MOBILE LEARNING

Hi you all!

Today I have attended to a live webinar on mobile learning and digital competence for education. The webinar was given by María Jesús García San Martín and organized by Institut de Formació Contínua- IL·Universitat de Barcelona. Click HERE for more information.

María Jesús works for The National Institute for Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (INTEF), an institution belonging to the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport (MECD) of the Spanish government. She explained us all the possibilities we have to improve our digital competence though mobile learning thanks to INTEF.

Before explaining all the online courses available I would like to mention a truly important document for teachers: The Common Digital CompetenceFramework for Teachers (CDCFT).This was published in January 2017 by INTEF. This is a reference framework for the diagnosis and improvement of the digital competences for teachers. These competences are defined as those which teachers need to develop in the 21st century to improve their teaching practice and for their continuous professional development. The Common Digital Competence Frameworkfor Teachers is made up by 5 competence areas and their 21 competences defined in 6 proficiency levels (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 and C2).

Each competence provides a detailed description as well as the descriptors based in terms of knowledge, ability and attitude.

HERE you can see all the possibilities INTEF offers.

1) EDUPILLS: 

It is a free mobile app for Android or iOS that offers short educational training courses (5 to 10 minutes) focused on teachers or any interested person that want to improve quickly and easily their digital competence. It can be used at anytime from anywhere through your mobile phone. These pills are organized in the five areas of the Common Digital Competence Framework for Teachers (CDCFT): 

Area 1. Information and data literacy

Area 2. Communication and Collaboration

Area 3. Digital content creation

Area 4. Safety

Area 5. Problem solving  

Each pill focuses only on one competence of the desired area.

Every Friday at 11 o’clock new pills are ‘launched.’ So don’t miss them! They are addictive! Lots of knowledge in short time!Can't wait to try it!

2) INTEF NOOC: Nano Massive Open Online Courses

A nano massive online course is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web. The duration of the INTEF NOOC is of 3 hours. Through these NOOC users don’t get a certification, but they receive digital badges. These NOOC are opened for 10 days but materials are always available. In each NOOC appears the general description, the course number, the start date, the last day, the estimated effort, objectives, the author/facilitator, requirements to participate, and recommended courses.

If you participate in a NOOC you must open a learning journal.
Who don't want to get badges? Very inspiring idea to apply in class! So excited to start one! 

3) INTEF MOOC: Massive Open Online Courses

A massive open online course is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web. INTEF offers MOOC and they last between four and five weeks. Through these MOOC users don’t get a certification, but they receive digital badges.

Through MOOC users can work in a complete competences level.

In each MOOC appears the general description, the course number, the start date, the last day, the estimated effort, objectives, the author, the coordinator, the facilitator, requirements to participate, and recommended courses.

If you participate in a MOOC you must open a learning journal as well and all the materials created will be always available even though the MOOC has finished.

I love online courses, but I don't think I have the time to start one of these right one...but hey! did you know they will be available during summer?

4) INTEF SPOOC: Self-Paced Open Online Courses. 

In each SPOOC appears the general description, the course number, the start date, the last day, the estimated effort, objectives, the author, help to participants, requirements to participate and recommended courses.

If you participate in a SPOOC you must also open a learning journal.

Participants can rate the course throw NPS (Net Promoter  Score).

Definitely SPOOC was created for me and for many teachers that have lots of staff to do!

5) THE DIGITAL COMPETENCE PORTFOLIO FOR TEACHERS 

This is designed to acknowledge and improve the digital competence of teachers through continuous self-assessment and the up-to- date recording of teaching, learning and training experiences.

The Digital Competence Portfolio For Teachers has been developed by the National Institute of Educational Teachnologies and Teacher Training (INTEF) and primarily promotes the acquisition, development and improvement of the Digital Competences of Teachers. The  Common Digital Competence Framework for Teachers is the foundation for this Digital Competence Portfolio. The Digital Competence Portfolio has the following structure:

BIOGRAPHY

The Digital Competence Biography describes users’ personal and professional data.

SELF- ASSESSMENT.

Users can self-assess their level in the five areas of the Common Digital Competence Framework.

DOSSIER

The dossier offers users the opportunity to organize and label those evidences that they consider illustrative to endorse their digital competence, in order to complete the information provided in their biography. For example, badges, labels, certificates, degrees, projects, experiences inside and outside school with students and by students, prizes, awards, digital artifacts, OER, publications, etc.

PASSPORT

The Digital Competence Passport shows the level of digital competence users have achieved and provides an overall perspective of the evidences that endorse it, according to those users have included in their dossier. As users update their biography and dossier, their Digital Competence Passport will also be updated. If users wish, they can make it public and share it on their social networks. In addition, they can download it in a printable format; the most recent update date will be included.

6) CONVERSATIONS- COMMENTS

Here you can find real comments of participants, authors, coordinators, of the online courses.It is very useful to know in advace other participants' opinions.

The methodology used in the online INTEF courses encourages collaboration, social learning, the creation of professional community webs and the production of learning evidences, helping in this way to the development and acquisition of digital competence.

Taking this into consideration, and after having heard María Jesús I am sure I will participate in more than one! This mobile learning course was truly inspiring and all the available courses gives us lots of opportunities to keep learning!