DigCompEdu on Digital Skills for Education Professionals of the Federal Network EPCT

Abstract

This article analyzes the impact of the theoretical framework proposed by the European Framework for the Digital Competence of Educators (DigCompEdu), in the initiative proposed by the Secretariat of Professional and Technological Education of the Ministry of Education (SETEC/MEC), for the construction of the Digital Training Platform of Servers (PlaforEDU). The study is configured as research with a qualitative approach, supported in terms of technical procedures in a case study, referring to the use of the European Framework for the Digital Competence of Educators as a theoretical basis for the construction of the training itineraries of PlaforEDU. As a result of the research, it is possible to infer that even with the specificity of the objectives of action undertaken by SETEC/MEC, the Massive Online Open Courses (MOOC), selected through digital curation by researchers in the area, contemplate and have the potential to be enjoyed by the entire public education network, in its municipal, state and federal spheres, which expands the scope and initial objective of the action of continuous training of education professionals. And more: because they are public resources involved in the promotion and development of actions, PlaforEDU is also available free of charge to any citizen, to educators in initial training and to education professionals in the private and corporate areas.