0.4 What about digital technology?
Digital competency mobilized in this course
This online course enables the learner to develop dimension 9 - Mobilizing Digital Technology for Personal and Professional Empowerment.
Level of Development
The learner will develop the following element of this dimension at an intermediate level:
9.1 Using digital technology to acquire, maintain and develop competencies for use in one’s current or future professional life.
It is undeniable that leveraging technology promotes student learning, but have you considered the benefits of using digital technology while developing C2?
Developing Students' Digital Competency
“In the past two decades, digital technologies have completely changed how people around the world interact, communicate, find information, create, work, consume, express and entertain themselves. The way we communicate, create, share and learn has changed as we gain access to a greater variety of information sources and continue to produce and disseminate knowledge at an accelerated rate.”
Source: Quebec Digital Action Plan
Image source: Visual representation of the Digital Competency Framework, MEQ, Digital Competency Framework, 2019
Benefits of Using Digital Technology
Your Task
Watch the video to understand the benefits of using digital technology in the classroom. (2 min 01 s)
Video ScriptThese are but a few examples of the benefits digital technology provides for the development of C2. In the next modules, you will have the opportunity to explore more integration possibilities and delve further into the advantages of using digital technology to develop students’ competency.
Consult the interactive presentation of the Digital Competency Framework.
Before You Start!
This course was designed according to the accessibility norms. Links will open in the same window and replace the current page. You need to click on the left arrow to come back to the initial page.
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Badge Opportunity
"Discover" Badge
The “Discover” Badge is awarded to the learner that explores a new topic, a new technology and discovers the learning object of this training. You will automatically receive the "Discover" badge after submitting your answers to two questions.
Length: 30 minutes
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You have the possibility to ask for a "Discover" badge by submitting the answers to the following questions.
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