PRODIGI: Towards the Future – Programming, Information and Digital Citizenship, is a new free online training programme in digital skills aimed, primarily, at people with basic training in non-Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) fields. Professionals with training in these areas who wish to teach in primary and secondary schools in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) can also attend the training programme.
The programme’s format will be based on MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), which will allow trainees to organise their learning according to their schedule. Participating in face-to-face practical classes will also be an option, and it is also possible to choose between attending individual modules or the entire programme.
The course includes 22 modules in areas such as Computational Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, Systems and Security, Software Engineering, User Experience, and Ethics and Didactics of Computer Science. It will end with an integrative project. The teaching staff is made up of professors at ULisboa (Instituto Superior Técnico, Instituto de Educação and Faculty of Sciences) and Politécnico de Lisboa (Lisbon School of Engineering and Lisbon School of Education). The scientific coordination is the responsibility of professors and researchers Cláudia Antunes (Técnico), Isabel Nunes (ULisboa/FC), João Piedade (ULisboa/IE), Cátia Vaz (IPL/ISEL) e Cátia Rijo (IPL/ESELx).
Applications will start in the last quarter of 2024. Participants can also apply for training support funded by the “Strengthening Digital Skills” programme, More Digital Impulse, under the RRP – Recovery and Resilience Plan.
Modules
The programme is flexible. It includes 22 modules, in the following fields:
- Computational Thinking: Fundamentals of Programming, Data Structures, Programming Autonomous Systems, Algorithms and Complexity
- Artificial Intelligence: Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence, Introduction to Data Science, Fundamentals of Information Retrieval
- Systems and Security: Fundamentals of Operating Systems, Fundamentals of Communication Networks, Fundamentals of Security
- Software Engineering: Database Fundamentals, SW Development Techniques, Web Programming, Mobile Devices Programming
- User Experience: Web Design, 3D Modelling and Virtual Reality, Multimedia
- Ethics: Technology and Society
- Didactics of Informatics: Principles of Didactics of Informatics, Computational Thinking and Educational Robotics, Digital Educational Environments in the Teaching of the 1st and 2nd Cycles of Basic Education, ICT Applied to the Teaching of the 1st and 2nd Cycles of Basic Education
- Integrative Project, to be carried out at the end of the course.
Trainees can choose between individual modules, according to their interests and previous training, in a logic of micro-credentials, or go through the entire programme, ensuring robust training in digital skills. Certification will refer to the ECTS obtained.
Calendar and applications
The programme takes place from January 2025 to March 2026.
To receive more information about the course, including the application process, fill in the form.
News updated on 26 September 2024
