In 2026, we will be celebrating 25 years since I delivered my first teacher training course. Since then, I have delivered hundreds of courses across Spain to both teachers and library staff.
Today, one of the many new developments I offer is microcredential courses at various universities in Spain and other countries. I am committed to driving teacher training through educational innovation, flexible learning, and continuous professional development. My approach combines digital competences, hybrid education, emerging technologies, and competency-based assessment, integrating adaptive learning ecosystems. I support teachers in their transition towards personalized learning models, aligned with the demands of the 21st century. Digital microcredentials not only certify specific skills, but also transform the way we teach and learn. This blog is your guide to navigating the future of education with impact, evidence, and strategic vision.
Some of these courses may have a face-to-face component, while most will have a high percentage or be entirely online. Another key difference between these courses and many of the teacher training courses I deliver is that they may include a combination of training hours (e.g., 18 hours) and additional hours or equivalent in practical exercises or projects (e.g., a further 12 hours, which may also be self-directed).
Each microcredential is designed to enable teachers to design and implement interdisciplinary projects that combine educational innovation and creativity. As with all my teacher training courses, the content I deliver is always original, i.e., designed by me, rather than being a rehashing of proposals from other individuals or professionals. I strive to ensure that the proposals are applicable, practical, and therefore, theoretical concepts or notions occupy a very small part of the overall content and exercises proposed.»
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My First Microcredential Courses
-> Microcredential in Sensory Literary Projects: Creating Book-Perfumes
This microcredential aims to enable teachers to design and implement interdisciplinary projects that combine literature, visual arts, object design, and natural perfume creation, generating significant and memorable learning experiences. It aligns with the cultural awareness and expression competence, which includes the creative expression of ideas and emotions through various media and the appreciation of cultural heritage, as well as with European trends in creative arts and crafts projects.
Access Profile
School library staff, cultural facilitators, and other educators interested in creative sensory projects and reading promotion.
Teachers of Language and Literature, Artistic Education, Natural Sciences, Vocational Training related to personal image, design, or arts.
Workload and ECTS
The original workshop considers versions of 12 and 18 hours, with a need for a time interval for the curing of the macerates. For the microcredential, we propose:
Total workload: 30 hours of student work.
18 hours of direct teaching (online or blended, with emphasis on practical workshop sessions).
12 hours of autonomous work (detailed project design, prototype development, and preparation of the report).
Guideline equivalence: 1 ECTS.
-> Microcredential Workshop in Creative and Multisensory Reading Animation for Developing Reading Competences
This microcredential combines proven methodologies to promote reading through creative, dynamic, manual, and digital proposals, and multisensory pedagogies. It connects creative motivation and reading animation based on writing, critical reading, use of digital environments, artistic expression, and coexistence, promoting effective and lasting learning. It responds to European recommendations on developing reading, digital, and cultural competences, linking them to motivating and diverse environments for different types of students.
Access Profile
Teachers of all educational stages, especially Early Childhood, Primary, and Secondary Education.
Librarians, socio-cultural animators, and educational support professionals interested in innovative strategies for reading animation.
Workload and ECTS
Proposal for microcredential:
Total: 30 hours.
18 hours of direct training (synchronous sessions and practical workshop).
12 hours of autonomous work (design, partial implementation, documentation, and reflection).
Guideline equivalence: 1 ECTS.
-> University Microcredential: Artificial Intelligence Applied to Teaching English and Other Languages
This university microcredential enables language teachers to integrate generative artificial intelligence tools into teaching English and other languages, designing motivating, personalized, and practical activities that improve both digital and linguistic competences of students. The course is highly experiential and can be delivered in Spanish, but it is ideal if it can be taught entirely in English to maximize immersion and familiarity with contemporary methodology, terminology, and tools.
Access Profile
Teachers of Primary, Secondary, Baccalaureate, and Vocational Training who teach English or other foreign languages.
Teachers of areas related to languages (Language and Literature, Humanities, Bilingual Projects).
Educators and school library staff interested in expanding digital competences and language teaching methodology.
Workload and ECTS
Proposal for microcredential:
18 hours of direct training (online, face-to-face, or blended, delivered in English) + 12 hours of autonomous work (activity design, pilot implementation, reflection).
Total workload: 30 hours (1 ECTS).
-> University Microcredential: Managing Emotions with Creativity, Artistic, and Literary Expression
This university microcredential enables teachers and educational agents to integrate emotional management, creativity, and artistic expression as fundamental tools for personal and collective transformation in the classroom. Through multisensory dynamics, practical workshops, and collaborative projects, the course develops emotional intelligence, empathy, and key competences for democratic coexistence, aligning with European priorities on well-being, socio-emotional education, and personal and social competences.
Access Profile
Teachers of Early Childhood, Primary, Secondary, Baccalaureate, and Vocational Training.
Counselors, social educators, school library staff, and other educational agents interested in emotional well-being and creativity.
Teachers committed to inclusive education, values, and democratic coexistence.
Workload and ECTS
Proposal for microcredential:
18 hours of direct training (online, face-to-face, or blended) + 12 hours of autonomous work (dynamic design, pilot implementation, documentation, and reflection).
