Back Call for Proposals: Development Self-Learning Course on Digital Competencies for Literacy Educators

OVERVIEW

Parent Sector : Education Sector (ED)

Duty Station: remote

Job Family: Education

Type of contract : Non Staff

Duration of contract : From 1 to 6 months

Recruitment open to : External candidates

Application Deadline (Midnight Duty Station Time) : 18-MAY-2025

UNESCO Core Values: Commitment to the Organization, Integrity, Respect for Diversity, Professionalism

BEFORE APPLYING

Please note : This call for applications is open to Corporate Applicants.

Important: Do not apply via the online career portal. Instead, please submit your bidding proposal and supporting documents by email to uil-learningecosystems@unesco.org with the subject line: ‘Development of a Self-Learning Course on Digital Competencies for Literacy Educators’, following the instructions outlined in the \"Application Process\" Section

1. OVERVIEW OF THE CALL FOR APPLICATION

OVERVIEW OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE POST

Through the UIL Learning Hub platform, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) has curated a wealth of educational materials from experts worldwide, addressing various aspects of lifelong learning policymaking.

In today’s world, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are increasingly used in every part of life – for learning, entertainment, work, and everyday communication. Digital competencies are an important and essential part of the literacies used daily. These competencies allow individuals to engage more fully in a digital and text-mediated society. Literacy educators play an important role in supporting learners through these changes and enabling them to fully benefit from the opportunities technologies offer for lifelong learning.

Long Description

Against this backdrop, UIL has developed an instructor-led course within a project on improving the digital competencies of literacy educators as technical support to Member States to enhance the skills of the educators and in the use of technology in literacy instruction as well as promote the professional development of their literacy educators. In particular, a set of three training modules covering 17 sessions- have been developed, translated and piloted in five countries as an instructor-led course.

This course is designed for literacy educators to develop the knowledge, skills, and values that form digital competencies for literacy instruction. The course is expected to:

• Share innovative and creative ways to integrate technologies into literacy education and transform the ways educators learn and teach.
• Develop the capacity to create learning materials and environments using digital tools that increase curiosity and inspiration in learners.
• Support professional development by learning about technology and its use as a tool and resource for continuous learning.

  Long Description

  UIL is looking for an instructional designer or an instructional design company to design a self-learning course on digital competencies for literacy educators based on the existing instructor-led course. The self-learning course should have the following attributes on the UIL Learning Hub (Moodle LMS version 4.1):

  • Each session to be 8-10 minute long, totally between 136-170 minutes for the entire course
  • Clear Objectives and Goals
  • Game Mechanics
  • Interactivity
  • Real-World Applications
  • Feedback and Rewards
    • Personalization
    • Narrative and Storytelling / audio visual elements
    • Social Interaction and Collaboration
    • Progress Tracking and analytics (compatible with the Learning Hub) with module badges/ one completion certificate available for download by participants when they achieve module milestones/ complete the course respectively.

      As these opportunities foster self-directed learning, the objective is to craft engaging module with a logical flow, encompassing descriptive content, questions, embedded videos, and interactive activities.

      2. Work assignments

      • To design and develop a multimodal (audio, visual, text), engaging, interactive, gamified and practical self-learning course based on the existing course.
      • To develop course blueprints, storyboards, and supporting materials, while ensuring a conversational and engaging training style as required

        3. Scope of Work and Objectives

        Under the overall authority of the Director of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) and the direct supervision of the Team Leader, Quality Learning Ecosystems at UIL, the contractor shall provide the following services:

        • Collaborate with the subject matter experts (SMEs) including UNESCO staff with relevant expertise in brainstorming sessions/exercises per session to draft a storyboard that incorporates the corresponding pre-prepared content.