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Last Tuesday I attended a webinar carried out by Maria Jesús García San Martín called Mobile Learning and Digital Competence for Education, where I could learn about the different online training courses for teachers that are offered by the Ministry of Education through the INTEF (Instituto Nacional de Tecnologías Educativas y Formación del Profesorado) website, called 'Aprende INTEF', and its Portfolio of the Digital Competence for Education. The Portfolio's main purpose is to promote acquisition, development and improvement of the teachers' digital competence through continuous self-evaluation and the updatable record of teaching, learning and training experiences. There are 6 levels of Digital Competence (A1-A2-B1-B2-C1-C2).
It's a longlife learning through the 5 areas of the Common Framework of Digital Competence Teaching ( Information and data literacy, Communication and collaboration, Digital content creation, Safety and Problem solving). To reach this goal, Aprende INTEF offers different online digital training resources.
EDU PILLS. Mobile phone and tablet oriented, it is a micro-learning app aimed at enabling teachers to acquire and develop digital competencies and skills in a short period of time (5-7 minutes). It is based on the descriptors of each competency levels and categorized according to the Areas of the Common Framework of Digital Competence for Education. It is possible to share your achievements on the social networks as well as bookmark your self-training pills on the topics of your interest.
NOOC INTEF. Collaborative nano learning and open free online courses. They are open for 10 days but the materials remain available for later use. Focused on the development of digital teaching competencies but require more time than Edu pills. In approximately three-hour sessions it is possible to reach an objective working on a competency level from the Common Framework and evidence your progress through a digital production. You are then granted with digital open badges, recognising your progress. Facilitators and Facebook groups are provided for support and interaction between teachers.
MOOC INTEF. Collaborative open learning. 3-5 week courses. Focused on active methodologies, emergent pedagogy, peer learning, professional learning communities...
Many of the courses are linked to non-profit-making association projects or other educational associations. The materials also remain available. Some of the most popular were reconverted into NOOC. Depending on the different learning styles, some teachers prefer MOOC while others choose NOOC. There are also digital badges for your progress.
SPOOC INTEF. Learning experiences at your own pace. Self-learning online and open courses. Once they are open you can access whenever you want, they are not closed activities. There's no specific support but there's an internal helping space with a Facebook group. You can get your digital badges once the objectives are achieved.
The idea of the Portfolio is encourage reflection on the level of digital competence and providing the possibility of receiving certification and follow a recommended upgrade path.
I think the different possibilities adapted to your own learning pace and your own interests are the best advantages. The projects you are using at school can be the evidence to support your progress and achieve the different competences. Including digital resources to your everyday teaching practice will certainly help in the same direction. It will be very uplifting to see your progress and at the same time feel more confident when applying what you have learned.
The next step is the chance to obtain a certain level of digital competence when finishing master's degrees or other degrees as well as training courses.
We'll hear about it!
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