Across the world, COVID-19-induced school closures severely disrupted learning, disproportionally affecting those from more disadvantaged backgrounds. At the same time, continuous professional development (CPD) educators shifted to remote and online delivery. Yet often, these educators were not well prepared for this.
Despite these challenges, many educators and policy-makers have increased awareness about the potential of remote and online education to increase access and quality. Blended CPD, defined as a pedagogically sound combination of in-person and online modalities, may combine the best of both worlds.
In this session, three case studies will illustrate the value of blended CPD trajectories for educators:
CIES 2023 - Improving Education for a More Equitable World
Comparative and international perspectives are essential to fulfilling the dream of educational equity. The CIES 2023 Annual Meeting will explore the following crucial questions: how should we critically look at and meet desired outcomes across time and space? What changes can bring about responsible and sustainable advancement in learning, teaching, and schooling? What implications may these changes have on individual systems, contexts, and the already vulnerable planet? And how may our endeavors help redefine comparative and international education in a way that reconnects it with contextualized educational policy and practice?
Digital credentials are an emerging phenomenon all over the world, that can capture, recognise and validate a broader range of learning outcomes than traditional certification schemes, saving time and money for certificate issuers, retaining control over the validity of credentials and increasing visibility of skills. But: is this relevant for educators, and how?
The European Commission has recently launched its Europass Digital Credential Issuer, a free‑of‑charge web-app that allows credential-awarding bodies to prepare and issue degrees, diplomas or other learning credentials to learners in the form of European Digital Credentials for Learning.
Open Badges are a widely adopted type of digital credentials, that contain verifiable metadata about achievements according to a common data format and are presented as visual symbols of accomplishment. In 2023, the ETF Community of Innovative Educators will start issuing Open Badges to recognise the achievement of those members who submitted a teaching innovation practice and who have been particularly active in the community. During the webinar, the first set of ETF Open Badges will be showcased.
At the end of the webinar, an open session will take place to collect ideas from the community members on new activities to be developed within the community.
On the Agenda:
➡️ The digital credentials revolution: why is it important for educators? Anthony Camilleri, KIC
➡️ The European Commission strategy for digital credentials, Koen Nomden, European Commission (TBC)
➡️ Open Badges at work: get your badge through the ETF Community of Innovative Educators, Simone Ravaioli
➡️ How to implement micro and open credentials in daily work of schools, Questions and Answers session – moderated by Fabio Nascimbeni, ETF
➡️ Co-creation session
The event will take place online on the Zoom platform and will be delivered in English, Russian and Arabic.
How to register? Please fill in the the registration form
After registering you will receive the link to access the meeting.
Digital credentials are an emerging phenomenon all over the world, that can capture, recognise and validate a broader range of learning outcomes than traditional certification schemes, saving time and money for certificate issuers, retaining control over the validity of credentials and increasing visibility of skills. But: is this relevant for educators, and how?
The European Commission has recently launched its Europass Digital Credential Issuer, a free‑of‑charge web-app that allows credential-awarding bodies to prepare and issue degrees, diplomas or other learning credentials to learners in the form of European Digital Credentials for Learning.
Open Badges are a widely adopted type of digital credentials, that contain verifiable metadata about achievements according to a common data format and are presented as visual symbols of accomplishment. In 2023, the ETF Community of Innovative Educators will start issuing Open Badges to recognise the achievement of those members who submitted a teaching innovation practice and who have been particularly active in the community. During the webinar, the first set of ETF Open Badges will be showcased.
At the end of the webinar, an open session will take place to collect ideas from the community members on new activities to be developed within the community.
On the Agenda:
➡️ The digital credentials revolution: why is it important for educators? Anthony Camilleri, KIC
➡️ The European Commission strategy for digital credentials, Koen Nomden, European Commission (TBC)
➡️ Open Badges at work: get your badge through the ETF Community of Innovative Educators, Simone Ravaioli
➡️ How to implement micro and open credentials in daily work of schools, Questions and Answers session – moderated by Fabio Nascimbeni, ETF
➡️ Co-creation session
The event will take place online on the Zoom platform and will be delivered in English, Russian and Arabic.
How to register? Please fill in the the registration form
After registering you will receive the link to access the meeting.