Building on the highly successful Blended Learning Essentials series of MOOCs, the third course, entitled ‘Developing Digital Skills,’ has just been launched and will start on 2 October. This course, commissioned and funded by the Ufi Charitable Trust is designed specifically for the Vocational Education and Training sector.

Register now for free, flexible CPD: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/blended-learning-digital-skills

The course seeks to address the digital skills shortage reported by employers by giving teachers and trainers the knowledge and the confidence to teach the necessary skills, enabling students to bring much-needed digital skills to the workplace. It also enables teachers to train their learners to manage their digital footprint.

The course includes examples of tools and apps that can help teachers to develop digital creation skills in their learners. It covers a wide range of vocational education settings, and all kinds of learners, with a variety of expectations and needs. It is based on the needs of employers and on the real experience of how digital skills are being used at work.

Watch a RECORDING of the preview webinar. 

What participants said about the previous two Blended Learning Essentials courses:

‘We shouldn’t be reinventing the wheel all over the country… for me it was really quite a revelation.’

‘A source of nuisance before, they could now use the mobile phones in a constructive way.’

‘Seeing what's going on in the classroom and listening to the practitioner giving you really practical points.’

More information: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/blended-learning-digital-skills.

Blended Learning Essentials is a free online course developed by the University of Leeds and UCL Institute of Education, supported by the Association for Learning Technology and funded by the Ufi Trust.

You can contact Blended Learning Essentials by emailing ble@alt.ac.uk, follow it on Twitter @BLECourseand #FLble3.