Degree Programs & Courses Competencies for the (digital) future

Future competencies

Education & Digitality

Educational processes in the wake of digitalization: digital sovereignty, future skills and changed forms of teaching and learning.

 

Digitalization is triggering a significant change: digital transformation. How do we deal with the ubiquitous availability of information? How do we cultivate our social contacts in the digital space? Do we have to be available 24/7?

To the learning unit (german)
Basic informations
Learning outcomes:

Students will be able to…

  • … explain the term "digital sovereignty" and distinguish it from "media literacy".
  • … explain the term VUCA and relate it to digitalization.
  • … explain the Future Skills and, in particular, the 4K model.
  • … explain how digitalization and the culture of digitality are changing forms of teaching and learning.
  • … distinguish between implicit, informal, and formal learning.
  • … elicit the opportunities and challenges of digitization for education.
  • … describe BeLEARN as an initiative of the Canton of Bern and explain the concept of translation. 
Duration: 2 hours
Language: German and english
Expert: Dr. Katrin Müller (BeLEARN)
Eligibility requirements: Affiliation with a Swiss university
Credit transfer to study program:
 The possibility of crediting the learning unit to one's own study program must currently be agreed upon bilaterally with each respective study program.
Authorship: The learning unit was developed in a cooperation between BeLEARN, the Learning and Development Unit and the Support Center for ICT-Aided Teaching and Research (iLUB).
Completion: Students receive a confirmation of completion upon successful completion of this learning unit.