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Teach Informatics Using Authentic Learning and Gender Inclusion MOOC
About
Join this course to discover and explore authentic and gender-inclusive informatics learning — an evidence-based approach that will help you teach computer science more effectively while fostering an inclusive classroom environment.
You will gain insight into the importance of a gender-inclusive approach to teaching informatics and learn practical strategies to address and correct existing imbalances in your classroom.
You will also learn how to design, identify and assess authentic learning experiences to make informatics teaching more relevant to your students.
By joining this course, you will become part of a vibrant community of like-minded teachers, educators and professionals in educational technology, where you can share experiences, exchange best practices, and learn from one another about authentic and gender inclusive informatics teaching.
Objectives
In this course, you will:
- Identify the key benefits and challenges of authentic learning in informatics and plan how to integrate this approach into your teaching practice.
- Evaluate and combine gender-inclusive strategies with authentic learning to design fair, motivating informatics lessons.
- Analyse existing learning activities to detect missing authentic-learning or gender-inclusive elements and propose concrete improvements.
- Develop and implement your own authentic, gender-inclusive learning scenario in informatics, ready to use in your classroom.
Date and registration
The course will be held online from 23 March to 29 April 2026, with an estimated workload of 5 hours per week (25h in total).
- Module 1: Teaching informatics in Europe opens on 23 March 2026
- Module 2: Teaching informatics with gender-inclusive practices opens on 30 March 2026
- Module 3: Authentic learning and informatics teaching opens on 6 April 2026
- Module 4: Design and assess authentic gender inclusive informatics learning scenarios opens on 13 April 2026
The final deadline to complete all activities is 29 April 2026, 23:59 CET.
This course targets pre-service and in-service primary and secondary education informatics teachers, pre-service and in-service primary and secondary STEM teachers, STEM and informatics non-formal educators, and Educational Technology Professionals.
Promotional Materials
Whether you are a course participant, a Ministry of Education, or an educational organisation, we welcome your support in promoting this free online course.
You can do this in various ways, including:
- Use the suggested social media messages and visuals to promote the course and registration information on your social media channels, which you can download in the promotional pack below.
- Use the information provided in the promotional pack to promote the MOOC via any other dissemination channels you may have available (for example, newsletters, bulletins, digests, or blog articles).
- Share the information with your networks, organisations, and contacts who are active or interested in STE(A)M education.
To find all the promotional materials combined in one document, please click the button below. This promotional pack (in English) includes detailed information on how to promote the course, visuals, and suggested social media messages.
Info Sheet
Social media
Useful handles and hashtags:
- Course hashtag #AuthenticInclusiveInformatics
- Project handles/hashtags @eu_schoolnet, @scientix_eu
- Service hashtag #EUNAcademy
- Funder handles/hashtags @eu_schoolnet, @scientix_eu
Visuals
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Behind the MOOC
The TINKER MOOC on "Teach Informatics Using Authentic Learning and Gender Inclusion", coordinated by European Schoolnet, is run thanks to TINKER and Scientix®.
Scientix®, the community for science education in Europe, promotes and supports Europe-wide collaboration among STEM teachers, education researchers, policymakers, and other STEM education professionals.
European Schoolnet® (EUN) is the network of 30+ European Ministries of Education, based in Brussels. EUN aims to bring innovation in teaching and learning to its key stakeholders: Ministries of Education, schools, teachers, researchers, and industry partners.
TINKER,(an auThentIc learNing and gender inclusive frameworK for tEaching infoRmatics in schools across Europe) project aims to revolutionise informatics education in upper primary and lower secondary schools through a comprehensive pedagogical framework.
Disclaimer
Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. The MOOC is coordinated by European Schoolnet®, and supported by Scientix® and EUN Academy which are initiatives of European Schoolnet®.