Local online safety and media literacy organisation MySociaLife has introduced an online learning programme to provide teachers with digital literacy skills, as World Teachers’ Day is commemorated today.
Over the last 18 months, many educators have been forced to grapple with a new and overwhelming online learning landscape. The new ‘teach the teachers‘ course will help them navigate the challenges and opportunities of a life increasingly spent online, while learning how to impart their knowledge to pupils, according to MySociaLife.
Co-convened in partnership with the International Labour Organisation, UNICEF and Education International, World Teachers' Day is observed every year on 5 October to honour teachers. It seeks to consider issues related to teachers and teaching, focusing on appreciation, assessment and changes required for teachers to execute their duties.
The pandemic has seen technology and education become increasingly integrated in the schooling system across the globe, as governments announced COVID-19-induced lockdowns.
The Department of Basic Education is reportedly looking into regulations and policies it can follow to open online public schools and introduce a switch-up from traditional brick-and-mortar schools to online schooling.
However, according to MySociaLife, most teachers do not feel adequately equipped to deal with the diverse aspects of a digital learning life, and many feel it’s a vast online landscape to understand, while others admit to being overwhelmed during an uncertain and difficult period.
The 75-minute online course uses a web-based ‘log in and learn’ approach to reveal what's happening regarding social media, apps, learning tre ..
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