Today’s educators are constantly developing the skills students need to compete in the global economy. But what are the characteristics or skills needed to be an effective 21stcentury educator? Fundamentally, this entails the need for educators to be aware that they are now dealing with a new 21st century learners –Digital Natives – who have different priorities and ways of learning. The problem is that most educators are still teaching the way they were taught in the past. Hence, there is a need to revisit the traditional conception of teaching often referrred to as Pedagogy and Andragogy.
It is time that we explore new ways to redesign learning so that it is relevant to the growing challenges of preparing our students to function in tomorrow's world. This can be done by first understanding who the Digital Natives are and how they have become self-determined learners. This new knowledge is called Heutagogy and should be mastered by all educators especially at the higher education level if they desire to create meaningful and engaging learning experiences for the Digital Natives.
This MOOC is a self-paced online professional development course worth 3 credit hours offered over a period of 8-32 weeks. It consists of EIGHT modules designed using engaging and fun learning approaches; namely; i) task-based learning; ii)challenge-based learning, iii) gamified learning, and iv) crowd-sourced contents.
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