4. Moodle Educator Certification

MEC is the Moodle Educator Certification and it is based on the European Framework for Digital Competences for Educators (DigCompEdu). DigCompEdu articulates 22 competencies in six areas, as shown below and MEC has one course for each area: Professional Engagement, Digital Resources, Teaching and Learning, Assessment, Empowering Learners, and Facilitating Learners’ Digital Competence.

The six MEC courses, matching the six groups of competencies,  are online, asynchronous, and facilitated. In each course, there is a quiz to evaluate each competence and two writing assignments that allow candidates to reflect on what they have learned and how Moodle can support their teaching practice. 

 

Module and Competence

Duration

  1. Professional engagement

    1. Organizational communication - Use a variety of communication methods to enhance communication within their organization.

    2. Professional collaboration - Collaborate and share resources

    3. Reflective practice - Improve their practice through critical reflection and feedback.

    4. Digital CPD - Engage in continuous professional development using sites such as MoodleNet.

8 hrs

  1. Digital Resources

    1. Selecting digital resources - Locate, assess, and select appropriate open content such as from MoodleNet.

    2. Creating and modifying digital resources - Create and share appropriately licensed open content.

    3. Managing, protecting, and sharing digital resources - Respect and correctly attribute open content and apply privacy and copyright rules.

8 hrs

  1. Teaching and Learning

    1. Teaching - Engage learners with thoughtful use of interactive materials.

    2. Guidance - Support learners individually and within groups using a range of tools.

    3. Collaborative learning - Motivate learners with collaborative learning activities.

    4. Self-regulated learning - Create scenarios supporting self-regulated learning.

8 hrs

  1. Assessment

    1. Assessment strategies - Use summative and formative approaches appropriate to their learners.

    2. Analysing evidence - Track and support learner progress by informed use of activity and course reporting.

    3. Feedback and planning - Provide targeted support with a range of feedback options appropriate to their learners.

8 hrs

  1. Empowering learners

    1. Accessibility and inclusion - Create accessible and mobile-friendly courses to ensure inclusion.

    2. Differentiation and personalisation - Create personalized and adaptive learning paths to meet learners’ diverse needs.

    3. Actively engaging learners - Foster learner independence and creativity by using a range of strategies to motivate and reward learner success.

8 hrs

  1. Facilitating learners’ digital competence

    1. Information and Media Literacy - Guide learners to source and critically evaluate online materials.

    2. Digital communication and collaboration - Encourage learner communication, collaboration, and civic participation.

    3. Digital content creation - Provide opportunities for learners to co-create content relevant to them.

    4. Responsible use - Guide learners to be safe online

    5. Digital problem solving - Challenge learners with technical problem-solving activities and scenarios.

8 hrs

Total hours:

48 hrs

 

Guidelines

  • The MEC course is a 48-hour full online training self-paced course. 
  • All MEC takers are required to take the pre-assessment exam.
  • All participants who passed the pre-assessment will be able to directly take the MEC program.
  • A total of six (6) weeks with an estimated time of 48 hours to complete the course. 
  • The participants are enrolled for 3 months which may allow 6 to 8 hours weekly to take the lesson, answer the assessment, and accomplish other similar activities to acquire the certificate of completion. 
  • After completing this course, you will be able to download your certificate.