Microsoft Certified Educator study guide
Microsoft Certified Educator · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Microsoft Certified Educator (MCE) is a certification that validates that you have the global educator technology literacy competencies needed to provide a rich, custom learning experience for students. It is aimed at educators-in-training, faculty of teacher training colleges, and in-service educators. The Microsoft Certified Educator study guide has 6 sections and about 1,879 words.
01Facilitate student collaboration
The Microsoft Certified Educator exam, aligned to the UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers and 21CLD, tests whether you can design learning that requires genuine collaboration rather than group seating. Scenarios ask you to judge a task against the 21CLD collaboration progression and to select changes that raise the level.
325 words, about 2 min02Facilitate skilled communication
This domain tests whether you can design tasks where students communicate purposefully for a defined audience using multiple modes. The exam presents classroom scenarios and asks which task best develops skilled communication or what change would improve it.
336 words, about 2 min03Facilitate self-regulation
This domain asks whether you can design tasks where students plan, monitor, and reflect on their own learning. Exam scenarios often describe a project and ask what to add so students take greater ownership.
296 words, about 1 min04Facilitate real-world problem solving and innovation
This domain tests whether you can design tasks that use authentic problems and require students to generate new solutions. The exam asks you to judge whether a task is genuinely real-world or merely themed, and whether students innovate or reproduce known answers.
333 words, about 2 min05Facilitate student use of Information and Communication Tools (ICT)
This domain focuses on what students do with technology, not what the teacher displays. Exam scenarios ask you to distinguish passive consumption from active construction and to choose tasks where ICT is essential to learning.
311 words, about 2 min06Use ICT to be an effective educator
This domain tests how you use technology to plan, teach, assess, communicate, and grow professionally. Exam scenarios ask which use of ICT best supports an educator's work, often contrasting administrative convenience with instructional improvement.
278 words, about 1 min