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The Empowering Digital Teachers badge represents 20 hours of self-paced  digital learning.  The course has been designed to help educators build their confidence and skills around using digital technology to support the learning and teaching process. There are 7 modules each with a quiz included.  Learners are required to complete all 7 modules and and score at least 80% in all of the quizzes 

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Modules

Introduction

• What is digital learning?
• Exploring the concept of digital learning
• Progress check - digital learning
• Where am I in digital learning?

Digital Resources

• Introduction to digital resources
• Key considerations when creating digital learning materials
• What digital learning materials and resources are you aware of?
• Recycling (your own) existing digital learning materials
• Recycling PowerPoint Presentations
• Privacy issues
• Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
• Using Creative Commons Resources
• Using Creative Commons Resources
• Sharing digital content
• Generate a License
• Addressing heterogeneity
• Digital Resources Quiz

Communication and Collaboration

• Introduction to Communication and Collaboration
• Communication & Collaboration Reading 1
• Communication & Collaboration Definitons and Categories
• Synchronous Communication
• Asynchronous Communication
• Examples and differences of Synchronous and Asynchronous communication
• Examples and differences of Synchronous and Asynchronous communication
• Communication and Collaboration... explore further
• Communication and Collaboration Quiz

Teaching and Learning

• Introduction to Teaching & Learning
• Good practice in digital teaching
• Good practice in digital teaching
• Digital teaching in a school context
• What do I want to achieve by using digital teaching?
• Selecting technology for digital teaching
• National differences in making decisions about digital teaching
• Methods (and tools) for effective digital teaching
• Classroom Management
• Teaching & Learning Quiz

Empowering Learners and Facilitating Learners' Digital Competence

• Introduction to Empowering Learners and facilitating learners' digital competence 1
• Introduction to Empowering Learners and facilitating learners' digital competence 2
• Facilitating learners' digital competence
• Share your experience with others: tips on how to develop a positive student-teacher relationship in a digital learning environment. 
• Online privacy
• Empowering Learners Assignment Online Privacy. 
• Cyberbullying
• Empowering Learners Quiz

Inclusive Digital Learning

• Introduction to Inclusive Digital Learning 1
• Definition of Inclusive Digital Learning
• Performance Related Heterogeneity - Introduction
• Performance Related Heterogeneity - Learning Diagnosis
• Performance Related Heterogeneity - Levels of Differentiation - Quiz
• Performance Related Heterogeneity - Individualised Learning Goals
• Performance Related Heterogeneity - Flexible Forms of Teaching and Self-Organised Forms of Learning
• Socio-economic Heterogeneity - Quiz
• Inclusive Digital Learning - Online Cooperative Games
• Online Cooperative Games - Community Collection
• Inclusive Digital Learning - References

Assessment

• Introduction to Assessment
• Forms of Assessment
• Assessment Criteria
• Assessment - Role of Feedback
• Self-Assessment
• Peer-Reviewed Assignment
• References

Wrapping Up

• Introduction to Wrapping Up
• Where am I in digital learning now?
• Reflect on your learning experience