Digital Resources

Digital Resources

Using Digital resources as an educator.

Educators are currently confronted with a wealth of digital (educational) resources they can use for teaching. One of the key competences any educator needs to develop is to come to terms with this variety, to effectively identify resources that best fit their learning objectives, learner group and teaching style, to structure the wealth of materials, establish connections and to modify, add on to and develop themselves digital resources to support their teaching.

At the same time they need to be aware of how to responsibly use and manage digital content. They must respect copyright rules when using, modifying and sharing resources, and protect sensitive content and data, such as digital exams or students' grades.

Area covered by this set of competencies:

This is the Second Area of digital competences of educators described by the DigCompEdu framework that was formulated by the European Comission's Joint Research Centre. It contains three competences.

What will the Collaborative Laboratory try to achieve?

  • Newcomers that are only aware of digital resources will learn to confidently select, create and manage digital resources available to them.
  • More varied ways of using digital resources will be explored.
  • The fit between digital resource and learning context will be developed.
  • The strategic use of interactive resources will be developed.