Guidance
Competent Digital Educators use digital technologies and services to enhance the interaction with learners, individually and collectively, within and outside the learning session. They use digital technologies to offer timely and targeted guidance and assistance.
Typical activities
They use digital communication tools to respond promptly to learners’ questions and doubts, e.g. on homework assignments.
They set up learning activities in digital environments, having foreseen learners’ needs for guidance and catering for them.
They interact with learners in collaborative digital environments.
They digitally monitor student behaviour in class and offer guidance when needed.
They use digital technologies to remotely monitor student progress and intervene when needed, while allowing for self-regulation.
They experiment with and develop new forms and formats for offering guidance and support, using digital technologies.
When mastering this competence by doing the work in the lab, you should be able to say:
I use digital technologies, e.g. e-mail or chat, to respond to learners’ questions or doubts, e.g. on homework assignments.
I use a common digital communication channel with my learners to respond to their questions and doubts.
I am frequently in contact with learners and listen to their problems and questions.
In the lab we will also:
Learn to set up learning activities in digital environments and anticipate learners’ needs for guidance. We will then cater for these needs, e.g. with a 'Help' or 'FAQ section', or with video tutorials.
Learn to implement digital learning activities making sure we are able to (digitally) monitor student behaviour, so that we can offer guidance when needed.