Expert Diploma in Digital Competencies for Teaching

Competencies

Basic Competencies

According to Royal Decree 861/2010, of July 2, which modifies Royal Decree 1393/2007, of October 29, which establishes the organization of official university education, the following basic competencies will be guaranteed, as a minimum, in the case of the Master's degree, and those others that appear in the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education, MECES:

  • Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity for originality in the development and/or application of ideas, often in a research context.
  • That students know how to apply the knowledge they have acquired and their problem-solving skills in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study.
  • Students should be able to integrate knowledge and address the complexity of making judgments based on information that, while incomplete or limited, includes reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities associated with the application of their knowledge and judgments.
  • Students should be able to communicate their conclusions—and the knowledge and underlying reasons that support them—to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous manner.
  • That students possess the learning skills that allow them to continue studying in a manner that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.

General Competencies

  • CG1. That participating faculty members understand the fundamental concepts and principles of university teaching based on the use of digital technologies in blended and online teaching contexts (faculty digital competence).
  • CG2. That participating teachers analyze and reflect on their teaching practices regarding the pedagogical use of ICT.
  • CG3. That participating teachers acquire the necessary knowledge to organize a virtual classroom tailored to the needs of blended or online learning.
  • CG4. Participating faculty will be familiar with and apply resources in different formats for presenting and communicating knowledge in the context of distance learning at university level.
  • CG5. Participating teachers should be familiar with and apply the tools necessary for online communication, as well as the main methodologies associated with teaching with ICT.
  • CG6. Participating teachers should be able to use the resources and tools of the virtual classroom, proposing different activities for online training.
  • CG7. That participating teachers understand and put into practice the didactic principles of ICT assessment in non-face-to-face environments.
  • CG8. That participating faculty use the tools and resources to create digital teaching materials for university teaching.

Specific competencies

  • The specific competencies are included in the Teaching Guides for each of the subjects.

Learning Outcomes

RA1. Analyze and assess the situation of university teaching in the context of the digital society.
RA2. To know the different models and approaches to digital teaching in higher education.
RA3. Be able to plan virtual environments for university teaching in a didactic way.
RA4. To know and apply the digital processes and tools for the creation, development and reworking of digital content taking into account intellectual property rights and usage licenses.
RA5. Design and develop digital teaching materials using different digital tools.
RA6. Analyze proposals for emerging methodologies using ICT.
RA7. Design proposals for ICT methodologies from a perspective of educational change and innovation.
RA8. Analyze and assess the role that ICTs have in the current context of university teaching.
RA9. To know the different models and approaches of ICT assessment processes in university teaching.
RA10. Be able to plan evaluative environments for higher education in a didactic way.
RA11. Understanding the potential of interactive educational communication in university teaching.
RA12. Experiment with the use of content editors with the aim of creating video lessons and other teaching resources for university teaching.
RA13. Use autonomously and creatively the Google content organization, management and creation tools available in the ull.edu.es institutional accounts.
RA14. Structuring and organizing a virtual classroom to establish a learning environment.
RA15. To know and configure the basic resources of a virtual classroom to present and communicate teaching content.
RA 16. To know and configure the basic tools of a virtual classroom that allow carrying out activities with students in a non-face-to-face environment.
RA17. To know the tools and best practices related to communication in non-face-to-face environments.
RA18. Know the main knowledge assessment activities.

  • Contact information
  • Astrophysicist Francisco Sánchez, SN. Calabaza Building - AN.2D P.O. Box 456 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna.
  • (+34) 922 31 79 00 / 95 38
  • tpropios@ull.es