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The Ministry of Education’s Course Is Open for Enrollment and Offers Free, 100% Online and Self-Instructional Training, with a Duration of 180 Hours and a National Certificate Aimed at Basic Education Teachers Who Wish to Improve Digital Practices.
The Ministry of Education offers the Course for Improvement in Education and Technology, free, 100% online, and with a 180-hour workload, aimed at Basic Education teachers from all networks.
The training is self-instructional, allowing for self-paced study and a 180-hour certificate issued by the MEC, which counts towards continued education validation.
What Is the Training and Why Was It Created
Designed for the school routine, the training gathers practical content for the pedagogical use of digital tools.
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The proposal aims to support teachers in planning and executing lessons that intentionally integrate technologies without losing sight of learning objectives.
Launched as an autonomous track and maintained on the AVAMEC platform, it has a recent update and remains available for new cohorts.
By prioritizing guided activities and multimedia materials, the course seeks to lower access barriers and increase participation among educators balancing work and studies.
The self-instructional format favors progress according to the availability of the teacher, including during breaks between academic calendar stages.
Curriculum Content Focused on Classroom Practice
The structure is organized into five modules addressing recurring themes in schools.
In Maker Culture, participants engage with “learning by doing,” emphasizing collaborative projects, prototyping, and problem-solving.
Hybrid Teaching covers fundamentals, planning, and possible combinations between in-person and online moments, always with didactic intentionality.
Next, Digital Educational Resources (REDs) provides guidance on curating and using videos, games, platforms, and supporting apps, with attention to age appropriateness, accessibility, and privacy.
The REDs for Language Teaching module discusses specific strategies for English and Spanish, including reading, listening, and oral production activities mediated by digital tools.
Finally, Technologies in Art Education explores resources for music, dance, theater, and visual arts, integrating authorship and critical appreciation.
Target Audience and Workload Organization
The target audience is Basic Education teachers, both public and private, who seek updates in digital methodologies and integration of technologies into pedagogical practice.
Support professionals and school managers can also benefit from the training path, especially those involved in planning, in-service training, and the implementation of digital culture projects.
The total workload of 180 hours is distributed between directed studies, practical activities, and evaluative moments.
Since the training is self-instructional, each participant organizes their schedule according to their reality, while committing to the tasks proposed in each module.
The virtual environment centralizes content, tracks, and assessment tools.
Assessment and 180-Hour Certification
The certification is official, issued at the end of the course through the MEC platform, after the completion of the proposed activities.
The document records 180 hours and can be used for functional advancement purposes, according to the rules of each education network.
There is no mandatory tutoring; navigation is guided by resources in the environment itself, allowing progress without the need for synchronous support.
As a platform practice, evaluative activities serve to verify the understanding of content and its application in lesson planning.
The participant’s history is available in the environment itself, recording progress by module and compliance with the requirements for certificate issuance.
Resources Available on the AVAMEC Platform
In addition to the modules, the virtual space gathers complementary materials, usage suggestions for free and proprietary tools, a bank of digital objects, and proposals for methodological adaptation for different stages of Basic Education.
For each topic, the training indicates examples of classroom application, pathways for safe content curation, and care with data protection and accessibility.
There are also guidelines for integrating technologies without losing focus on the curriculum and essential learning.
The training reinforces the teacher’s role in mediating the use of digital tools, encouraging practices that combine student authorship, problem-solving, and formative assessment.
Impact on Pedagogical Practice
Upon completing the course, teachers expand their repertoire to plan lessons with investigative activities, interdisciplinary projects, and responsible use of educational platforms.
The expectation is that digital resources will become part of the planning as means to achieve learning objectives, rather than an end in themselves.
As a result, educators gain references to adapt proposals to different school contexts, levels of infrastructure, and class profiles.
How to Enroll
Enrollment takes place directly on the AVAMEC, the virtual environment of the MEC. Interested individuals must access the platform, log in with a Gov.br account, complete the registration, and then enter the Education and Technology course to start studying.
Participation is free, enrollment is immediate, and the start is authorized after confirming registration on the platform.
Which aspect of the training would you like to apply first — Maker Culture, hybrid teaching, REDs, languages, or Art — to impact your students’ learning more quickly?
