Search results for "Digital competence"

The use of EduBlog in initial teachers training: an experience of a teaching innovation project

2020

Digital technologies are central elements of today's society. In this context to achieve an adequate degree of development of Digital Competence for professional performance is essential, as well as for life in society and the exercise of citizenship. Higher Education must actively contribute to develop Digital Competence, training students to effectively use digital technologies. That need is exacerbated in the case of initial teacher training, not only because of the progress towards a digitalized school, but also because of the fundamental role in the training of future generations. With the aim of promoting the development of Digital Teaching Competence, this paper presents an innovatio…

Creación de página Web para promover aprendizaje colaborativo en alumnos de máster

2018

[EN] A Web page has been designed by master students in order to engage them in collaborative and cooperative learning, thus improving their learning and comprehension of relevant concepts and topics. To that purpose, topics included in the subject Advanced Techniques in Chemistry which is part of the Master in Sustainable Chemistry of the University of Valencia have been included in the Webpage with the help of WIX software. This approach makes intensive use of the Web as a key technological resource for learning, where the information seen in the subject is summarized and given in an applicative and pertinent context that is easy to understand for all public interested in the topics discu…

Digital innovations in rural micro-enterprises

2020

Digitalization gives micro-enterprises and rural areas new possibilities and it can support their competitiveness. In this paper, we have presented one way of supporting the diffusion and adoption of digital innovations in rural micro-enterprises. First, we examined the challenges and digital competence of the micro-enterprises in the rural areas of Central Finland to better understand what they needed. The second step was to develop a workshop concept. Theories of innovation diffusion and adoption were used as a base for these workshops. The last step was to evaluate the developed concept, its effects and challenges. We found that the workshop concept worked well for spreading information,…

The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Competence of the Young

2009

This chapter discusses the information and communication technology (ICT) competence of the young. The discussion focuses on students at lower and upper secondary school, especially young people aged 10-18. It explores how the strategic initiatives and implementation efforts of ICY have reached out to the level of young citizens. The aim is to consider their ICT competence as well as their use of ICT in school and during the leisure time. The authors also consider the significance and role of gaming, the gender differences regarding ICT skills and use, and the differences between the young and adults in their skills and use of ICT.

Digital communication and collaboration in lower secondary school

2021

This article investigates factors influencing teachers in secondary school when they plan for pupils’ use of digital tools for collaboration and communication. Six social studies teachers in Oslo were interviewed about how they facilitate digital collaboration and communication. The results demonstrate that teachers facilitate this to a certain extent, both in the form of pupils’ co-writing and sharing files with each other. However, there is little communication between pupils by means of digital tools as an integrated part of the teaching. None of the teachers mentioned communication using digital tools as part of basic competence without being directly asked about it. Based on the analys…

2021

Abstract In an ever-evolving technological landscape that challenges teaching professionals' digital competence, this study complements previous studies by providing an overall picture of teaching professionals' digital competence. We employed regression models on two large-scale assessment data sets on teachers from 11 countries—namely, the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS; n = 50,800) and the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC; n = 2590)—to investigate through the theoretical lens of digital competence how teaching professionals' skills, attitudes and knowledge distribute and relate, and how they are associated with personal and contex…

Enhancing Digital Skills of Early Childhood Teachers Through Online Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math Training Programs in Estonia

2022

Teacher professional development programs, including mid- and long-term Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math (STEAM) courses, have recently moved from in person learning at university premises to an online environment. Whether it is a temporary change in learning methods caused by the COVID-19 restrictions or whether it will become a new normal is currently under discussion in many teacher training institutions around the world. The aim of this study was to design and implement time- and money-saving synchronous online teacher training format for conducting co-design courses for early childhood teachers in the theme of STEAM integrated learning activities. Based on Tallinn University…

Aprendizaje basado en Proyectos en Educación Física en Primaria, un estudio de revisión

2019

espanolLa inclusion de las competencias en el sistema educativo espanol demanda la aplicacion de nuevas metodologias de aprendizaje, centradas en el alumnado; siendo las metodologias activas y concretamente el Aprendizaje basado en Proyectos (ABP), una oportunidad unica para responder a estos nuevos retos. El objetivo de este trabajo consiste en revisar, recopilar y analizar la bibliografia relacionada con el ABP en el area de Educacion Fisica (EF), en la etapa de Educacion Primaria (EP). Se realizo una revision documental en las siguientes bases de datos: Dialnet, ERIC, Google Academico, Redalyc, SciElo, Scopus, Sport Discus y Web of Science, seleccionando los documentos publicados entre 2…

DIGITAL COMPETENCIES FOR DIGITAL IN-SERVICE TEACHERS

2016

The broad diversification of media products, the increasing digitization and globalization of the media with the value-and ethical issues that it raises, proposes and confirms the reasons why media education is to be considered as an indispensable task for anyone involved in education. The media competence enhances teachers’ ability to creatively modify learning spaces and to design a variety of stimulating activities in order to promote their pupils’ independent and aware work. Teachers play a decisive role in the uptake and use of technology in classrooms, and experience from teacher education programs is a crucial factor influencing new teachers’ use of technology (Drent & Meelissen,…

Domestication of a Robotic Medication-Dispensing Service Among Older People in Finnish Lapland

2020

This paper presents a case study on a robotic medication-dispensing service used in the everyday lives of older people in Finnish Lapland through the concept of domestication. The study took an ethnographic approach. A total of 11 service users, practical nurses, and other health-care professionals participated; the service users averaged age 81 years (M= 81.4, SD = 5.4). The data comprised semistructured interviews complemented by observations and photographs at service users’ homes. We concluded that the domestication of the service was successful, although the service users sometimes felt that it limited their lives. The service users stated that learning and subsequently using the servi…