EdTech: Updating your digital skillset
A teacher's digital skillset must develop continually as digital pedagogy evolves in line with technical developments and emerging opportunities for new ways to improve teaching, learning and assessment. The DTPF offers an ideal framework around how to structure the ongoing development of professional digital skills for teachers with its firm base in pedagogical practice and the application of technology.
Aim
To identify and adopt the actions necessary to update your digital skillset for teaching and learning.
Objective
After completing the module, you will be able to: - use a framework such as the DTPF and its associated modules to plan a programme of skills updating - prioritise areas for personal development in line with your expected work programme and needs
Digital Teaching Professional Framework
This module covers the EdTech component - G1 : Self-assessment and reflection
- Critically reflect on one's own teaching and digital practice.
- Identify competency gaps and areas for improvement.
- Seek the help of others in improving one's teaching and digital practice.
- Seek targeted training and use opportunities for continuous professional development.
- Seek to continuously expand and enhance one's repertoire of digital teaching practices.
- Help others in developing their digital teaching competence.
- At the organisational level, reflect on and provide critical feedback on digital policies and practices.
- Actively contribute to further developing organisational practices, policies and visions on the use of digital technologies.
- Use professional collaborative networks to explore and reflect on new teaching practices and methods.
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Digital
This is a good introduction to the learning available through this on line training system
Learned a lot of specific about digital pedagogy (definitions and terminology). Thanks!
Very insightful!
I will be more conscious to incorporate DTP into my teaching.
Very useful module on putting theory to practice.
This was thought provoking
I confirm I've completed this module
Good intro to this topic
Interesting and useful information to support in the understanding of pedagogy and digital pedagogies
A very helpful module!
It defines the teacher’s digital skillset as technical knowledge and a set of working practices based on sound pedagogical principles. It also
presents how this skillset can be developed in line with technical developments and emerging opportunities to improve teaching, learning and assessment.
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Collaborating is a key part of your PLD. These badges look at how you can connect with others to help develop your personal learning and training. This is the Adopting stage, which recognises you have started using networks and communities of practice.
