Introducing the Framework

As our mission as educators change from "busy in front of the class" to "the class is often online", so our skills as educators need to change to cater to this digital reality.

The European framework for the Digital Competence of Educators (DigCompEdu) proposes 22 competencies that we as educators need in order to excel in the digital world.

DigCompEdu has six focus areas for the digital life of educators. Each focus area describes a number of competencies. View them all by selecting from the menu.

The progression model

The developers of the DigComEdu framework also propose a progression model that describes various proficiency levels in six competence stages. (If you take the self assessment at the DigCompEdu site, you will see at what level of proficiency you are in each of the competencies. The levels work as follows:

• Newcomers, at level 1 are aware of the potential of digital educational technologies.
• Explorers, at level 2 have already begun to use digital technologies in their educational projects, albeit not comprehensively.
• Integrators at level 3, experiment with digital technologies in various situations and for various purposes. It is the ambition of the course described here to give participants plenty of opportunities to experiment.
• Experts at level 4, are confident and creative users of digital technologies to enhance their educational projects. They have a wide repertoire of digital skills that they deploy depending on the situation at hand.
• Leaders at Level 5, are able to give direction to the educational team with regard to the deployment of digital technologies because they reflect on what's possible and keep updated by interacting with their peers, sharing best practices.
• Pioneers at Level 6, look beyond what’s possible here and now and what is being done here and now. They experiment and develop novel digital technologies and pedagogical practices that can employ technologies that they discover.

The Collaborative Laboratory

The collaborative laboratory is being updated to a Moodle 4.0 site and will be returned in due course. In the meantime, this blog site has been created to assist educators with the creation of educational resources.