On 26 March 2021, 153 participants joined our STEAMonEdu webinar “Competence Needs and Professional Development of STE(A)M Educators“, organised by the Consortium as part of the All Digital Week 2021 campaign.

The event participants were welcomed by CEO of ALL DIGITAL Peter Palvolgyi, who introduced the ALL DIGITAL network activities and the campaign.

At the event, we presented the key activities, findings and outputs of our STEAMonEdu project. Prof Achilles Kameas from the project coordinating organisation CTI – DAISSy Research Group gave the overview of the project and moderated the event.

The event highlighted the three main aspects of the project:

• Ecosystem.  The STE(A)M competence framework, which was presented by Natalya Spyropolou of CTI, details the competences necessary for implementing STE(A)M education leading to the the STE(A)M educator profile and supporting a STE(A)M-readiness self-assessment tool for educators and organizations.
  
  Mihai Iacob from EOS Romania Foundation talked about the STE(A)M education framework that describes the related methodologies, body of knowledge, Open Educational Resources (OERs), and practices.

• Professional development of teachers and educators: The project will deliver a training course, which includes a MOOC that is based on the STE(A)M competence framework, supplemented by a blended course that will result in the collaborative development of STE(A)M learning activity templates and projects. Ioannis Zaharakis of CTI introduced participants to the STEAMonEdu training offer consisting of the MOOC and the blended learning course, with detailed description of specific areas covered in each week of the MOOC. If you are interested in joining the MOOC, follow our website https://steamonedu and Facebook and Twitter @steamonedu

• Community: Teachers and educators are given a central role as members of a community that is supported by an online platform in collecting best practices, designing educational scenarios, discussing the necessary competences and sharing experience. Esther Subias of Colectic presented STEAMonEdu platform and community, outlining the benefits, and invited all to join it.

Check the speakers’ presentations and watch the webinar recording below (the timings refer to the video)

00:00:28​ Welcome. Peter Palvolgyi, CEO of ALL DIGITAL. Presentation
00:06:35​  Key results of the STEAMonEdu project. Prof Achilles Kameas, CTI. Presentation
00:20:30​  STE(A)M Educator Competence Framework. Natalia Spyropoulou, CTI. Presentation
00:31:40​  STE(A)M Education Framework. Mihai Iacob, EOS Romania Foundation. Presentation
00:44:55​  STEAMonEdu Training Offer. Ioannis Zaharakis, CTI. Presentation
01:02:00​  STEAMonEdu online platform and community. Esther Subias, Colectic. Presentation
01:12:00​  Final Remarks. How to get involved