DIGIT-GERA - training course for educators and teachers of seniorsIn order to ensure that older people can make full use of digital technologies to learn, develop and extend their independent living time, in our second phase of this project (IO2), we have developed a training course for educators and teachers of seniors, in which they can find tools and materials, as well as acquire greater skills to lay the foundations for the creation of an age-friendly digital learning community.

This training course is designed to improve the digital and personal skills of educators and teachers of the elderly in order to be able to help their students become active digital citizens.

DIGIT-GERA makes this course available on an e-learning platform, supervised by the partner Metodo. The content of the curriculum includes not only theoretical knowledge, but also some practical exercises in digital spaces that trainers will be able to implement in face-to-face courses or training activities with the elderly and is organised by the following modules:

1. Introduction to DIGIT-GERA course
2. Digital Literacy: Improving digital skills in senior learners
3. Active digital citizenship 
4. Cybersecurity: DigComp framework for citizens as a tool to foster digital skills in senior citizens 
5. Expanding the minds of elderly persons: new horizon
6. Enhancing seniors mental health in a post-pandemic environment 
7. Enhance seniors physical condition 
8. Self Awareness: raising older learners conscientiousness of their role in the society
9. Critical Geragogy 

10. Digital age-friendly learning community (DAFLC)

    Completion of the DIGIT-GERA course, will improve the competence of teachers and trainers in the following DigCompEdu (Digital Competence Framework for Educators) areas:

    3.1 Teaching

    3.3 Collaborative learning

    5.1 Accessibility and inclusion,

    Thorough study of the content of the modules and completion of the recommended exercises will result in the participant's competence being at the expert level (B2), according to the DigCompEdu framework.

    The course is an open educational resource and registration can be done by participants, so anyone interested in the topic can sign up.

    Participants in the online course will receive a diploma of completion that will contain specific references to DigCompEdu and the level achieved by the participants.

    You will have at least 60 hours of online training and will be available not only in English, but in all partner languages (Portuguese, Polish, Spanish, French and Italian). 

    Join us on this journey and stay tuned for updates on these exciting activities. 

    Visit the project's website and join the course: https://digitgera.eu/

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