Are you a teacher who finds online classes challenging?

Download now the guide for the practical course of digital pedagogy and collaborative learning for teachers, organized by Teach for Romania between April and May 2021. The content is dedicated to primary and secondary school teachers who want to develop their skills in working with students in a virtual learning setting. Learn how you can better plan and organize your online classes, adapt lesson content for the online classrooms, and create contexts for students to work and learn collaboratively. Find out how you can empower students to collaborate, be more confident, and be autonomous.

Structure of the training program

The course included 2 training sessions and mentoring meetings tailored around each individual’s needs, held by primary and secondary-school teachers supported by Teach for Romania. During the course, the participants benefitted from: lesson simulations, opportunity for self-reflection, experiential learning, feedback, analysis, conceptual clarification.

 
The two training sessions covered two topics:
 

1. Digital Pedagogy (way of leading learning in a virtual classroom tailored around a child’s cognitive processes);

2. Collaborative work in the context of agile learning.

April 17, 2021

first meeting – one day of training

24 – 25 April 2021

second meeting – 2 days of training

19 – 23 April 2021

a personalized mentoring session held by trainers of approx. 2 hours

10 – 21 May 2021

a personalized mentoring session held by trainers of approx. 2 hours

What were the learning objectives?

  • Participants designed a learning activity following the way the brain learns and that develops collaborative learning.
  • Participants supported a learning activity that respects the way the brain learns and that develops collaborative learning and teamwork.
  • Participants integrated the constructive feedback received on the supported learning activity.
  • Participants provided constructive feedback to colleagues on the learning activities supported by them.
  • Participants adapted the learning activity designed for offline settings to the online environment, respecting the rigors of digital pedagogy.

Trainers and apprentices of the program

About the guide

More than ever, we acknowledged the need to develop digital skills in the academic environment, but also the ability to adapt, find solutions and learn continuously.

 

The guide deals with digital pedagogy from several perspectives, focusing on how you can produce relevant learning using technology – whether in an online, hybrid or traditional context.

 

This material was created with the aim of supporting teachers and bringing useful information about digital lessons as an extension of the content taught physically in the classroom. The guide also proposes tools and models to support teachers, from internet safety to how online learning can be transformed.