Presentation by Montse Guitert Catasús, Director, Digital Competencies Program (psychology and science education), Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain for the European Distance Learning Week's final day webinar on "Digital skills in teaching and learning – are we on the right track?" - 11 November 2016 Recording of the discussion is available here: https://eden-online.adobeconnect.com/p80lg2b5akr/ The recording of Deirdre Hodson's presentation is available here: https://eden-online.adobeconnect.com/p9bqnf9swq2/

2. Digital skills in Teaching and Learning:
The Case of Spain
November 11, 2016
Digital skills in Teaching and Learning. Are we on the right track?
Montse Guitert
Digital Competencies Program
Psychology and science education),
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain

3. Index
• Digitalization in Spain
• Digital skills in Teaching and Learning in Spain

4. Digitalization in Spain

5. eurostat/statistics-explained
55% basic digital skills
74% basic digital communication skills

6. http://blogs.e
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Spain is 15th of 28 countries

7. Spain is improving in terms of connectivity
and internet use, but…
It remains weak in
relation to Digital
Competencies (only
54% of citizens
possess basic digital
competencies)
DESI Report 2016

8. Digital Agenda in Spain: February 2013
Manifesto of Digital Competencies 2015
Education and ICT
Personalized &
Differentiated
Learning
Teacher Training &
Lifelong Learning
Mixing Informal
& Formal Learning
Opportunities
Virtual Learning
Environments
Extend concept of
classroom time &
Space
Educational Community
Digital Competency
of Teachers
Common
Framework of reference
Building Technological
Platforms and quality
teaching resources

9. As a tool to improve
citizens’ DigComp.
Support policies toward
building DigComp.
Plan education and training initiatives in
DigComp. in specific target groups
Provide common language on how to
identify/evaluate key areas of DigComp.

11. DigComp implementation: Spain

12. Digital skills in Teaching and Learning in Spain

13. Policy support and Assessment for employability
CATALONIA, SPAIN
ACTIC accreditation system
for ICT competences

14. Assessment for employability
CATALONIA, SPAIN
ACTIC accreditation system
for ICT competences
C1 Culture, participation and digital civism;
C2 Digital technology, computer and operating system usage;
C3 Browsing and communication in the digital world;
C4 Written information management;
C5 Graphics, audio and video management;
C6 Digital information management;
C7 Data management;
C8 Content presentation.

15. Teacher professional development

16. Catalonia, Spain
Interdepartmental Project on
Teacher Digital Competence
Digital Teaching Competition consists of two
kinds of knowledge and skills:
1. ICT competence refers to the instrumental
use of technology, whose frame of
reference the ACTIC,
2. teaching skills and methodology,
organized into five dimensions:
• Design, planning and implementation
of educational
• Organization and management of
spaces and educational resources
• Communication and collaboration
• Ethics and digital citizenship
• Professional development.
Extremadura implements the
Spanish DigComp for
Teachers Digital Competence Portfolio.
Teacher professional developmentTeacher professional development

17. Student Digital Competence in Spain
http://www.mecd.gob.es/educacion-mecd/mc/lomce/el-curriculo/curriculo-primaria-eso-bachillerato/competencias-clave/digital.html
Information
Communication
Content creation
Safety
Problem solving

18. http://ensenyament.gencat.cat/web/.content/home/departament/publicacions/colleccions/competen
cies-basiques/eso/eso-ambit-digital.pdf
Digital Competencies in Education
Student Digital Competence in Catalonia
Dimensions
Instruments and
Applications
information processing
and organization of work
and learning environments
Interpersonal
Communication
and Collaboration
Citizenship, habits,
civility, and digital identity

19. Programa Escuela 2.0 (2009-2012): One laptop per child
European Schoolnet DigCompOrg. Autonomus Comunities
País Vasco: Área de Innovación del Departamento de Educación del País Vasco
Cataluña: XTEC del Departamento de Educación de Cataluña
Castilla y León: Portal de Educación de Castilla y León
Extremadura: Portal de Educación de Extremadura
mShools
Although there are specific projects,
we can not speak of widespread digitization.
Digitalization Projects in the Classroom

20. UOC Digital Training Area
Adapted Martin, 2010
Digital Curriculum at the UOC
Postgraduate courses
Specializations
Master Elearning
ICT Competencies course (Undergrad)
(Intermedia Level ACTIC)
Seminars
Workshops
MOOC

21. Right Direction
Slow Pace of Evolution

22. Digital Training Area
Keys to ICT
Research group: ICT in Education
mguitert@uoc.edu @montseguitert
@UOCserdigital