Technical and creative training programmes benefitting educators

TDT | Manama

More than 1,600 teachers and education ministry staff are benefiting from 10 distance-training programmes to develop their technological and creative skills, Regional Centre for Information and Communication Technology acting director Mai Ahmed Shamandi said.

The training will enhance the learners’ capabilities in the distance education process, she explained. The new programmes vary in their topics and their cognitive and skill content, and cover various training needs as it includes skills for producing digital educational content, content-production standards, designing and using modern technologies in education such as digital learning objects and infographics, and designing and applying hologram technology in education, she said.

The programmes address the methodology of designing and producing e-lessons and distance-training programmes, preparing guides for learners and distance trainers, the characteristics of e-books and the foundations of their production, information and network security, and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals programme that addresses all the goals with a focus on the fourth, she added.

The centre, under the Education Ministry, has adopted a series of electronic procedures to assist applicants in joining training programmes, the acting director said. They include announcing these through the centre’s online portal and social media, online registration, and handing an electronic guide to the trainee through a text message that includes confirmation of acceptance into a programme.