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8 EmpoweringUniversityEducators… 127 meta-cognitiveandself-development teachers’competences,getting themreadyfor openandnetworked learningsettings (Loeckx,2016). To complement theDigCompEdu framework, that addresses collaboration and opennessthroughthelensofdigital literacy,it isimportanttoconsideralsoeducators competencies frameworks that target specifically collaborative learning and open education. An attempt to capture the competencies categories that educators would need to acquire to successfully implement collaborative learning in the classroom has beendonewith the ImplementingCollaborativeLearning in theClassroom(ICLC) framework (Kaendler,Wiedmann,&Rummel, 2015). The proposed competences areasidentifiedwithinICLCare:planning,connectedtothecoursepreparationphase; monitoring,supportingandconsolidating,connectedtothecourseinteractivephase; and reflecting, for thepost-coursephase.These shouldbeaccompaniedbysubject- specific knowledge and by teachers’ beliefs and attitudes, two important elements that influence the selectedcollaborative learningstrategies (Fig.8.2). Themost interesting featureof the framework is that it stresses the fact that—in ordertosuccessfullyadoptcollaborativelearningpractices—educatorsdonotneedto acquirenewcompetences,but theyratherrequire toadapt their teachingstrategies to collaborativelearningsettings.Theproposedcompetencesareasareindeedtypicalof teachingcyclesandaredeclinedinsuchawaytosupportcollaborativelearning.The pre-activephasedealswith lessonspreparationandwithsettingupthecollaborative learning systembefore students start working in groups. In the inter-active phase, educators support students tofindsolutions to theproblemtheyareworkingonand tofacilitatereviewoftheworkbyotherstudents.Finally, thepost-activephasetakes dealswith thecapacityof facilitating learners’ reflectionon thepreviousphases. In theareaofopeneducation, theeight attributespresented inFig. 8.3 (Hegarty, 2015)do representquitewellwhat are thekeycompetences that educatorsneeds to master inorder toworkopenlywith their students. Fig.8.2 The ICLCframework (Kaendler et al., 2015)