Have you ever imagined taking a course via WhatsApp? USP innovates and makes this possible for anyone interested in using the app not only to chat, but also to learn

USP, in partnership with the Iungo Institute, offers free courses for educators via WhatsApp. There are 500 places for two innovative courses, with registration until August 18, 2024. Don't miss the chance to qualify in an accessible and effective way.

Have you ever imagined turning your WhatsApp into a classroom? The University of São Paulo (USP), in partnership with the Iungo Institute, is making this a reality.

The initiative may seem unusual, but it promises to change the way educators across Brazil qualify, using just an application that everyone already knows. But how does this innovation work? And can it really transform education in the country?

Since 2020, USP and the Instituto iungo have been challenging the traditional education model with the ATIVAR! program, which offers free courses for educators directly via WhatsApp.

In this sixth edition, registrations are open until August 18, 2024, and the places are limited. With this, educators from all over Brazil have a unique opportunity to improve your professional skills without leaving home.

How the ACTIVATE! program works!

ACTIVATE IT! is aimed at school managers and secondary and elementary school teachers from anywhere in Brazil. The program uses WhatsApp as the main platform to access content and participate in weekly virtual meetings with USP tutors. During these hour-long sessions, participants have the chance to interact and exchange experiences with educators from across the country.

There are 500 distributed vacancies in two main courses: Life Projects and the Good Teacher and New Pedagogical Architectures. Each course has a workload of 40 hours, spread over eight weeks.

To participate, educators must choose a fixed time for the virtual meetings, which take place between September and November 2024. In addition to WhatsApp, other digital tools are used to complement the learning experience.

What you will learn in the courses

New Pedagogical Architectures is an course that challenges educators a revisit and reinvent traditional teaching practices. The proposal is rethink education, using active methodologies such as Problem and Project Based Learning (ABPP), Design Thinking, and maker culture. These methods place the student at the center of the learning process, transforming them into a co-creator of knowledge.

Life Projects and the Good Teacher, in turn, seeks to train educators to support their students in building ethical life projects and conscious citizenship. The course explores the role of the teacher in training engaged and responsible citizens, in addition to promoting discussions about what it means to be a good teacher, based on concepts from Howard Gardner and other scholars.

Details of schedules and registration

Course classes begin on September 1st and continue until November 22nd, 2024. Participants can choose between different times during the week for virtual meetings, which take place in the morning or evening, depending on your availability.

Registration is now open and can be made until August 18, 2024. The courses are entirely free and, at the end, participants receive a certificate issued by USP. Furthermore, graduates join a national network of educators, facilitating the exchange of experiences and the creation of new educational projects.

Why you can't miss this opportunity

Transforming WhatsApp into a learning tool could be the key to democratizing access to quality education. The ACTIVATE! not only offers free training for educators, but also proposes a new way of thinking about education, aligned with contemporary needs and available technologies. Click here to register.