Welcome to 'Online skills for 21st century teachers'
How will the course help you?
Enhance your understanding of digital citizenship and your ability to help learners protect themselves online, be kind to others and assess information they find.
What does the course include?
Online skills for 21st century teachers is a free self-study training course, which is divided into three hour modules. It also includes:
- A dedicated Facebook community of course participants with up-to-date insight, resources and innovative ideas for you to try out.
- Engaging discussions taking place in the Facebook community
- Live events with your course tutor and language teaching experts.
- A free workbook with extra learning content and resources.
What will you learn?
- Module 1: Digital footprint
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The aim of this module is to help you as a language teacher know how you leave a footprint or trail as you navigate your online life and why you must be aware of that footprint and its influence on your and your learners' futures.
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- define basic vocabulary related to digital footprints
- identify ways you leave trails online - Module 2: Digital empathy
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The aim of this module is to help you as a language teacher think about yourself and your learners as part of the online community and how your words and actions can have a positive impact on that community
By the end of the first unit of this module, you’ll be able to:
- identify ways you communicate with your online communities
- recognise the benefits and risks of online relationships - Module 3: Critical thinking online
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The aim of this module is to help you as a language teacher differentiate between different types of digital media and guide your learners to think critically about the information they encounter online
By the end of the first unit of this module, you’ll be able to:
- identify different types of digital media
- use strategies to search for information online
- understand how to access and share content legally.
When is the course?
Enrolment for 'Online skills for 21st century teachers' is now closed. Sign up to the free newsletter to keep up to date on when our courses open.
How much does the course cost?
The course is free.
How can you get a certificate?
You will receive a certificate if you successfully complete all self-study modules.
What level of English do you need?
Minimum CEFR B1
What can you do now?
If you're interested in learning more about online skills for 21st century teachers, you can:
- Get teaching ideas from our Courses for teachers Facebook community.
- Access learning content related to our courses on Facebook (Facebook account required).
- Access teaching resources on the TeachingEnglish website
- Download the free course workbook.
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Hi Haleem,Thanks for your…
Hi Haleem,
Thanks for your interest in our courses. The course Online skills for 21st century teachers is now closed. Please check this page for information about courses that are currently running: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/training
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TeachingEnglish team
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Hi MrSlaih,
I imagine you will hear from them soon ( try logging in again after 2/3 days). Remember that the course starts on the 19th July, if you haven't heard anything new use the help button to remind them and you'll be able to join us on the 19th. If you haven't heard write back here :)
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Anne
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I teach online classes. I think this course gonna be useful for me and other online teachers. tnx for providing us such a course.
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Hi. I am finding it difficult to register. When I log into my account I see other courses but not the 1 I want to register in. I can't see my portfolio option.
Could you please help?
Course start date 19th July
Hi Houcine,
The course starts on the 19th July, if you can see other courses on your profile now it means it's working fine, and you'll be able to join us on the 19th.
Anne
TeachingEnglish team
Portfolio
Hi Malak,
Check that you are not logged into your TeachingEnglish account on a different device or browser. Log out of your account on all devices and browsers, and log in again. See if you can see your portfolio, Click or tap 'My courses' from there. You should be taken to your training course from the day it starts (19th July). If you still can't access your course, log out, clear the cache on your browser and log in again.
Hope that helps and you can start the course on the 19th!
Anne
TeachingEnglish team
My awards
Hi Narmadha,
I'm not sure why you can't see it - log on ( make sure your are logged out of other devices), go to 'My Portfolio' then 'My courses' and you should see the 'My awards' menu - it's visible on your account from this side, and you have a certificate for the 'Climate action' course.
Anne
TeachingEnglish team
Registering for the course
Hi Reem,
These instructions below should get you into the course :). Remember that they work from the first course day scheduled, becasue the course is 'available' from that date. The first step is for you to either log into your existing account with us, or create one and log in if you haven't got one. I hope you enjoy the course!
Best regards,
Anne
TeachingEnglish team
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- STEP 1: Click or tap Create a free account or log in to your existing account. You need to be logged in to visit the course website.
- STEP 2: After you have logged in, click or tap to visit our course website to see all available courses.
- STEP 3: Enrol on your free course
- STEP 4: Start learning when the course begins.
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I can't find where to enroll the course. I have been trying many times but still can't see where to entroll. Please help me to enroll the course before it starts. I have already logged in but I can't my portfolio too.
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