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  2. DIGITAL LEARNING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOFT SKILLS

DIGITAL LEARNING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOFT SKILLS

Each week of the virtual course (08/05/2023- 29/05/2023) will be dedicated to one of the sections. A specific day of the week will be designated for the exchange of ideas and the transfer of knowledge between assistants and teachers on the contents developed and based on their own experiences. The virtual content of the course will be put into practice during the physical week. During the virtual sessions there may be a day when the teacher simply uploads some of the course materials which will be discussed on a designated day during the same week. May, 8th. 1. Presentation of the course and the professors, as well as those enrolled in the course. 2. The days on which the materials of each section will be discussed will be designated. 3. Uploading material of section 1. 4. Content for this week: Literature and digital didactics with UDL methodology:   - Introduction, objectives and didactic methods in the teaching of literature. - Trialogical learning and new technologies in the teaching of literature in the Compulsory Secondary Education curriculum. May, 15th. 1. loading material of section 2. 2. Content for this week: Emergent technology in education and implications for students with special needs: - Socio -materiality and technology: experiences at school. Hybridization of semiotic and material processes with emergent technologies (i.e. Robotics, Augmented reality and VR) and their learning potential in the post pandemic societal context, focused on cognitive disabilities.  - Analysing scripts and learning environments with VR, robotics and augmented reality to improve the learning process and make it inclusive.  May, 22nd. 1. Uploading material of section 3. 2. Content for this week: New computer tools for use in the classroom and on lcms platforms. Pedagogical models, perspectives and applications: - Preparation of an environment to integrate the Universal Design of Learning predisposition for active learning in LCMS platforms. - Virtual Learning Environment and pedagogical strategies: social constructivism, induction strategies, connectivism, TLA and needs of the use of UDL. May, 29th. 1. Uploading material of section 4. 2. Content for this week: Resources and strategies based on art and new technologies geared towards learning for people with disabilities: - Art and inclusion. How to teach art digitally to develop soft skills in adults with cognitive disabilities. - Tools and applications aimed at improving the learning process of people with cognitive disabilities. '-
Application Deadline
Virtual Part starting date 2023-05-08
Virtual Part closing date 2023-05-29
Total student workload 75
Specific field of studies Literature, Linguistics, Languages, Artificial Intelligence, Disabilities and ICT, Pedagogy, Learning strategies.
Pre-requisite for selection Motivation Letter
Academic pre-requisites for applicants No prerequisites are necessary, only interest in the content of the course. Participants should have a basic knowledge of English, which will be the lingua franca of the course, although other sections of the course may be conducted in another Romance language (Spanish, French, Italian). None of the teachers on the course are native English speakers, which does not prevent the course from flowing successfully and both teachers and participants from learning from each other in the linguistic exchanges and from the knowledge transmitted during the course.
Physical Part starting date 2023-06-19
Physical Part Description The physical week in Madrid will be entirely practical, in which students will put into practice their own knowledge together with the knowledge transmitted in the course in a sort of transfer of knowledge for applicability in the real field of working with people with disabilities June, 19th. Section 1. Literature and digital didactics with UDL methodology. - UDL theoretical framework and its implementation. Description of the didactic activity and practical examples. June, 20th. Section 2. Emergent technology in education and implications for students with special needs: - Practice. Developing pedagogical scripts with robotics, linked to trialogical learning centered on the inclusive dimensions.  June 21srt. Section 3. New computer tools for use in the classroom and on lcms platforms. Pedagogical models, perspectives and applications: - Practice: examples of group work and the use of interactive applications with UDL integration. June, 22nd. Section 4. Resources and strategies based on art and new technologies geared towards learning for people with disabilities: - Practice: two cases will be proposed to use art and Apps to develop an art teaching plan for people with cognitive disabilities. June, 23rd. - Students case work proposal based on one out of the four sections, addressing the following question: How would you apply the methodologies explained in this course to a child/adult with functional diversity? - Social activity.
Physical Part closing date 2023-06-23
Language level required B2
Field of studies related to the course Social Science and Humanities Computer Science and IT Art Design and Media
Course location Madrid. España. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras.
Course language English Italian Spanish