Total workload: 30 hours (1 ECTS).
-> University Microcredential: Selecting, Creating, and Narrating Value-Based Stories
This university microcredential enables teachers and library staff to critically analyze stories, select those that convey positive values, adapt or create new stories, and narrate them in an attractive and respectful way, considering diversity. Through practical dynamics, writing, and oral narration exercises, the course turns storytelling into a transformative pedagogical tool to work on literacy, emotions, democratic values, and critical thinking, in line with European priorities on active citizenship and key competences for lifelong learning.
Access Profile
Teachers of Early Childhood, Primary, Secondary, and Baccalaureate Education.
Librarians (especially from children’s and youth sections), social educators, socio-cultural animators.
Other professionals who use storytelling in educational and community contexts (cultural mediators, social workers, etc.).
Workload and ECTS
Proposal for microcredential:
18 hours of direct training (online, face-to-face, or blended, with a strong workshop component) + 12 hours of autonomous work (story reading, analysis, writing, and session preparation).
Total workload: 30 hours (1 ECTS).
-> University Microcredential: Gender Equality, Women in Science, and Creative STEAM Projects with Unisex Perfumes
This university microcredential provides teachers and educational agents with the essential competences to integrate, in a practical and motivating way, the gender perspective and STEAM creativity in their classrooms through innovative projects such as creating unisex perfumes. The result is a dynamic, flexible training aligned with the European Microcredential Framework and teacher lifelong learning pathways.
Access Profile
Teachers of Primary, Secondary, Baccalaureate, Vocational Training, and school library staff.
Educators interested in equality, curricular innovation, and STEAM projects.
Workload and ECTS
Proposal for microcredential:
18 hours of direct training (face-to-face or online) + 12 hours of autonomous work (design, implementation, documentation).
Total workload: 30 hours (1 ECTS).
-> University Microcredential: Multimodal Literary Creation — Writing without Words
This university microcredential enables teachers, librarians, and cultural mediators to design and facilitate visual and multimodal storytelling projects where literature transcends words through comics, photography, video, radio, collage, augmented reality, and interactive installations. Through experiential workshops on audiovisual creation, visual scripts, and experimentation with multiple languages, the course transforms literary expression into multimedia experiences that develop critical thinking, visual imagination, digital competence, and cultural expression of students, in line with European priorities on media literacy, creativity, and digital citizenship. It is a pedagogical philosophy where narrative is built through symbols, images, sounds, movements, and spaces, accessible to students with diverse cognitive, linguistic, and expressive abilities.
Access Profile
Teachers of all educational stages (Early Childhood, Primary, Secondary, Baccalaureate, Vocational Training) interested in diversifying literary expression.
Librarians, artistic educators, cultural mediators, socio-cultural animators.
Communication, graphic design, and audiovisual professionals interested in educational applications.
Teachers committed to inclusion, accessibility, and multimodal narrative.
Workload and ECTS
Proposal for microcredential:
18 hours of direct training (practical creation sessions, analytical viewing, technology experimentation, collaborative reflection) + 12 hours of autonomous work (creation of narrative and other genres, analysis of works, design of pedagogical proposals).
Total workload: 30 hours (1 ECTS).
-> University Microcredential: Using Free AI Tools to Enhance School Libraries
This university microcredential enables teachers and librarians to integrate free and accessible artificial intelligence (AI) tools into the dynamization of school libraries, expanding services, personalizing reader recommendations, generating promotional content, facilitating inclusive access, and enhancing student participation. Through practical workshops on experimenting with content generators, chatbots, educational data analysis tools, and AI-assisted visual creation platforms, the course transforms the library into an intelligent, accessible, and participatory space that develops digital competence in the educational community, in line with European priorities on ethical integration of technology, digital accessibility, and informed citizenship. AI does not replace the librarian; it amplifies their impact, freeing time for cultural mediation and human interaction tasks while automating repetitive processes.
Access Profile
Teachers responsible for school libraries (all stages: Early Childhood, Primary, Secondary, Baccalaureate, Vocational Training).
Librarians, educational resource technicians, digital educators.
Cultural mediators, socio-cultural animators interested in educational technology.
Teachers from any area committed to innovation, digital inclusion, and ethical technological transformation.
Workload and ECTS
Proposal for microcredential:
18 hours of direct training (conceptual presentation sessions, practical experimentation labs, design workshops, collaborative critical reflection) + 12 hours of autonomous work (tool exploration, prototype configuration, integration plan design, critical reading).
Total workload: 30 hours (1 ECTS).
As an expert trainer in microcredentials, I am dedicated to driving teacher training through educational innovation, flexible learning, and continuous professional development. My approach combines digital competences, hybrid education, emerging technologies, and competency-based assessment, integrating adaptive learning ecosystems. I support teachers in their transition towards personalized learning models, aligned with the demands of the 21st century. Digital microcredentials not only certify specific skills, but also transform the way we teach and learn. This blog is your guide to navigating the future of education with impact, evidence, and strategic vision.»
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Contact: (Spanish/English):
Juan Navidad
Global trainer in microcredentials in innovation, IA & creativity
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micro@juannavidadescritor.com
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