Erasmus+ Course

Course overview

This course equips educators with modern strategies and tools to inspire and engage today’s learners. By blending cutting-edge methodologies, digital tools, and innovative techniques, participants will develop practical skills to foster critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration in their classrooms. From integrating AI and gamification to mastering formative assessment and digital storytelling, this course is designed to empower educators with tools to thrive in an evolving educational landscape.

Participants will gain hands-on experience in creating interactive, student-centered lessons that promote active engagement, well-being, and self-directed learning. By the end of the course, educators will have a refreshed mindset and actionable strategies to meet the needs of 21st-century learners.

Key Features

• Develop 21st-century skills and integrate them into teaching practices.
• Master cutting-edge methodologies like gamification, blended learning, and storytelling.
• Emphasize student well-being and self-directed learning through metacognitive strategies.
• Explore modern trends in assessment and collaborative learning.

Target Audience

This course is designed for teachers (Kindergarten,Primary,Middle,High schools, Vocational Schools and universities), trainers, and educational leaders who want to:

• Transform traditional teaching approaches to meet the needs of 21st-century learners.
• Create interactive, inclusive, and student-centered learning experiences.
• Stay updated on modern teaching methodologies and digital tools.

Requirements

No prior experience with the methodologies covered is required. Participants should have a willingness to explore new strategies, experiment with innovative tools, and collaborate with peers.

Flexible Approach

The course content can be tailored to the specific teaching levels, subject areas, and classroom contexts of participants to maximize relevance and impact.

Course Methodology

This course employs an interactive and experiential learning approach, ensuring practical application of the concepts learned. Key elements include:

• Workshops and Activities: Engage in hands-on exploration of innovative teaching methods and digital tools.
• Collaborative Learning: Work with peers to design and share ideas for active engagement strategies.
• Reflection and Feedback: Reflect on your teaching practices and receive constructive feedback to improve implementation.
• Project-Based Approach: Apply concepts to real-world lesson planning and classroom strategies.

Modules

Module 01 – Teaching the Skills Our Students Need for the Future

Helping students develop essential skills for success in a fast-changing world.

• The 4Cs of 21st-century learning: Creativity, Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking
• How to integrate these skills into everyday teaching
• Balancing academic content with future-ready skills

Module 02 – Metacognition: Helping Students Learn How to Learn

Teaching students to reflect on their learning and develop independent study habits.

• How metacognition improves student self-awareness and learning outcomes
• Making thinking Visible
• Strategies to build lifelong learning habits

Module 03 – Well-Being in the Classroom: Supporting the Whole Student

Creating a classroom environment that prioritizes student mental, emotional, and physical well-being.

• Working on Positivity
• Building a positive and inclusive classroom culture
• Simple strategies to integrate mindfulness and social-emotional learning (SEL)

Module 04 – Gamification: Turning Lessons into Engaging Challenges

Using game elements to boost motivation, participation, and fun in learning.

• How rewards, points, and challenges increase engagement
• Gamified classroom techniques that don’t require technology
• Balancing competition and collaboration in gamification

Module 05 – The Digital Teacher: Integrating Online Tools for Engagement

Discovering practical online tools that make lessons more interactive and technology-friendly.

• Best free online tools for collaboration, organization, and assessment
• Creating interactive lessons with digital platforms
• How to blend technology into traditional teaching

How to shift lectures outside the classroom and free up time for deeper learning activities.

• How flipped learning enhances student participation
• Creating engaging pre-class materials (videos, readings, quizzes)
• Making classroom time more interactive

How to increase student participation and curiosity through interactive teaching methods.

• Project-Based Learning, Inquiry-Based Learning, and Task-Based Learning
• How to design student-led lessons
• Strategies for keeping students active, not passive

Module 08 – AI in Education: A Teacher’s Assistant, Not a Replacement

Exploring how AI can support teaching, save time, and personalize learning experiences.

• AI tools for lesson planning, assessment, and personalized learning
• The ethics of AI in education – opportunities and challenges
• How to use AI responsibly in the classroom

Module 09 – Storytelling in Teaching: Making Lessons Unforgettable

How to use stories to make lessons engaging, relatable, and memorable.

• Using narrative-based teaching to deepen understanding
• Digital storytelling tools to enhance creativity
• How to weave storytelling into any subject

Module 10 – Peer Learning: Building a Collaborative Classroom

Encouraging students to learn from and teach each other to strengthen understanding.

• The power of peer feedback and collaborative learning
• Structuring student-led discussions and group work
• How peer teaching increases confidence and engagement

Module 11 – Modern Assessment: Going Beyond Traditional Test

How to use formative assessment strategies that provide real-time feedback and improve student learning.

• Formative vs. Summative assessment
• Using technology for real-time quizzes, reflections, and peer feedback 
• Designing alternative assessments that measure deeper learning

Module 12 – Final Project: Designing an Innovative Lesson Plan

Bringing everything together—educators design and present their own innovative lesson.

• Blending different innovative strategies into a single lesson
• Sharing ideas and receiving peer feedback
• Planning for long-term innovation in teaching

Learning Outcomes

• Enhance skills to use various innovative teaching methods and techniques that are learner-centred, encourage solving of meaningful real-world tasks and develop transversal competencies.
• Boost skills in using open and digital resources, support development of digital skills and media literacy, increase capacity to trigger changes in terms of modernization using ICT.
• Generate ready‐to‐use materials and ideas to support school or organisational development in the field of innovative education with regards to interdisciplinary and holistic approach.
• Gain techniques for working with heterogeneous classrooms, support inclusion of various minorities into mainstream education based on democratic values, promote active participation in society.
• Develop relevant, high-level skills such as creativity, critical thinking, metacognition and other key competences through innovative teaching methods, enhance good quality of mainstream education.
• Learn to motivate, guide and effectively assess to reduce low achievement in basic competences, promote peer exchange and active participation within the education.
• Revise and develop personal and professional competences, build confidence in promoting innovative and active pedagogies that are responsive to social and cultural diversity.
• Meet colleagues of different nationalities within the EU, engage in cross-cultural learning experience, exchange ideas and build a network for future international cooperation.
• Gain broader understanding of practices, policies and systems of education of different countries, cultivate mutual respect, intercultural awareness and embed common educational and training values.
• Enrich communication skills, improve foreign language competencies, broaden professional vocabulary and promote EU’s broad linguistic diversity.

General Course Information

Before the course:

You would be required to fill a Questionnaire.
You will receive “ITC Guide Document” where you will find all necessary information.

After the Course:

Course evaluation form
Certificates
Course materials in electronical form / Other materials for self-study and dissemination of the techniques.