The challenge methodology. A case study to enhance digital competences for teachers

Authors

  • Maria Chiara De Angelis Link Campus University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61007/QdC.2021.1.37

Keywords:

online-learning, digital skills, teachers training, innovation training, models, learning methodology

Abstract

The essay shows a reflection about a wider case study aimed to enhance digital skills for teachers. The training model was designed on the basis of the results of the analysis of training needs that was carried out within the DECODE project. Among its activities, this project included the distribution of an online questionnaire, involving more than 2000 teachers from Italy, Spain, Romania, Finland, and the United Kingdom. The purpose of the online training path taken into account in this essay was to guide teachers in the process of empowerment of digital skills, by focusing on the methodological and relational dimension, considered strategic in the learning-teaching processes. Through a Moodle environment has been built a space for discussion and work based on teaching practice, with the aim of increasing digital competences, share best practices and promote a reflexive space of discussion.

Author Biography

Maria Chiara De Angelis, Link Campus University

Maria Chiara De Angelis is a social researcher (Post-Doc), an expert in social, educational and labour policies. She holds a PhD in Social Sciences from the Pontifical Gregorian University. Since 2005, she has been working in the field of public ethics, focusing on the issues of human flourishing and well-living, the ethical dimension of digital culture and the impact of digital innovation on people, educational systems and organisations. He is currently a research fellow at the Department of Education Sciences, University of Roma Tre and a member of the Governing Council of the Research Centre Digital Technologies, Education and Society (DiTES) at Link Campus University.

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2021-12-15

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De Angelis, M. C. (2021). The challenge methodology. A case study to enhance digital competences for teachers. Community Notebook. People, Education and Welfare in the Society 5.0, (1), 101–122. https://doi.org/10.61007/QdC.2021.1.37

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No. 1 (2021): Education, work and society in times of the global pandemic

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Essays

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