Framework for pedagogical training of trainers in digital content for self-learning (e-Contents)

Santos, Arnaldo; Moreira, Lúcia de Freitas; Silva, Paula Alexandra Valente da

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Santos, Arnaldo

Moreira, Lúcia de Freitas

Silva, Paula Alexandra Valente da

Abstract(s)

The main objective of continuing education for trainers is to promote the updating, improvement, and acquisition of new didactic and pedagogical skills that cover different fields of action, namely the design, development, and implementation of training programs in the field of research and experimentation of new approaches and methodologies applied to diversified audiences and contexts, especially in e-Learning and b-Learning environments. To fulfill these competencies, the IEFP National Centre for Trainer Qualification (CNQF), besides managing and coordinating the training and certification system for trainers in Portugal, has been developing a modular structure for the Initial Pedagogical Training of Trainers and the Continuous Pedagogical Training of the Distance Trainer (e-Trainer) to contribute to the acquisition and development of pedagogical and technical competences of trainers that will contribute to raising the standards of quality of the training provided. Technological innovation and evolution launch new challenges to Trainers requiring a great effort to adapt and master both from the point of view of pedagogical models and communication processes in learning environments and digital content. This new Continuous Pedagogical Training Referential in Digital Content for Self-Learning (e-Content) was designed in this context. It explores the pedagogical and technological dimensions of producing digital content for distance learning environments. This article presents the fundamentals of this framework, its application, and validation in a case study supported by two e-Content training courses. With this case study and in a perspective of continuous improvement, we intend to understand how the modular structure of the adopted framework influences the results obtained by the trainees of the e-Content training courses and their degree of satisfaction.