Microcredential
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An online programme aimed at teachers looking for a course on educational innovation to update their classroom practice. Through active methodologies, critical thinking and creative approaches, this micro-credential helps you to design learning experiences that are more engaging, reflective and aligned with today’s educational challenges.
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Students wishing to undertake this micro-credential may apply for a Santander scholarship and receive up to 100 per cent of the course fee (€300).
The micro-credential ‘Disruptive Training: Innovation, Active Methodologies and Creativity in the Digital Age’ is aimed at teachers who wish to undertake an online course on educational innovation to transform their teaching practice and apply new tools in the classroom.
This programme will help you develop critical thinking, creativity and the capacity for innovation, as well as incorporating active methodologies that address current educational challenges. Its practical, flexible and applicable approach facilitates continuous improvement and strengthens your professional profile as a teacher.
Upon completion of the micro-credential, students will be able to:
| Disruptive learning: innovation, active methodologies and creativity in the digital age | ||||
| Module | Module title | ECTS | Total Hours | Type |
| 1 | Analytical Thinking for Teachers | 1 | 25 | COMPULSORY |
| 2 | Critical thinking as a path to success | 1 | 25 | COMPULSORY |
| 3 | Problem-solving and decision-making skills. Applications in the classroom | 1 | 25 | COMPULSORY |
| 4 | Innovation in the Classroom | 1 | 25 | COMPULSORY |
| 5 | Research as a means of innovation in professional practice | 1 | 25 | COMPULSORY |
| 6 | Communicating innovation | 1 | 25 | COMPULSORY |
At the end of the micro-credential, you will obtain a university micro-credential certificate issued by the Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio (UAX).
Micro-credentials are training courses:
The micro-credential is delivered via a 100 % online, self-guided and individualised methodology, designed to make it easier to combine the training with professional teaching activities.
An active and applied methodology based on:
This methodological approach facilitates the immediate transfer of learning into educational practice, enabling teachers to apply the knowledge they have acquired right from the start of the course.
The content of the micro-credential is directly linked to an understanding of learning, with a clear focus on its application in real-world educational contexts.
A course in educational innovation is a training programme designed to bring teaching practice up to date through new methodologies, creative approaches and strategies that enhance pupils’ participation, motivation and learning.
This course is aimed at teachers, trainee teachers and professionals in the field of education who wish to refresh their teaching methods, incorporate active learning approaches and develop a more critical, creative and responsive approach to teaching that is suited to today’s challenges.
Yes. This micro-credential is delivered online, using a flexible approach that allows you to balance your studies with your work or other courses.
You will learn to analyse educational situations from a critical perspective, apply active teaching methods, solve pedagogical problems, devise creative proposals and share experiences of educational innovation within the teaching community.
The programme covers active and innovative methodologies for use in the classroom, with a practical approach based on case studies, individual and collaborative activities, reflection on teaching practice and a learning portfolio.
The micro-credential lasts one year and is worth 6 ECTS credits.
No. To take this micro-credential, you must be of legal age, but no prior university qualification is required.
On completion of the course, you will receive a university micro-credential certificate issued by Alfonso X el Sabio University.
Yes. The programme is designed to enable teachers to apply what they have learnt to real-life educational contexts, particularly in the design of creative approaches, active teaching methods and processes of continuous improvement.
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