Future Classroom Scenarios

iTEC

Enrollment is Closed

Welcome to the Future Classroom ScenariosMOOC

The Future Classroom Scenarios course aims to introduce teachers, headteachers and ICT coordinators in schools to concepts, tools, and exchanges about the future classroom. The course is designed in response to the increasing challenges faced by educators around the world to accommodate the rising importance of technology in education and the impact this has on teaching and learning.

The course covers six modules which introduce you to key concepts like 21st century skills and allow you to exchange with your peers about your own experiences of trying out new activities and technologies in the classroom. During the course we will also reflect and discuss the role of technology tools in the future classroom and your current teaching and learning environments. A number of tools are introduced which help the process of innovation in the school and classroom but are equally useful for your everyday teaching practices.

The course is run by teachers for teachers and most of the learning will happen collaboratively so you will be asked to actively participate and share your thoughts and ideas with the other course members. We will be using a variety of tools that allow a collaborative learning process.

You can download the course content here.

Prerequisites

The course is targeted at classroom teachers working in primary schools (students at least 5 years and maximum 13 years of age). However, the course is open to anyone interested in the topic and is free of charge.

Modules

Module 1: What does the future classroom look like?
Module 2: Your future classroom – towards a realistic vision
Module 3: From vision to reality – technology in your future classroom
Module 4: Learning activities for 21st century skills
Module 5: From Learning Activities to Learning Stories
Module 6: Have you seen the future classroom yet?

Certification

You will also be asked to test some of the ideas and activities presented on the course in your classrooms, providing feedback about successes and challenges and helping each other in evaluating your ideas and activities. At the end of the course you will receive an electronic certificate of participation.

Note to teachers from Portugal: You can get your successful participation in a European Schoolnet Academy course formally recognised as a valid continuous professional development, and thereby acquire the relevant number of training hours, by sending your certificate to the Conselho Científico e Pedagógico de Formação Contínua (CCPFC) at Rua do Forno, nº 30, 1º andar - apartado 2168, 4700 - 429 Braga, Portugal. For more information, please contact the CCPFC.

Course Staff

Disclaimer and Copyright

The ‘Future Classroom Scenarios’ course is based on the work conducted within the EC-funded iTEC project (Innovative Technologies for an Engaging Classroom) and developed by the pedagogical experts involved in the creation of iTEC Learning Activities and Toolkits. The course and the related materials reflect the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.