E-LEARNING COMPETENCIES FOR TEACHERS IN SECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION

Teaching and learning with ICT requires specific competencies for teachers and lecturers. Too much attention was given to the technological aspects. Teachers learned to work with hard- and software. A typical example is the European Computer Driving License (ECDL). A lot of people attend courses on word-processing and presentations, but using a Virtual Learning Environment, like e.g. Blackboard or Moodle, demands more didactical than technical skills. Especially e-learning and blended learning is too demanding to let teachers learn to use these tools only by experimenting. More and more is generally accepted that the e-learning competencies for teachers require a longer formation. Which competences and how these can be realized is the main focus of this lecture. Besides the theoretical background, two examples will be showed. 1. Theoretical Background When ICT was introduced in schools, teachers often got formations on how to use technology. Still today these kind of formations are successful. The ECDL-foundation even graduates people that prove to have basic knowledge about seven modules, from basic insights i