Teaching Digital Competence in the Instructional Design of a Dialogic Learning Environment

Teaching digital competence is about the efficient and effective use of digital tools for the elaboration of optimal learning environments. Digital competence is, not only the mastery of devices and applications, but also the consideration of a responsible use of information and communication technologies with a proper instructional design.

This study emphasizes a dialogical teaching and learning approach where students harness the opportunities of digital technologies in their interactions with other students or members of the learning community, based on equity. Success of an educational action depends on the combination of a large number of factors that must be carefully planned and designed in advance. This work presents the design considerations derived from a dialogic teaching and learning approach supported with digital competences to boost community interaction by the creation of enriched dialogue environments. The goal is to build meaningful interactions in the classroom to achieve optimal educational results.

Keywords: Teaching Digital competence; Dialogic learning; Learning design; ICT

Abbreviations: ICT: Information and communication technologies; TDC: Teaching digital competence; DTL: Dialogic teaching and learning; LD: Learning design