Instructions for participants

This e-course focuses on designing communication in teaching and on selecting digital tools for collaboration. In addition to introducing these tools, it provides an overview of microlearning activities. Participants will learn the fundamentals of using online collaborative events in educational contexts and how to address common pedagogical challenges through available digital technologies. The course also covers the planning and implementation of online collaborative events, as well as the use of analytics to evaluate the effectiveness of online tools. Ultimately, participants will learn how to increase the visibility and dissemination of scientific and educational content while adhering to security and ethical standards.

This e-course, intended for teachers at HEIs, covers the following topics:

• Communication in teaching
• Selection and application of digital tools for communication and collaboration
• Online collaborative events in an educational context
• Using digital technologies to solve pedagogical problems
• Security and ethical aspects of the application of digital communication technologies
• Evaluation and monitoring of the impact of digital technologies
• Using digital technology for visibility and popularization of one's own academic work

Number of ECTS credits: 3
Attendees: teachers at higher education institutions

The objectives of the e-course are:

• to introduce participants to available digital technologies (DT) for communication
• to teach participants how to choose digital technologies appropriate for their own educational context
• to train participants in the creation of collaborative educational online events in teaching
• to enable participants to conduct an evaluation of applied digital tools in the online educational process
• to teach participants how to improve their own visibility and presence in relation to scientific and teaching (academic) work.

Learning outcomes:

• Apply three different digital tools for designing and conducting interactive online lectures
• Analyze the advantages and disadvantages of selected platforms for collaboration in group projects
• Plan collaborative activities using digital technologies to present academic work
• Evaluate the security and ethical aspects of the application of digital communication technologies in higher education
• Organize and moderate an online collaborative event (e.g., virtual conference, workshop) using planning, invitation, and evaluation tools
• Design a comprehensive protocol for conducting advanced virtual meetings and webinars, justifying pedagogical and technical decisions.