Digital Competencies for Professional Development
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- Course Name: Digital Competencies for Professional Development
- Course Description: The MOOC "Digital Competencies for Professional Development" aims to empower higher education teachers with the essential digital and professional competencies for the digital era. This course focuses on using digital technologies to enhance educators' communication, collaboration, and professional development, as well as equipping students to use these technologies creatively and responsibly for information, communication, content creation, well-being, and problem-solving.
- This is the third course in a trilogy of MOOCs integrated into the Embrace project, a collaborative initiative aimed at a significant transformation in higher education. The project focuses on addressing pedagogical, digital skills and integrating with the world of work. It is led by Hamk University, Finland, and includes renowned institutions such as:
- Universidade Federal do ABC – UFABC (Brazil),
- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Espírito Santo – IFES (Brazil),
- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo – IFSP (Brazil),
- Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira – UTP (Colombia),
- Fundacion Universitaria del Area Andina – AREANDINA (Colombia),
- Instituto Politecnico de Braganca – IPB (Portugal).
- Duration: 60 hours
- Language: Portuguese, English, and Spanish
- Difficulty Level: Basic
- Professors/Instructors:
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- Juliana Cristina dos Santos de Andrade
- Vanessa Battestin Nunes
- Marize Lyra Silva Passos
- Inês Monteiro Barbedo de Magalhães
- Júlio Francisco Blumetti Facó
- Michelle Sato Frigo
- Teresa Helena Buscato Martins
- Jussara Pimenta Matos
- Fabian Alexis Franco Gallego
- Igor Carlos Pulini
- Marcelo Queiroz Schimidt
- Juan Carlos Vergara Zapata
- Target Audience: Teachers, staff, students of the partner institutions in the EMBRACE project, and other educational institutions, as well as community members who wish to develop their digital competencies in education.
- Technical Requirements: A computer or smartphone with internet access is required.
- Prerequisites: No prerequisites are required for this course.
- Contents:
- Digital Competencies for Educators
- Institutional Communication
- Professional Collaboration
- Reflective Practice
- Continuous Professional Development
- Information and Media Literacy
- Digital Communication and Collaboration
- Digital Content Creation
- Responsible Use of Digital Technologies
- Digital Problem-Solving
- Methodology: The MOOC course adopts a self-learning approach, providing varied materials such as videos, texts, and links on Moodle. It encourages practice through activities , promotes interaction in discussion forums, sharing of productions, and automatic assessments. Available in Portuguese, Spanish, and English, the MOOC course stands out for its open and flexible nature, emphasizing students' autonomous participation without direct tutoring.
- Assessment Process: The assessments will be varied, emphasizing the practical application of knowledge. They include practical projects and active participation in forums. Additionally, gamified activities will be incorporated to make the assessment more engaging and stimulate the application of competencies in a playful and interactive way.
Teacher: Carolina Correa de Carvalho
Pedagogias Ativas com Uso de Ferramentas Digitais
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- Course name: Active Pedagogies Using Digital Tools
- Course description: The MOOC "Active Pedagogical Skills" is a proposal aimed at enhancing both digital and pedagogical skills of higher education teachers, with a special emphasis on teaching and learning areas, and teacher training, as outlined by the European Digital Competence Framework for Educators (DigCompEdu).
This is the second course of a trilogy of MOOCs integrated into the Embrace project, a collaborative initiative aimed at significant transformation in higher education. The project focuses on addressing pedagogical, digital skills and integration with the world of work. It is led by the University of Hamk, in Finland, and includes the participation of renowned institutions, such as:
- Universidade Federal do ABC – UFABC (Brasil),
- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Espírito Santo – IFES (Brasil),
- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo – IFSP (Brasil),
- Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira – UTP (Colômbia),
- Fundacion Universitaria del Area Andina – AREANDINA (Colômbia),
- Instituto Politecnico de Braganca – IPB (Portugal).
- Workload: 60h
- Language: Portuguese, English and Spanish
- Difficulty level: Basic
- Professors:
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- Juliana Cristina dos Santos de Andrade
- Vanessa Battestin Nunes
- Marize Lyra Silva Passos
- Allan Moreira Xavier
- Isadora Blanco Perez
- Marvin Kadier Torres Molina
- Graciella Watanabe
- João Ricardo Sato
- Natalia Diosa Vasquez
- Damione Damito Sanches Sigalas Dameão da Silva
- Target audience: Teachers; staff, students from partner institutions in the EMBRACE project and other educational institutions, and people from the general community, who wish to develop their digital teaching skills.
- Technical requirements: A computer or smartphone with internet access is required.
- Course prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for taking this course.
