Digital competences: what they are and how they are perceived

The development of the Internet and the changes relating to the exchange and access to information have led to what is called the "digital revolution" that characterizes today's information and knowledge society. The development of the Internet and the services it offers, in addition to changing the methods of accessing information, has led to changes in the evolution of technology itself. These changes, in fact, require subjects to acquire new types of skills that go hand in hand with technological development. Digital skills are currently at the center of a debate mainly concerning their classification and how they can be taught and learned, with reference, as well, to the ambivalence of the terms "computer science" and "digital". What is reported underlines the complex and open nature of this concept, in which knowledge, skills and attitudes belonging to multiple dimensions merge. This contribution aims to analyze the different aspects related to digital skills by trying to identify some general trend in the theoretical evolution of the concept through reflection on some main frameworks present in the scientific literature.