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teachers’ pedagogical ICT competencies. However, teachers of
today still lack pedagogical/didactical methods for integrating ICT /
web 2.0 technologies into teaching. An all-embracing European sur-
vey on teachers’ web 2.0 competencies does not exist, but national
and/or sector-specifi c surveys indicate needs and potentials.
Teachers often still belong to the generation of “digital immigrants”,
who mostly have to approach new technologies in a cognitive way.
Even young teachers, grown up in the recent digital decades, have
to learn how to structure their didactics. All-in-all, a systematic ICT-
pedagogical further education of teachers is necessary.
Furthermore, this further education should relate to national recom-
mendations and to the schools’ standards. Yet, schools and teacher
training institutes have very rarely outlined ICT-pedagogical competen-
cy profi les for teachers, in order to optimally target further education.
The project will contribute to improvements in quality and innovation
in education, by improving teachers’ ICT pedagogical competencies.
– A self-evaluation tool for teachers’ ICT-pedagogical competencies
will be developed and trial run will be held, relating to international
frameworks and national need analyses.
The project will support teachers in implementing ICT pedagogi-
cal methods. – The further education module ‘E-teacher 2.0’ will
facilitate the process of re-didactization and empower teachers
in integrating Web 2.0 into teaching, update teachers with new
technologies and prepare for new relevant technologies as they
emerge. Based on previous best-practice projects, the module will
be developed jointly by the project partners as a generic model,
adaptable to local needs, within an internationally agreed open
framework. ‘E-teacher 2.0’ will be trial runed as national versions in
each partner country for evaluation and optimization.
The project aims towards national and border-crossing transparency
and recognition. – An accreditation of ‘E-teacher 2.0’ / integration
into continuing education in each partner country is targeted.
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