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 as they wish 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).

Applications will start in the last quarter of 2024. Participants will also be able to apply for training support funded by the “Strengthening Digital Skills” programme, More Digital Impulse, under the RRP – Recovery and Resilience Plan.