Course Content

Participants will be up-to-date on the following topics of digital adult education:

• Tools and technologies
• Media literacy in the digital world
• Formats and educational management

• Future trends and continuing learning

Course Goals

As a participating adult educator you will get to know new and practical tools for your digital work and be able to make well-grounded decisions in choosing tools for your personal purposes. You will be introduced to democratic implications of digitalization and reflect chances and risks of technology-based educational work. As a participant you will extend your skills in the responsible use of media and information on the internet. The MOOC will provide you with valuable insights into issues of educational management, format development as well as programme and offer planning and related questions on legal requirements, infrastructure and personnel. You will keep up, gain insight into trends of the educational landscape and deal with Artificial Intelligence in Adult Education.

You will learn about different approaches to solutions and possibilites for further education. Finally, you will be able to apply what you have learned to your own professional context in a self-effective manner and further develop the tested concepts as required.

Previous Knowledge

The free MOOC addresses adult educators in teaching, training and educational management. Requirements for your participation are (in addition to know how in adult education) basic knowledge of the most common internet-applications, including communication in forums.

Course Procedure

Certificate

If you want to receive a certificate, you have to register on iMooX with your correct name, enter your name in the course profile and successfully complete the short tests of all units. Each test can be repeated several times and you will receive automated feedback to your answers. Partial certificates for individual units are also provided. Badges (digital learning badges) additionally serve as proof of your participation in each unit. The badges are issued, when the test in the respective unit has been passed successfully.

The EBmooc 2023 is accredited with 1 ECTS (wba) and can be recognised at the wba certificate for media competence.

Licence

All course materials are made available under the open Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0). This allows you to reuse, adapt and redistribute all parts of the videos, working materials, assignments and test questions – even beyond the duration of the course.

When using course materials please credit: EBmooc ²⁰²³CC BY 4.0 CONEDU on iMooX.

This excludes external links and individually labelled materials including PR-materials of the EBmooc ²⁰²³.

Please also take note of the general terms and conditions of CONEDU (in German).

Educational concept and design

The EBmooc ²⁰²³ is designed as an xMOOC. This means, that the course has a clear structure, materials (videos, texts) are provided for self-study. During the guided period in 2023 there will also be various possibilities to exchange with each other and with the lecturers (discussion forum, webinars). Exclusive individual support cannot be provided.

Each unit of the course consists of two introductory videos, additional working material, specific exercises and a short quiz at the end of the unit to assess your knowledge and understanding of concepts.

The contents are best designed to meet adult educators’ needs in teaching, training and educational management.

Advisory Groups

This MOOC is accompanied by various types of webinars and is supported by group meetings (advisory groups).

If you plan an accompanying offer yourself, feel free to contact us at ebmooc@conedu.com. In this case we will be happy to support you in promoting and implementing your offer.

Accompanying webinars

During the guided period in 2023 several webinars of different types will be offered. These webinars are open to participants and cooperation partners and serve to reflect on and deepen the knowledge of the course topics and to exchange experiences. Webinar dates: 09/21; 09/28; 10/4; 10/12; 10/18 (each starting at 4:30 pm).

Announcements and recordings of these webinars can be found in the respective units of the course. Additionally, the recordings are available on the YouTube-channel of erwachsenenbildung.at.