Upskillead e-Academy

This topic covers some practical aspects of Learning Management System. It has been divided in two main components like: tracking progress and Moodle badges.
The objectives of this topic are:
•   to have basic knowledge about tracking progress
•   to have basic knowledge about Moodle badges

This topic covers some practical aspects of Learning Management System. It has been divided in three main components like: Basic management skills, working with files and creating quizzes.
The objectives of this topic are:
   to have basic knowledge about resource management in Moodle platform
   to have basic knowledge about file management in Moodle
   to familiarise with quizzes concepts and practical use of them

Research shows that Interactive White Boards (IWBs) have a direct effect on learner involvement in lessons. Their use often results in improved presentation of content based on the use of images and movies that can attract attention and have a positive influence on learners. Providing the teacher with the possibility to personalise and adapt lessons to the learners' emerging needs, its use allows teachers to apply those non-formal and informal ways of learning that usually characterise the experience of adults, such as learning derived from 'managing' one's own life, on the job training, learning opportunities commonly offered in a community-based setting. The use of IWBs also significantly impact on the motivation of teachers. The main motivation comes from the chance to use a vast amount of digital material that is available both on the Internet and in educational software, and from the ability to produce their own digital content (text, audio, images, video) to use in class.

Graphic design is one of the specific digital competence, which is the base for more efficient work of Adult educators. Adult educators need basic knowledge for ensuring more efficient promotion of the organization and animation of participants for lifelong learning.  Adult educator prepares and produces messages in a variety of techniques. The mission is the transfer of information with the relevant words and image and use of diverse expression tools, which are adjusted to the specific target group (Adult education users / Adult learners).

The use of social media as an educational tool has been the object of numerous studies in the latest years, all of which agree that if used strategically and carefully, they can enhance both learners’ experience and teaching/ training outcomes.  Social media potential for supporting the transition from “standardized “to “personalised” education (EC 2001:9;UNESCO,1996) is defined by its ability to promote cognitive and meta cognitive learners development while using a constructivist teaching and learning approach(EC SM2016).   

UPSKILLEAD consortium creates badges for six different digital competences:
o   Online safety
o   Graphic Design
o   Web Design
o   Interactive White board
o   Learning Management System
o   Social Media

-Adult Educators are invited to register in the e-learning platform and take the course(s) of the UPSKILLEAD programme
-The e-learning platform listing indicates the criteria for earning the badge
-Adult Educators should provide evidences against the badge criteria
-Adult Educators should claim a badge, including evidence, against badge criteria
-The evaluator (assigned by UPSKILLEAD consortium) decides whether or not to award the badge to the earner ad contacts them
-The evaluator can submit feedback to forward to the earner regarding their application
-If the badge is awarder, the issuer creates a badge assertion
-Issuer optionally offers to let the earner push their badge to the Mozilla backpack