Extract from the European Union's report of Digital Competences of Educators
As educators face rapidly changing demands, they require an increasingly broader and more sophisticated set of competences than before. In particular, the ubiquity of digital devices and the duty to help students become digitally competent requires educators to develop their own digital competence. On an international and national level a number of frameworks, self-assessment tools and training programmes have been developed to describe the facets of digital competence for educators and to help them assess their competence, identify their training needs and offer targeted training. Based on the analysis and comparison of these instruments, this report presents a common European Framework for the Digital Competence of Educators (DigCompEdu). DigCompEdu is a scientifically sound background framework which helps to guide policy and can be directly adapted to implementing regional and national tools and training programmes. In addition, it provides a common language and approach that will help the dialogue and exchange of best practices across borders. The DigCompEdu framework is directed towards educators at all levels of education, from early childhood to higher and adult education, including general and vocational education and training, special needs education, and non-formal learning contexts. It aims to provide a general reference frame for developers of Digital Competence models, i.e. Member States, regional governments, relevant national and regional agencies, educational organisations themselves, and public or private professional training providers.
In order to meet the above requirements, development programs will be required to help educators gain some of the competencies described in this framework. That is the purpose of this site. In this Orientation Course, we will try and get an understanding of how the Digital Competence of Educators program works:
- Explore the European Union's site where the Digital Competence of Educators Framework may be found. The site to find the framework is at this link.
Download the framework, read it and keep it handy; you will be referring to it a lot. Spend some time to reflect on your digital competencies by taking this "Selfie"... much of what we hope to achieve in this program will be asked in the "selfie".
- Read the article on why Moodle was selected as the vehicle to teach the digital competencies contained in the framework.
- look at this Prezi to see how this program was assembled to teach all 22 competencies in the framework.
How the program works... Click the link to watch a Prezi. Your
"up" and "down" arrows can help you navigate the Prezi....
