The Organization of American States (OAS) alliance with ProFuturo invite you to the launch of the Virtual Map and the presentation of the report “Digital Education in the Americas: Good Practices for Inspiration”.

Learn about the most innovative experiences in the use of new digital technologies for Education that are taking place in Latin America and the Caribbean.

In the event, you will discover the main findings of the Mapping of Good Practices in Digital Education of the Americas carried out in 2022, which aimed to highlight the initiatives of educational institutions and Civil Society Organizations from Latin America and the Caribbean that, during the pandemic, promoted learning opportunities and generated a positive impact in the academic community.

Watch the event streamed here.

Digital credentials are an emerging phenomenon all over the world, that can capture, recognise and validate a broader range of learning outcomes than traditional certification schemes, saving time and money for certificate issuers, retaining control over the validity of credentials and increasing visibility of skills. But: is this relevant for educators, and how?

The European Commission has recently launched its Europass Digital Credential Issuer, a free‑of‑charge web-app that allows credential-awarding bodies to prepare and issue degrees, diplomas or other learning credentials to learners in the form of European Digital Credentials for Learning.

Open Badges are a widely adopted type of digital credentials, that contain verifiable metadata about achievements according to a common data format and are presented as visual symbols of accomplishment. In 2023, the ETF Community of Innovative Educators will start issuing Open Badges to recognise the achievement of those members who submitted a teaching innovation practice and who have been particularly active in the community. During the webinar, the first set of ETF Open Badges will be showcased.

At the end of the webinar, an open session will take place to collect ideas from the community members on new activities to be developed within the community.

On the Agenda: 

➡️ The digital credentials revolution: why is it important for educators? Anthony Camilleri, KIC

➡️ The European Commission strategy for digital credentials, Koen Nomden, European Commission (TBC)

➡️ Open Badges at work: get your badge through the ETF Community of Innovative Educators, Simone Ravaioli 

➡️ How to implement micro and open credentials in daily work of schools, Questions and Answers session – moderated by Fabio Nascimbeni, ETF

➡️ Co-creation session 

The event will take place online on the Zoom platform and will be delivered in English, Russian and Arabic. 

How to register? Please fill in the the registration form

After registering you will receive the link to access the meeting. 

Digital credentials are an emerging phenomenon all over the world, that can capture, recognise and validate a broader range of learning outcomes than traditional certification schemes, saving time and money for certificate issuers, retaining control over the validity of credentials and increasing visibility of skills. But: is this relevant for educators, and how?

The European Commission has recently launched its Europass Digital Credential Issuer, a free‑of‑charge web-app that allows credential-awarding bodies to prepare and issue degrees, diplomas or other learning credentials to learners in the form of European Digital Credentials for Learning.

Open Badges are a widely adopted type of digital credentials, that contain verifiable metadata about achievements according to a common data format and are presented as visual symbols of accomplishment. In 2023, the ETF Community of Innovative Educators will start issuing Open Badges to recognise the achievement of those members who submitted a teaching innovation practice and who have been particularly active in the community. During the webinar, the first set of ETF Open Badges will be showcased.

At the end of the webinar, an open session will take place to collect ideas from the community members on new activities to be developed within the community.

On the Agenda: 

➡️ The digital credentials revolution: why is it important for educators? Anthony Camilleri, KIC

➡️ The European Commission strategy for digital credentials, Koen Nomden, European Commission (TBC)

➡️ Open Badges at work: get your badge through the ETF Community of Innovative Educators, Simone Ravaioli 

➡️ How to implement micro and open credentials in daily work of schools, Questions and Answers session – moderated by Fabio Nascimbeni, ETF

➡️ Co-creation session 

The event will take place online on the Zoom platform and will be delivered in English, Russian and Arabic. 

How to register? Please fill in the the registration form

After registering you will receive the link to access the meeting. 

In our digital societies made of big data, hidden algorithms and fake news, raising educators’ awareness regarding the complexity of using digital technologies and social media for learning is a key issue. Developing critical digital competences is in fact key to everyone, but even more to educators, so that they can empower students to engage not only effectively but also ethically with the current socio-technical ecosystem.  

For this shift to become mainstream, however, education systems need to be invested in approaching digital competences from a critical perspective, starting from the training of teachers themselves, and with the frameworks regulating both pedagogies and curricula. This involves reconceptualising the notion of digital literacies in order to look beyond functional digital skills and encompass instead a richer set of critical digital literacies, that are tailored specifically to educators’ personal and professional needs. 

This webinar will present examples of tools and approaches to develop an in-depth understanding of the dimensions of critical digital literacies within learning design and professional development. 

The webinar is organized by the ETF Community of Innovative Educators, and is mainly targeting trainers and teachers. The agenda and registration form are available here.

The meeting will be delivered in English, Russian and Arabic.

As part of its new main line of action on national and regional policy learning, The Teacher Task Force is co-organising a series of workshops for the Latin America and the Caribbean region with CARICOM in cooperation with St Kits and Nevis and Brazil. The first workshop will be held on 13 July, followed by a second workshop in October/November. Between the two workshops, additional reflection by the TTF Secretariat and the regional Steering Committee members will take place to verify assumptions and refine regional policy learning needs for the second workshop.

In particular, the workshops aim to foster exchange and discussion in support of holistic and comprehensive teacher policy development as illustrated in the Teacher Policy Development Guide (TPDG) and its nine interconnected dimensions as a framework. This workshop will focus on common policy learning need related to teacher professional development and standards. Regional standard frameworks and how these can be translated into countries are critical to establish teacher education, teacher qualification, licensing of teachers, career structure and teacher motivation. In addition to this, countries demonstrated an interest in the pedagogical skills in hybrid and remote education of teacher education including innovative practices to share across countries. They also demonstrated learning needs related to social dialogue and school leadership.

Country focal points and deputies, including both country and organisational members, will be invited to the Latin America and the Caribbean regional workshop. Other key partners with regional remits will be consulted and invited to actively participate as they are familiar with regional policy learning needs.

For more information contact Thomas, Yael (y.thomas@unesco.org) or Soto Echeverri, Emilia (e.soto-echeverri@unesco.org).