Moodle forms strategic partnership in Europe to accelerate digital competencies for educators

Moodle – world’s most popular open source Learning Management System (LMS) has signed a new partnership in Europe to accelerate the digital competencies of school educators from Spain, Romania, Croatia, Greece and Norway.  The project named – Open Digital Competences Training for School Educators (OpenDigCompEdu) will foster sustainability.

In a official media release, Moodle HQ announced the strategic partnership with the European Commission’s ERASMUS+ programme for education, training and youth. The other partners include:

• The Dept. of Education of the Generalitat of Catalonia – Spain
• Politehnica University of Timisoara – Romania
• Timis County School Inspectorate – Romania
• University of Piraeus Research Center – Greece
• University Computing Centre of the University of Zagreb – Croatia
• Premium Moodle Certified Service Provider, eFaktor – Norway

The aim of the OpenDigCompEdu Project is to promote the sustainable adoption of more online and blended approaches in education through the use of open educational technologies and open education principles. The objectives set for the project are as follows:

1.  To enhance the uptake of open education, open education practices, resources and open digital tools for delivering competence-based teaching.
2. To create and validate an understanding of the sustainability in education through open education within the Framework for open and digital competences for educators.
3. To improve the achievement and recognition of digital competences for education through e-portfolio and formal learning by introducing the OpenDigCompEdu e-portfolio and OpenDigCompEdu MOOC courses for educators.
4. To introduce microcredentials and open badges in open digital competences for school education in the partner countries.

The OpenDigCompEdu Project website is live now and can be accessed here. The newly launched website will form a valuable resource for educators who want to learn more about open digital competencies and provide project updates.