21st Century Teaching Essentials

21st Century Teaching: Essentials is a 25-hour foundational course designed to help educators understand and apply the core competencies required in today’s classrooms. Through practical strategies and real teaching examples, participants explore how to integrate technology responsibly, communicate effectively, foster collaboration, and cultivate student engagement in meaningful and inclusive ways.

The course examines modern pedagogical approaches such as project-based learning, blended learning, creative classroom design, and innovative assessment instruments. Educators also learn how to develop strong questioning techniques, support different types of learner engagement, and prepare online lessons using a structured, seven-stage framework.

Audience

Educators, new teachers, trainers, and anyone seeking to strengthen their 21st-century teaching skills.

Course Outcomes

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
✔ Understand the characteristics of 21st-century teaching, classrooms, and educators
✔ Recognise the responsible use of technology in teaching and learning
✔ Apply communication and collaboration strategies suited to digital-age learners
✔ Identify emotional, behavioural, and cognitive dimensions of student engagement
✔ Develop effective higher- and lower-level questioning techniques
✔ Understand the stages of project-based learning and how to design a PBL unit
✔ Use new assessment instruments to enhance classroom practices
✔ Create classroom environments that encourage creativity and innovation
✔ Identify the seven stages of presenting an online lesson

Modules

1. Introduction to 21st Century Learning

2. Digital Citizenship Fundamentals

3. Communication and Collaboration in the Digital Classroom

4. Student Engagement

5. Questioning Skills

6. Introduction to Project-Based Learning

7. Introduction to Assessment

8. Blended Learning

9. Creativity in the Classroom

10. Introduction to Online Teaching