Strategies and resources for digital education

With the support of Facebook, the Ceibal Foundation has implemented the project “Strategies and resources for digital education”, whose technical design was the responsibility of Plan Ceibal’s Training department. This training sought to provide 7,000 teachers with tools and skills for the implementation of education projects in digital environments and promote the mainstreaming of innovative technologies and strategies into teaching practices.

Various topics were addressed at different stages, such as teaching in the digital age, tips on online education, designing education projects integrating various approaches and resources, social and emotional learning, platforms and tools for creating and editing digital content that will facilitate online and blended education, assessment, digital citizenship, grooming and cyberbullying.

Activities:

Webinar

On Tuesday the 28th of September at 11 am, the first activity of the project took place: the webinar “Strategies and resources for digital education”, which was streamed on Plan Ceibal’s YouTube channel and Facebook page.

Specialists El Faro Digital (Argentina), Lucía Fainboim, Director of Education, and Ezequiel Passeron, Institutional Director, invited an exchange and debate on the role of teachers in digital environments. They also reflected on what they had learnt and the hubs to consider for starting to plan post-pandemic education: digital coexistence, polarization, hate speech, digital gender violence, misinformation and social tensions arising from today’s digitised everyday life (algorithms, biases and social justice).

Accessing the webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6CnBDl-_8s&t=1132s

Microlearning strategy

Through learning pills with digital content, information, tips and resources were disseminated to promote the efficient and sustainable use of digital resources in the classroom. These pills were publicised through Plan Ceibal’s CREA platform and Ceibal Foundation’s and Plan Ceibal’s websites and social networks. The following topics were addressed:

• 21st century theories and technologies -Teaching in the digital age
• Resources for blended education – Definition of pedagogical frameworks
• Tips on online education – Designing education projects integrating various approaches and resources
• Designing proposals for blended education – Designing interactive e-learning experiences
• Designing digital resources – Platforms and tools for creating and editing digital content that will facilitate online and blended education.
• Social and emotional learning.
• Digital citizenship, grooming and cyberbullying.
• Strategies for addressing digital citizenship.
• Web Accessibility and Usability.
• Assessment.
• Variables to take into account when devising online courses and training.

Access to the microlearning cycle through Plan Ceibal’s Facebook page and Ceibal Foundations’ YouTube channel

MOOC

A self-paced course was designed with a focus on improving teachers’ digital skills and promoting the efficient and sustainable use of digital resources in the classroom. This activity is undertaken through Plan Ceibal’s CREA platform and is available so that teachers can access training according to their availability.

For participation, it is necessary to have a CREA username and join Courses with access code 3S2D-4SHT-68H63.