DIGEDUKOK Digitally Competent Educators Module (15 cr)

Digitally Competent Educators (DCE) online programme is developed and implemented jointly by Open University of the University of Jyväskylä from Finland; FernUniversität in Hagen from Germany; Universidade Aberta from Portugal and Anadolu University from Turkey.

The SLP Digitally Competent Educators (DCE) focused on educator-specific digital competences needed in various levels of education and in several education areas. Content planning of this SLP was based on the Digital Competence Framework for Educators (DigCompEdu, Figure 1) published by the European Commission’s JointResearch Center (Redecker, 2017).

Digitally Competent Educators responds to educators' need for a set of digital competences specific to their profession, but focus is not only on technical skills. The aim is in the use of digital technologies to enhance and innovate education and training. The course contents include all six competence areas that are described in Digital Competence Framework for Educators: professional engagement, digital resources, assessment, teaching and learning, empowering learners, and facilitating learner's digital competence.

Digitally Competent Educators short learning programme followed the design guidelines produced inside the Erasmus + E-SLP project and started as a pilot for that project, in 2020. DCE includes three modules, which participants could study either individually or by participating in all three modules.

Digitally Competent Educators short learning programme main objectives are:

• To boost the knowledge and skills in digital technologies of educators, at all levels of education.
• To develop teaching practices, specifically using digital resources.

Candidates must have access to a computer with an Internet connection and have computer knowledge, from the user's perspective, including Internet navigation. Competence in reading and understanding texts in English is required.

This short learning programme is targeted at the continuous professional development and lifelong learning for educators at various levels and several education areas. The programme is internationally-oriented and open to interested students anywhere in the world. It offers the opportunity to collaborate and learn in an international setting.