About This Course
The open web is one of the most powerful and underused educational resources available to teachers today. Web 2.0 tools, platforms designed for user-generated content, collaboration and sharing, offer extraordinary possibilities for connecting classrooms with the world, enabling genuine peer collaboration and developing students as creators rather than just consumers of digital content.
This course gives education professionals a practical, hands-on introduction to the most relevant and educationally powerful Web 2.0 tools available today. From blogging and collaborative wikis to digital storytelling platforms, global classroom networks and social bookmarking tools, participants explore a carefully curated selection of open-web tools and design activities that put students in the role of creators, collaborators and connected global citizens.
The course is aligned with DigComp 3.0 Areas 2 and 3, covering Communication and Collaboration and Digital Content Creation, and directly addresses the Erasmus+ 2026 Digital Transformation priority.
Who Should Attend
- Teachers who want to use the open web creatively and responsibly with students
- Educators interested in connecting their classroom with schools in other countries
- ICT coordinators looking to introduce collaborative digital tools across their school
- Education professionals who want to develop students as creators rather than just consumers
- No advanced technical skills required
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course participants will be able to:
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Identify and use a range of Web 2.0 tools appropriate for different educational purposes and age groups.
You will have direct experience of tools for blogging, collaborative content creation, digital storytelling, peer feedback and global classroom connection, with enough practical confidence to choose the right tool for each purpose. A primary teacher might start a class blog for reflective writing. A secondary teacher might set up a collaborative wiki for a history project.
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Design collaborative and creative learning activities using Web 2.0 platforms that develop student digital competences.
Rather than using Web 2.0 tools for their own sake, you will be able to design activities where the collaborative and creative affordances of the open web are the point. Students are not just consuming content, they are creating it, commenting on it, improving it and sharing it with a real audience.
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Apply safe and responsible use guidelines when using open web tools with students.
You will know exactly how to set up Web 2.0 activities in ways that protect student privacy, meet your school's data protection obligations and teach students about responsible online behaviour at the same time. When a parent asks whether their child's work is being posted publicly, you will have a clear and confident answer.
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Evaluate Web 2.0 tools against pedagogical, safety and practical criteria.
Every new platform that emerges gets described as revolutionary. Most are not. You will have a structured evaluation process that cuts through the marketing and asks the questions that matter: Does it serve a genuine learning purpose? Is it safe to use with my students? Does it work within my school's data protection framework?
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Connect a class or school with a partner classroom in another European country using digital tools.
You will know exactly how to find, contact and collaborate with a partner school in another European country using platforms designed for global classroom connection. This is one of the most direct ways to give students a genuine Erasmus+ experience even when they are not on a mobility themselves.
A 7-Day Professional Development Experience
The Sude Nexus programme combines five days of intensive professional training with a structured arrival day and a cultural excursion day. The outline below gives a general sense of the week. We are always open to tailoring the programme to your needs.
Participants arrive at their chosen destination and are welcomed by the Sude Nexus local team. Check-in to accommodation, welcome pack distribution and an informal welcome dinner. A brief orientation walk introduces the city.
Guided cultural excursion to a key landmark of the destination. Participants travelling home are free to depart after breakfast.
This outline is a starting point, not a fixed schedule. Contact us to discuss how we can tailor this programme for your institution.
EU Policy Alignment
Erasmus+ 2026 Horizontal Priorities
EU Competence Frameworks
EU Policy Initiatives
Available Locations and Dates
This course is available across all 13 Sude Nexus destinations. Check the dates page for current availability.
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