Unlocking the power of teachers' digital competence: “Professional engagement in digital education”

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Course details

Digital competence does not solely refer to mastering technology but rather to the way that teachers can use this technology to enhance their professional practice, empower their learners and improve learning outcomes.

In the first course of the course series on Unlocking the Power of Teacher Digital Competence, we delve into real-world case studies to understand how teachers like you can use digital technologies to help you access information to enhance your teaching and learning practices, to effectively communicate with and support students and parents, and to share and learn with colleagues and others beyond the school. We also investigate how digital technologies can enhance your own professional development and how it can support the overall improvement of your school.

The course is offered by the European School Education Platform. Visit our website for more information.

Duration and workload

Start date: Monday 26 February 2024

End date: Wednesday 3 April 2024

Duration: 5 weeks

Workload: 15-20 hours

Course competences

The recipient of this certificate has demonstrated B2 level proficiency of the following competences according to the digital competence framework of the European Commission's SELFIE for TEACHERs tool:

Organisational communication
Online learning environments
Professional collaboration
Digital technologies and school level infrastructure
Reflective practice
Digital life
Professional learning (through digital technologies)
Professional learning (about digital technologies)
Computational thinking

For more information about the competences and the proficiency levels see the SELFIE for TEACHERs toolkit.

Target audience

The courses are relevant to all primary and secondary teachers, irrespective of their teaching subjects. Additionally, the courses are beneficial for all educators interested in improving their digital competence and enhance their learning in the digital age.

Learning objectives

As participant you will learn how to:

Use digital technologies for your own professional development, analysing and selecting professional learning resources and activities based on your own needs.
Analyse and select digital technologies based on their features and how they can support collaboration tasks with colleagues and other education stakeholder
Analyse and select digital technologies available in your school based on their features and suitability to enhance your professional practice
Analyse and select digital technologies based on their features and suitability for your organisational communication needs
Analyse and assess your digital footprint to adjust your behaviour and to help curate your own reputation online and that of your school
Analyse the features of online learning environments and apply the ones that best respond to the ethical considerations and data management strategy of your school
Analyse the outcomes of a process of reflection to improve the use of digital technologies in your professional practice
Analyse and select responses generated by algorithms

Offered by

This content is offered by the European Commission. The European Commission is the European Union's politically independent executive arm. It is alone responsible for drawing up proposals for new European legislation, and it implements the decisions of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union.