Making Technology Meaningful Through Digital Pedagogy

Topic(s) addressed

• Developing skills - endorsing the use of digital technologies to improve pedagogies and assessment methods

• Promoting the acquisition of skills and competencies

• Open education and innovative practices in a digital era   

Target groups

• 25 teachers 

• 10-12-year-old pupils

Methodologies

• We applied the co-design method to our workshops and sessions. 

• We encouraged teachers through Learning, Teaching, and Training activities to share their practical experience in order to promote the use of digital technologies. 

Environments

• We applied the teacher research concept and designed a review form, which helped us to collect authentic data about the lesson that was implemented. 

• Each lesson was designed and conducted by our project teachers, for this, we developed a structured form for creating digital pedagogy lessons (see https://digitalpedagogy.school/lessons-structure/)

Teachers

• The teachers underwent learning based on co-design and reflecting on their own teaching. They improved their teaching practices and their digital skills.

Impact

The impact on teachers:

• gaining experience in conducting co-design sessions

• improving content creation skills 

• improving digital competencies

• gaining access to the digital tools

• acquiring experience in implementing digital pedagogy

  • applying self-assessment to improve the quality of teaching