Updated competencies in project digital learning circles
A study on higher education educators' experiences of developing digital teaching skills
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This article presents a study of the social practice and learning outcomes that emerged during a course on developing digital competencies. The course is part of a project called ‘Digital Learning Circles’. Based on empirical data from the project, this article examines which competencies educators from three higher education institutions experience to have developed during their participation in the course. The course is designed as a learning cycle that focuses on developing digital competencies for education. The study is a mixed methods study, including both quantitative data from a survey (n=96) and qualitative data from interviews with four participants. The study investigates indications of new pedagogical practices and digital opportunities for developing the participants’ practice revealed in the empirical data. The article contributes to the research field of Continued Education for educators, and it presents knowledge about the pedagogical and digital skills the participants’ experience to have developed in connection with the course. It shows that even though a course on the development of educators’ digital skills and competencies has a strong focus on developing digital skills, the general pedagogical aspects of education become the focal points of the participants’ dialogues and that affects the experienced learning outcome.
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