Digital education in Romania
Developing and Managing the Teacher’s Professional Portfolio. iTeach Platform
This article proposes a theoretical analysis of the constitutive dimensions of the teacher’s professional portfolio as an instrument for documentation, reflection, and continuous professional development. The essential components of a complete professional portfolio are examined: professional training, classroom activity, teaching materials produced, career progression, and educational and classroom management activities. Special attention is given to…
The iTeach Ecosystem: Integrated Platforms for Teacher Professional Development
Institute for Education, Bucharest, March 2026 – In today’s knowledge-based society, the competences of teachers are a fundamental determinant of educational quality. Consequently, providing educators with relevant, flexible, and ongoing professional development (PD) opportunities has become a systemic priority. Research indicates that viable mechanisms for continuous teacher training, aligned with the rapid pace of pedagogical…
Flash Report (May 2025) on the Digital Competences of Teachers in Romania Based on DigCompEdu Framework
This report presents a detailed assessment of digital competences among Romanian educators based on the European Digital Competence Framework for Educators (DigCompEdu). The analysis reveals that Romanian teachers currently demonstrate an intermediate level of digital proficiency (average score: 53.6%), with notable strengths in professional development and reflective practices. However, significant gaps exist in collaborative learning…
A Framework to Approach Digital Education and CPD in Higher Education
As long foreseen, digital technologies are bringing significant changes in education. Two recent extraordinary events have brought a new perspective on the potential of new technologies, accelerating the education practices, the thinking about the necessary innovation, also bringing more pressure from society, beneficiaries, education decision makers – the pandemics and the expansion of artificial intelligence.…
The iTeach Ecosystem in Romania – A Comprehensive Digital Infrastructure for Teacher Professional Development
The iTeach ecosystem, developed by the Institute for Education (Bucharest) and Social IT, constitutes Romania’s most comprehensive digital infrastructure for teacher professional development, integrating over a dozen interconnected platforms, journals, and tools that collectively serve more than 37,000 educators across K–12 and higher education in Romania and the Republic of Moldova. The components of the…
Interview: Contribution of AI to the Education Sciences
Background info: The interview is following up the investigation on the AI potential contribution to the education sciences, described in the article „Ariadna Experiment”, issued in December 2022*. Our interviewee was Dr. Olimpius Istrate, the lead scientist of the research team undertaking the Ariadna experiment. He is associate professor at the University of Bucharest, Faculty of…
Educational applications, tools and platforms used in Romania
Educational applications, tools or platforms are a great way to complement traditional classroom learning, providing both resources and digital content for pupils and students, as well as virtual spaces for carrying out various educational activities. These apps, tools and platforms often include features such as interactive content, quizzes and games, virtual tutoring and mentoring and…
Digital Pedagogy. Definition and Conceptual Area
Is there a digital pedagogy, as a distinct domain, different from general pedagogy and from any other pedagogy? If so, what are the aims, object of study, specific methods and principles of digital pedagogy? What is digital pedagogy and how does it articulate with education sciences? These are the questions of the beginning stage of…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education (Ariadna Experiment)
AI is a rapidly emerging technology with great potential to revolutionize the educational system. AI-enabled platforms can provide personalized instruction, automated grading, and data-driven decision making, all of which can lead to improved student engagement, increased access to personalized instruction, and improved decision-making. However, there are also challenges associated with the use of AI in…