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Education Upgrade Hack 2020

Startup Estonia with Education and Youth Board are looking for innovative and sustainable ideas that could change the world of education. Ideas vital enough that could be formed into the prototype within 48 hours. The goal of the hackathon is to find solutions that support distance learning and fit into the Estonian context, but yet […]

FIN-EST Education Trends Webinar

FIN-EST Education Trends is a collaboration between FinnAgora and Estonian Institute, the Finnish and Estonian institutes in Hungary. In FIN-EST Education Trends we are introducing two up and coming approaches to elementary school education that are gaining traction in Finland and Estonia. Phenomenon-based learning and teaching programming and robotics might be the future of education, […]

Opening Ceremony of the EDUSPACE Research Lab

Tallinn University now has a technology-supported learning and teaching research laboratory, EDUSPACE. At the official opening event, the university offers the opportunity for all interested parties to virtually get acquainted with the research laboratory’s equipment collections and research and projects using the infrastructure, which is aimed at different levels of education. The opening event of […]

Edubest 2020 hybrid conference

You are welcomed to take part Edubest 2020 hybrid conference on the 8th and 9th of October to take away the following practices:*Examples of innovative use of technology in schools*School leadership case studies in managing and motivating teams*Methodology suggestions to personalize curriculum and minimize in-equality Many events in education have been cancelled but information, ideas, […]

Oslo innovation week: distance learning in Estonia – heralding the future of education

Education Nation shares Estonian experience of transitioning to distance learning by introducing prerequisites, challenges, obstacles and lessons learned. Also giving overview about relevant principles of crisis management during the state of emergency declared due to COVID-19, and what kind of smart digital solutions are in use in Estonia. We share our best practices during the […]

e-Estonia live: how to manage school exams during lockdown?

The e-Estonia’s live talk takes a deeper look at how to manage school exams during the COVID-19 lockdown. Tune in on Wednesday, August 26th at 3PM (GMT+3) for this engaging talk and make sure you also use the opportunity to get your questions answered in the Q&A session in the second half of the live […]

E-Lessons on E-Education

The very first e-Estonia Digital Discussion brought us to the timely topic of e-Education. With Covid-19 remaining a global threat, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) estimated that the disruption to education systems worldwide could result in a 1.5% drop in global economic output until the end of the 21st century. Meanwhile, Estonian schools […]

On-line conference “How to Re-imagine Teaching and Learning in Uncertain Times?”

On 17 and 18 August, the Institute of Education of the University of Tartu together with Riga Technical University and Utrecht University organises an online conference entitled “How to Re-imagine Teaching and Learning in Uncertain Times?”. It is open to everybody interested in new developments in educational technology and teaching in a world affected by […]

MOVE IT – Youth mobility in the digital era (online event)

Digital and smart youth work in general have been widely debated and conceptualised over the last years, long before COVID-19 catapulted the topic into the spotlight. This online event focusses specifically on international youth mobility which, so far, has not been at the centre of the debates. From keynote speech to Online BarCamp and from […]