Digital Competences for Educators, a 'must read'.
Are we ready to face this epic educational and instructional challenge? Do we really master the technologies that are required to teach today? How can we measure our learners performance while sitting at our comfy desks at home?
The report from the EU commission presents a common European Framework for the Digital Competence of Educators (DigCompEdu) and it is designed for educators at all levels of education.
The DigCompEdu framework distinguishes six different areas with total 22 competences:
Area 1: Professional Engagement Using digital technologies to communicate, collaborate and professional development.
Area 2: Digital Resources To Source, create and share digital contents.
Area 3: Teaching and Learning Manage digital technologies in teaching and learning environments.
Area 4: Assessment Digital technologies and strategies to assess and evaluate learners.
Area 5: Empowering Learners Using digital technologies to enhance inclusion, personalisation and learners’ active engagement.
Area 6: Facilitating Learners’ Digital Competence Enabling learners to creatively and responsibly use digital technologies for information, communication, content creation, wellbeing and proble
References
- Redecker, C. European Framework for the Digital Competence of Educators: DigCompEdu. Punie, Y. (ed). EUR 28775 EN. Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2017, ISBN 978-92-79-73494-6, doi:10.2760/159770, JRC107466