The overall objective was to measure the evolution of the digital competences of future teachers, and of course, if possible, improve them. The project wanted to be able to measure and compare these competences, but also to give tools and possibilities to improve these competences using online courses of the In-Service Training (IST) and the OER compiled in the repository So creating a common framework of digital competences for the countries in the project, including a set of baseline test questionnaires to measure the evolution of acquisition of those competences running on the Technical environment that supports Statistical Analysis System and the IST, and testing all with real Pre-Service Teachers allows to have a clear view of the system possibilities. Then, it was also important to disseminate the system to the educational sector, not only to Education Faculties, but also to In Service Teachers in their schools, as the system can help them to controlled and improve their digital competences, that is why the level system of DigCompEdu was adopted, and this is specially relevant for Spanish teachers as they have to get this qualifications in the coming 2 years
Citizens with enough digital competences is a clear objective of the EU for the future (OECD Report “Skills for a Digital World”, 2016. First, while there is awareness that the skills profile of citizens and workers will be very different than in the past, the skills of the future are difficult to identify with certainty due fast technological changes. Second is to ensure that, once changes in skills have been identified, skills development systems adjust sufficiently fast to match new skills demands. This project aimed to address three structural areas that are pivotal to achieving positive outcomes in digital competence acquisition, namely; the skills of university professors working in education faculties; the digital competences of future teachers in primary education together with measuring the evolution of the acquisition of those competences and finally the use of cocreation of learning materials between teachers and students in Education Faculties as an innovative method for learning by doing. The reason to choose this target, was to assure good digital skills and competences of future schools teachers, in order to have a cascade effect that will allow the next generation have good digital competences.