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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…
D-ChallengHE suite: The International Conference on Digital Pedagogy 2024
The International Conference on Digital Pedagogy was jointly organized by the partners and associated partners of the D-Challenge Project, as extension of the concerns for exploring and setting-up a responsible and meaningful use of digital technology in higher education, with a focus on teacher training. The significant changes in education brought by the new, disruptive…
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…
Digital Pedagogy (Ariadna Experiment)
Digital pedagogy is an emerging field of research that has the potential to revolutionize education. It is a form of teaching and learning which combines digital tools, such as computers, tablets, mobile devices and other technology with traditional methods of instruction. Digital pedagogy can provide students with real-time feedback on their progress, help teachers differentiate…
Ariadna Experiment. The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Education Sciences
In short: Ariadna experiment is trying to reveal the contribution of AI to the development of social sciences. (1) An AI chat app was used for a guided conversation, in order to estimate the ability of AI to produce scientific innovative content. (2) A number of 27 texts on education sciences topics were generated using…