This micro-credential is designed for currently practising educators and those who are currently in or seeking leadership roles. To enrol, you are required to have either:

• An undergraduate or graduate initial-teacher qualification, or
• A minimum of eight years of education experience in other industries.

It is desirable to have some experience in teaching or learning with digital technologies.

This micro-credential aligns with industry standards and best practices.

It's been designed in close consultation with key professional associations, including Digital Learning and Teaching in Victoria and the Digital Learning Branch of the Victorian Department of Education, to ensure technological knowledge is contemporary and future-proof.

Assessment and learning outcomes are mapped to Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) standards, as well as International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) standards, meaning learning is internationally relevant and applicable to a wide range of educational settings.

The use of digital technologies and ICT in teaching practice is highlighted in the national standards for teaching across four levels of teacher expertise. This micro-credential addresses the outcomes at the Highly Accomplished and Lead Teacher (HALT) levels and can be used to add to your portfolio of evidence for HALT applications.

By the end of this course, you'll have a deeper understanding of how to deploy technology in the classroom for better student outcomes. You'll be able to:

• Access and use an evidence base to explain the value of specific digital resources in meeting individual student needs
• Analyse the impact of a digital technology tool on student learning outcomes
• Purposefully use digital technologies to model best practice and expand learning opportunities for students.

This course runs over five weeks, which includes four weeks of teaching and one week for assessment.

Your total time commitment is approximately 40.5 hours, which includes:

• 7 hours guided online learning
• 2 hours live webinars
• 17 hours asynchronous, independent study
• 16 hours assessment tasks.

Assessment:

• Short video: mapping technology to student learning (40%)
• Your choice of a video, text, podcast or diagram: justify the use of a digital tool using a digital framework (60%).

Once you've successfully completed this course, you will be awarded your Digital Tools for Inclusive Teaching micro-credential. This digital certificate will warrant the achievement of knowledge, skills and capabilities outlined in the learning outcomes. It may also include artefacts (such as videos and written material) related to both experiential and work-integrated learning, including translatable assessment that is practical to your professional life. You can also share your micro-credential digitally and via social media by adding it to your personal platforms, such as LinkedIn. See example certificate.

Digital Tools for Inclusive Teaching can be taken as a stand-alone micro-credential, or complemented with any other one in the Transforming Classrooms with Technology series to deepen your knowledge and skills.

It is also designed to provide a pathway – otherwise known as advanced standing – into the Master of Education. To use it in this way, you need to complete all four micro-credentials in the Transforming Classrooms with Technology series, then apply for credit towards the masters.

The series includes:

• Digital Tools for Inclusive Teaching
• Teach Digital Safety, Ethics & Wellbeing

Delivered fully online, this course provides a convenient way to develop your skillset, from a location that suits you.

In our innovative online learning environment, you'll engage with other practising teachers and education specialists and take part in synchronous and asynchronous learning activities including live webinars, peer-to-peer feedback and discussions, and interactive review tasks.

This micro-credential will expire three years from the date of issue as particular knowledge and/or skills may need to be refreshed.