- Content:
- Digital competencies for educators
- Differentiation and personalization
- Actively engaging students
- Teaching strategies
- Collaborative learning
- Self-regulated learning
- Guidance
- Accessibility and inclusion
- Methodology: The MOOC course adopts a self-learning approach, providing various materials such as videos, texts, and links in Moodle. It encourages practice through activities, promotes interaction in discussion forums, sharing productions, and automatic assessments. Available in Portuguese, Spanish, and English, the MOOC course stands out for its open and flexible nature, emphasizing students' autonomous participation without direct tutoring.
- Evaluation process: The assessments will be varied, emphasizing the practical application of knowledge. They include practical projects and active participation in forums. In addition, gamified activities will be incorporated to make the assessment more engaging and stimulate the application of skills in a playful and interactive way.
Teacher: Carolina Correa de Carvalho
Digipeda - Digital and Pedagogical Competencies
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- Course name: Digipeda - Digital and Pedagogical Competencies
- Course description: The inaugural MOOC of the Embrace project aims to enhance the digital and pedagogical competencies of higher education teachers, focusing on the assessment and efficient utilization of digital resources, as established by the European Framework for Digital Competence for Educators (DigCompEdu). This course marks the beginning of a trilogy of MOOCs integrated into Embrace, a collaborative initiative to significantly transform higher education. The project aims to address pedagogical, digital competencies, and integration with the world of work, led by the University of Hamk (Finland) and with the participation of prominent institutions such as:
- Universidade Federal do ABC – UFABC (Brasil),
- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Espírito Santo – IFES (Brasil),
- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo – IFSP (Brasil),
- Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira – UTP (Colômbia),
- Fundacion Universitaria del Area Andina – AREANDINA (Colômbia),
- Instituto Politecnico de Braganca – IPB (Portugal).
- Duration: 60h
- Language: Portuguese, English, and Spanish
- Difficulty level: Basic
- Professors:
- Igor Carlos Pulini
- Mariella Berger Andrade
- Luiz Carlos Loss Lopes
- Juliana Cristina dos Santos de Andrade
- Paulo José Evaristo da Silva
- Ricardo Medeiros Priuli
- Ricardo Geraldo Teixeira
- Carla Lopes Rodriguez
- Carolina Corrêa de Carvalho
- Myrian Marín Ospina
- Jhonnier Guzman
- Yogel Alberto Ruas Amaya
- Jorge Mario Medina
- Vanessa Battestin
- Marize Lyra Silva Passos
- Target audience:
Teachers; staff, students from partner institutions in the EMBRACE project, and from other educational institutions, as well as members of the community at large, who wish to develop their digital teaching competencies. - Technical requirements: A computer or smartphone with internet access is necessary.
- Course prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for taking this course.
- Contents:
- Digital Skills for Educators (DigCompEdu).
- Competencies in the Digital Resources Area:
- Selection and Evaluation of Digital Resources
- Creation and modification of digital content
- Management, protection, and sharing of digital resources
- Competency in the Assessment Area:
- Evaluation strategies
- Analysis of evidence
- Feedback, and Planning
- Methodology: The MOOC course adopts a self-directed learning approach, providing various materials such as videos, texts, and links on Moodle. It encourages practice through activities, promotes interaction in discussion forums, sharing of productions, and automatic assessments. Available in Portuguese, Spanish, and English, the MOOC course stands out for its open and flexible nature, emphasizing autonomous student participation without direct tutoring.
- Evaluation process: Evaluations will be varied, emphasizing the practical application of knowledge. They will include practical projects and active participation in forums. Additionally, gamified activities will be incorporated to make the evaluation more engaging and to stimulate the application of competencies in a playful and interactive manner.
Teacher: Carolina Correa de Carvalho
Q-ZERO 2026
Course categoryQ-ZERO 2026
Teacher: Jose Adriano Silva de Oliveira, Mateus Coelho Silva, Mariana de Vasconcelos Correa, Rafael Dos Santos Rocha, Tiago Feitosa Armagne Rocha, Yasmin Ferreira da Silva, Emerson Ferreira Soares, Wesley Gois, Luciano Henrique Lacerda de Araujo, Ulisses Lakatos de Mello, Ligia Lopes Gomes, Sandra Maria Zapata Yepes, Gustavo Martin Garcia Souza, Daniel Miranda Machado, Pedro Morais, Matheus Oliveira da Silva, Murilo Ribeiro Silva, Gabriel Rocha Lima, Arnaldo Rodrigues dos Santos Junior, Renata Simoes, Angela Terumi Fushita, Giselle Watanabe, Graciella Watanabe, Raphael Yokoingawa de Camargo