Mini-Courses for Open Digital Competences for Educators

Abstract

The concept of Digital Competences for Educators is very important within European educational policies. Recent definitions of DigCompEdu are provided in a scientifically sound framework describing what it means for educators to be digitally competent DigCompEdu: European Framework for the Digital Competence of Educators and in the EU DEAP (Digital Education Action Plan 2021-2027 Resetting Education and Training for the Digital Age) defined in Sep 2020. This paper presents the results of the OpenDigCompEdu Erasmus+ project to accelerate the digital competences of educators in school education from Spain, Romania, Croatia, Greece and Norway towards the sustainable adoption of more online and blended approaches in education through the use of open educational technologies and open education principles. The paper presents the development of 5 micro-courses, all related to the development of digital education competences and to be offered online and in a blended format in Moodle Academy.

Keywords

• open digital competences
• moodle
• school education
• micro certificates