institutions. • The assessment, recognition, validation and accreditation of non-formal DSC; and • the re-modularisation of qualifications to better fit the pace of formal learning courses that include Digital and Online Learning (DOL) elements and improve the flexibility and response of curricula to new content and practices emerging in the workplace (ITU, 2020). Several approaches exist for assessing a learner's current digital skills levels or supply of skills. The DigitALAD Intellectual Output 3, "Impact assessment study and practice recommendations" outlines the steps for selecting the appropriate digital skills assessment approach for the project. First, it designs learning activities based on the DigitALAD Training Programme for adult educators (O3/A2) and adult learners (O2/A3). It then reviews how to identify each country's existing data and resources, consider the demographic focus, and choose an approach. The last two steps cover data collection, analysis and dissemination. Figure 1. Overview of assessment approach (ITU, 2020) Implications on other aspects of teaching and training DigitALAD connects DOL to emerging trends in education and training to modernise access to and provision of education and training from a lifelong learning perspective. Particular emphasis is given to open educational practices, particularly the Intellectual Output 2 "E-learning platform and gamified online learning modules" and how gamification can support a shift from teaching to learning and redesign the role of adult educators.