Develop your First Self-Paced Online Course - Curaçao

Available in: Amsterdam, Curacao, Dublin, Florence, Valencia

Course calendar: Chek the confirmed dates

Cultural activities: The number and schedule of the cultural activities depend on the location; check the location webpage to discover more.

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Course Description

This course benefits from all the experience that we, at Europass Teacher Academy, gathered in the last two years while creating more than 30 self-paced online courses.

Pre-requisites: intermediate computer skills

The world has changed in the last year, hasn’t it? Confined in our houses, we learnt to use the internet for many ordinary activities as we would have never imagined before. For many of us, this has also become a chance to consider online learning and training as a real opportunity. But…have you ever considered creating your own self-paced online course?

Self-paced online courses can effectively support traditional school education. They can cover secondary topics you don’t have the time to teach during the school year; or they can provide additional examples and explanations, thus assisting your students in learning from home.
Online materials for self-paced study can also complement a teaching strategy based on flipped education. Finally, you may like the idea to create an online course just to address a community of people having an interest in common with you, and share your expertise with them!

This course will provide you with the necessary capacities to manage your self-paced online course in a Learning Management System such as Moodle, create appealing visual contents (presentations and videos), and complement a learning unit with effective online tasks, job-aids, quizzes and other (self-)assessment tools.

Moreover, you will discover and learn how to apply the principles of instructional design, i.e. the practice of designing online courses in an efficient and appealing way by planning adequately the user’s e-learning path. Instructional design makes the process of learning more fluid and enjoyable, and helps involve the students and avoid dropouts in digital learning.

The course benefits from all the experience that we, at Europass Teacher Academy, collected in the last two years while creating more than 30 self-paced online courses. As a participant, you will acquire novel digital competencies and skills with a very practical approach.

By the end of the course, you will have designed and developed the essential structure of your own project for a self-paced online course… and you’ll be ready to use your new digital expertise in your everyday (online) teaching with your school students.

Note: Participants are invited to bring their own personal computer, and/or any (digital) materials they may intend to use to create their self-paced online course.

Continue reading: Discover the learning outcomes and the tentative schedule of this course.

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Course categories: ICT and School Innovation

ICT: Today’s teachers have to be familiar with new technologies and digital media not only to understand their students’ world but also to update their way of teaching according to the new needs of their students. Thanks to our courses on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) you will learn how to manage a classroom online or remotely, by exploring the most relevant ICT tools for teaching. You will be able to use various forms of digital content, such as audio platforms, videos, and social media, to communicate with your students.

School Innovation: Both students’ needs and institutional demands nowadays change so quickly that is not always easy to keep up with the latest requirements. These courses provide school principals, managers, and teachers with new tools to face an ever-changing society. Our training courses about project management, entrepreneurship, team building, and mentoring will help you make the most of new trends in school administration. You also have the chance to get familiar with the most interesting educational systems in Europe, such as the German VET system, the Finnish school system, or the Italian preschool education. Finally, you can also explore innovative methodologies to foster a more creative and inclusive school environment.

Discover other courses on:

• Intermediate computer proficiency
• Remote teaching and learning
• ICT tools for teaching