This initiative, carried out by MetaRed Ecuador in collaboration with the Ecuadorian Corporation for the Development of Research and Academia ( CEDIA ) and the European Union's Joint Research Centre (JRC), provides Ecuadorian universities with an adapted version of the Digital Competency Self-Assessment Tool (DigCompEdu) for their faculty. This tool will allow participating faculty, universities, and institutes to understand their level of digital competency development and thus undertake plans for personal and institutional improvement and growth. Similarly, MetaRed Ecuador will have access to aggregated data at the national level, enabling it to design competency development initiatives tailored to each country's specific context.
We are confident that this initiative can be very beneficial for the Higher Education System of Ecuador, since, as you know, it aims to achieve two fundamental objectives:
• That each institution can make a diagnosis of the skills of the teachers in its higher education institution.
Therefore, we ask that you disseminate this information as widely as possible among the teachers at your institutions.
We remind you of the information you can use to spread the word about this valuable initiative:
How can I access the recording of the meeting?
Through Metared's YouTube channel. Recording of the meeting:
What information do universities receive?
Participating universities that request it will receive the results corresponding to their institution confidentially. MetaRed Ecuador will prepare and publish a global report with aggregated data (institutions are not identified by name in the results, and no university rankings are produced).
Where can I find information about this initiative to assess teachers' digital skills in Ecuador?
Juan Patricio Córdova Ochoa, Executive Secretary of MetaRed Ecuador, used a presentation at the meeting to explain the initiative.
You can view it at the following link .
How can we get the teachers at my institution to participate?
We ask that you share this initiative through the channels your institution uses to reach teachers.
You can also directly share the self-assessment tool, the link to which you will find in this message under the heading.
What is the link to the self-assessment tool?
You can also share the following website, which summarizes information about the initiative and, of course, includes a link to the self-assessment tool for teachers' digital skills.
• Link
Is there a cost to using the tool?
No. We only ask that you give it the widest possible dissemination among professors to take advantage of the proposal's potential and obtain representative results for the overall analysis and for each university.
What is the link to the self-assessment tool?
Below is the link to the self-assessment tool. Sharing this link with as many teachers as possible at your institution will allow you to conduct a better analysis of their digital skills.
• Self-assessment link
If you cannot find your institution, you can let us know so we can try to add it by emailing: competencias-digitales-ec@metared.org
What is MetaRed Ecuador?
It is a collaborative network of public and private universities that serves as a forum for discussion and reflection on the use of ICTs in higher education institutions for their digital transformation. It is part of the global MetaRed network and brings together ICT managers from universities.
Where can I contact MetaRed Ecuador to collaborate or learn more about activities like this?
MetaRed Ecuador website .
How do I contact MetaRed Ecuador?
Secretary : juan.cordova@cedia.org.ec Coordination
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