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Open and digitally competent

academics: European frameworks

and tools for professional

development and self-assessment

Dra. Andreia Inamorato@aisantos

andreia-inamorato-dos.santos@ec.europa.eu

ICDE World Conference, Dublin

7 November 2019

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European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC)

• Internal service of the European Commission for Science and Research

• Mission: to give support to the European Union to gather evidencefrom scientific research

• Provides services to more than 20 political departments of the European Commission

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A new political agenda for education in Europe

“43% of the EU population has low levels of digital education, and 17% are

lacking any digital skills, which puts them at serious risk of exclusion.

Expanding digital education opportunities is a priority. […]

The main goal of all our efforts, however, needs to be to equip the young

generations with strong digital skills. We can help achieve this for example

through focusing on digital literacy, computer science and informatics for all, so

that children and young people understand and deal critically with digital

technology – both in terms of its promises but also its dangers. The world is

already digital, so are our children, but our education is not yet there.”

Marta Gabriel, Commissioner for Education

European Commission, October 2019.

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❖ Digital competence framework for educators (DigCompEdu) and an online tool for self-reflection (Check-in Tool) (2017/2019)

❖ Open Education framework (OpenEdu) and a checklist of practices for self-reflection (OpenEdu Guidelines for Academics) (2016/2019)

(Digital) competence frameworks for university lecturers

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DigCompEdu Framework

• It describes what it means for an

academic to be ’digitally competent’

• For all education sectors

• It covers 6 competence areas and 6

proficiency levels

• https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/digcomp

edu

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https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/digcompedu/self-assessment

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DigCompEdu Check-In Tool

• Online tool with questions based

on the DigCompEdu framework

• 22 questions for reflexion in 6

competence areas

• It generates a report for users

about their digital competence

(levels A1-C2) and shows posible

ways for them to improve them.

https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/di

gcompedu/self-assessment

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EN

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DigCompEdu (Marco de competencia digital para educadores)

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Competence levels(A1 to C2)

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Source: JRC DigCompEdu Check-in tool

Approximately 10,000 educators from all education

sectors have used the tool in 8 different languages

to date.

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DigCompEdu Check-In Tool

• Approximately 10,000 educators from all education sectors

have used the tool in 8 different languages to date

• What’s on: The data is being analysed; the questionnaire is

being revised and the levels of progression are being updated.

A new tool, more robust tool, is being developed.

• A pilot will be ran with Spanish universities in the beginning of

2020, in collaboration with CRUE- Conference of Rectors of

Spanish Universities.

• https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/digcompedu/self-assessment

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Open Education:

Further developing the digital competence of teachers and learners

Video : Open education in the world

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A new political agenda for education in Europe

• “We need to make education institutionsfit for the digital age in a lifelong learningperspective. I am in particular going to focus on the opportunities such as massive open online courses, to reach as many people as possible. We need to use digital technology intelligently to makeeducation both more effective and more inclusive.”

•• Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Education

• European Commission, October 2019.

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Open Education framework: OpenEdu

• It describes what open education is

• It focuses on higher education

• It presents 10 dimensions for action

Web:

• bit.ly/marco_openedu

• https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/open-

education

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What is open education?

• Open education is about creating

opportunities to all learners, formally

registered at the institution or not

• Open education are also those

practices that seek to bridge ’non-

formal’ with ‘formal learning’

• Open education goes beyond MOOCs

and open educational resources

• It requires a mindset change towards

open practices and open leadearship

• It also requires a bottom-up/top-down

approach to practices and policies.

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Open Education framework (OpenEdu)

bit.ly/marco_openedubit.ly/marco_openedu_español

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Practical guidelines on OE for

academics

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Core dimension: pedagogy

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Core dimension: access

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Blockchain in Education- JRC report

(recognition dimension, digital certificates)

To download:

http://bit.ly/blockchain4edu

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http://bit.ly/2mGuegI

To download:

New release: it contains

a section on digital

certificates

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Innovation in the continuous education of

educators: case studies and policy

recommendations

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Thank you!

DigCompEdu for HE and OpenEdu contact:

andreia-inamorato-dos.santos@ec.europa.eu

Web: andreiainamorato.net