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M2 – Unit 4: Tracking and celebrating progress

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4.1 Making your digital growth visible

Tracking your digital development starts with making progress tangible. Rather than focusing solely on internal reflection, this stage emphasises concrete, visual records of your growth. Use dashboards, spreadsheets, or checklists to record small, observable actions—like posting a discussion prompt, running a quick poll, or sharing feedback digitally. These records make your incremental improvements visible and allow you to see your skills develop over time.

Hands-on tips:

  • Create a simple weekly tracker with columns for the tool used, the activity, and a brief note on outcomes.
  • Use colour coding (green = mastered, yellow = in progress, red = needs practice) to get an instant visual snapshot.
  • Add a short reflection note each week: “What went well?” and “What would I do differently next time?”

4.2 Collaborative growth: sharing your wins

Sharing your progress with peers, colleagues, or supervisors can boost motivation and help you stay on track. This also builds a supportive environment that encourages learning and experimentation.

  • Set up a shared digital board (Padlet, Trello, or Miro) where you post one new digital improvement each week.
  • Schedule brief monthly check-ins with a colleague to discuss successes, challenges, and ideas for new digital activities.
  • Invite a peer to review a short screencast or screenshot of your activity and provide constructive feedback.
  • Run a mini showcase: present one digital improvement you’ve made (via screenshot, short video, or short post) and reflect briefly on how you nudged yourself to do it.

4.3 Keep growing in digital competence

Once you’ve made your progress visible and shared it with others, the next step is to actively build on that foundation. Growth in digital competence comes from stretching beyond what you already know, experimenting with new approaches, and steadily raising the level of challenge. Rather than repeating the same digital activities, look for ways to adapt, scale, or combine them to create richer learning experiences for your students.

Hands-on tips:

  • Level up familiar tools: If you already use polls in your LMS, try adding open-ended questions or integrating results into a follow-up discussion.
  • Rotate focus areas: Dedicate one month to improving assessment tools, another to boosting student interaction, and another to exploring accessibility features.
  • Seek inspiration: Follow teaching blogs, subscribe to edtech newsletters, or observe colleagues’ digital practices. Bring at least one new idea into your teaching each semester.
  • Experiment safely: Pilot a new tool or method in a small, low-risk activity before embedding it into a major assignment.
  • Set a digital goal using the digital deal: Choose one area of digital teaching to improve and link it to a small reward, like taking a break or sharing your success with a colleague.

4.4 Next steps – Planning your continued growth

As you finish this module, it’s time to turn insights into action
and keep building your digital skills:

  • Set a personal growth plan
    Identify 1–2 digital skills, tools, or habits to focus on over the next month. Make your goals specific, achievable, and tied to your teaching context—for example, integrating one interactive tool each week or enhancing feedback using a digital platform. Include small experiments to test new approaches.
  • Embed self-nudging into your routine
    Use self-nudges—like reminders, prompts, micro-rewards, or motivational cues—to support goal-directed actions in your teaching. These nudges guide you to try new tools, maintain habits, and reinforce learning, creating an ongoing support system for digital development.
  • Track progress and reflect
    Schedule brief check-ins using a calendar reminder, short journal, or peer discussion. Note successes, challenges, and any adjustments needed. Reflection helps refine strategies and maintain steady growth.
  • Share and celebrate wins
    Post achievements on shared boards, showcase progress to colleagues, or discuss successes in team meetings. Sharing reinforces motivation, inspires others, and encourages collaborative learning.
  • Maintain curiosity and reflection
    Keep exploring new tools, teaching approaches, and digital strategies. Use reflection prompts, peer feedback, or self-checks to assess skills, celebrate improvements, and identify next steps in your growth journey.

By combining planning, reflection, experimentation, sharing, and tracking, you ensure your digital competence continues to grow long after completing this module.

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