The HANDSON project

HANDSON (or Hands-On ICT) is an european-funded project that aims to facilitate the inclusion of ICT tools in education. For this purpose, the project results can be summarized in two main outcomes: a MOOC for teachers training in creativity techniques with the support of ICT tools following a learning design studio approach and a toolkit for face-to-face workshops.

The course has a 5-week MOOC format putting the educators in the position of a learning designer and encouraging a hands-on approach that ensures that they get the necessary practice to use these tools and techniques in their classrooms afterward.

The HANDSON MOOC is particularly well suited for the Continuous Professional Development (CPD) of educators from the three sectors Vocational Education and Training (VET), Higher Education (HE) and Schools, and represents an opportunity of becoming part of a large network of teachers who have shown to be knowledgeable peers.

The HANDSON toolkit is a short version of the MOOC to facilitate the usage of the HANDSON outcomes and it is targeted to short, face-to-face teacher training activities. Both products – the MOOC and the toolkit – provide hands-on and intense experiences during which educators design an ICT-based learning activity.

From this website, you can download the MOOC for Canvas and Moodle and the toolkit in several languages. You will also find links to the HANDSON-related communities.