MEC Competences | Moodle Academy

VSE

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1.1 Organisational communication

Use a variety of communication methods to enhance communication within their organisation

1.2 Professional collaboration

Collaborate and share resources

1.3 Reflective practice

Improve your practice through critical reflection and feedback

1.4 Digital CPD

Engage in continuous professional development using sites such as MoodleNet

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2.1 Selecting digital resources

Locate, assess and select appropriate open content such as from MoodleNet

2.2 Creating and modifying digital resources

Create and share appropriately licensed open content

2.3 Managing, protecting and sharing digital resources

Respect and correctly attribute open content and apply privacy and copyright rules

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3.1 Teaching

Plan for, implement, experiment with and develop use of Moodle to enhance your teaching

3.2 Guidance

Enhance interaction with learners, offering timely, targeted guidance to learners, exploring new ways to support them

3.3 Collaborative learning

Foster and enhance learner collaboration and knowledge creation

3.4 Self-regulated learning

Empower learners to plan, monitor and reflect on their own learning, sharing insights and creative solutions to problems

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4.1 Assessment strategies

Use summative and formative approaches appropriate to your learners

4.2 Analysing evidence

Track and support learner progress by informed use of activity and course reporting

4.3 Feedback and planning

Provide timely, targeted support with a range of feedback options appropriate to your learners

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5.1 Accessibility and inclusion

Create accessible and mobile-friendly courses to ensure inclusion

5.2 Differentiation and personalisation

Create personalised and adaptive learning paths to meet learners' diverse needs

5.3 Actively engaging learners

Foster learner independence and creativity by using a range of strategies to motivate and reward learner success

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6.1 Information and media literacy

Guide learners to source and critically evaluate online materials

6.2 Digital communication and collaboration

Encourage learner communication, collaboration and civic participation

6.3 Digital content creation

Provide opportunities for learners to co-create content relevant to them

6.4 Responsible use

Guide learners to be safe online

6.5 Digital problem-solving

Challenge learners with technical problem-solving activities and scenarios

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DigCompEdu

The European Framework for the Digital Competence of Educators (DigCompEdu) is a scientifically sound framework that describes what it means for educators to be digitally competent. DigCompEdu considers digital competences from three standpoints:

Educators' professional competences
Educators' pedagogic competences
Learners' competences.

DigCompEdu constitutes of 22 competences that are organised in six areas. The focus of this framework is to detail how digital technologies can be used to enhance and innovate education and training.

› Read more about DigCompEdu.

Digital Competences

Being digitally competent means using digital technologies in a confident and safe way (DigComp 2.0).

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MEC

MEC stands for Moodle Educator Certification and is an advanced certification program for educators, or learning and development professionals, who have experience in teaching or training with Moodle LMS or Moodle Workplace. MEC is based on the widely used and accepted European Framework for the Digital Competence for Educators (DigCompEdu). The MEC is offered by Moodle Certified Partners and Service Providers.