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- The Teacher’s Professional Portfolio in Digital Format: Questions and Answers on Order No. 3858/2026 and the Portofoliu.digital Platform
Is the teacher’s professional portfolio compulsory in digital format in Romania? Where can it be built, what does it cost, how is it verified? Answers on Order No. 3858/2026 and Portofoliu.digital.
- 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 and technological innovation, are among the most important factors for achieving deep and lasting improvements…
- 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 facilitation, digital resource management, and evidence-based assessment. This report outlines specific findings across all six…
- 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 AI tools, have put in a different perspective the role of the education professionals and…
- 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 ecosystem The ecosystem is anchored by iTeach.ro (also accessible as suntProfesor.ro), a socio-professional network for…
- 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 Psychology and Education Sciences, giving courses on virtual learning environments, computer-assisted instruction, new media in…
- 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 instruction based on individual student needs and interests, enable online collaboration between students from different…
- 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 the most advanced freely available AI tools, in December 2022. The same requests will be…
