Digital solutions to support career guidance

With its rich history of digital solutions and e-governance, Estonia has invested heavily in digital services, including career guidance. Let’s look at how Estonia integrates digital skills into lifelong learning and uses online career guidance tools. Authors: Kristina Orion, Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund; Margit Rammo, Euroguidance Estonia, Estonian Education and Youth Board The Estonian Unemployment Insurance […]

Estonia: insights from the digital training programme for teachers

Estonia has been at the forefront of digital innovation, with the Digital Accelerator programme being an excellent example of driving digital transformation in education. The programme involves the entire school team and focuses on developing digital skills systematically, providing training opportunities for school management and teachers. The programme has been successful in schools of all […]

EduTech Talks: what is Estonia’s vision of personalised learning? 

EDUtech is coming to Europe on 5-6 October 2022 in Amsterdam. 250 leading minds in education from across Europe will be presenting stories, showcasing innovation, and the very best EdTech solution providers will be demonstrating the solutions that are changing the way education is delivered. Technology is changing how we learn, what we learn and […]

Digital learning materials platform Opiq: the future of education is already here

Estonia is presenting its success as an education nation at Expo 2020 Dubai with the most popular EdTech software Opiq – an interactive digital learning materials platform that replaces all the old-school textbooks. Imagine an elementary school science lesson as it gets underway. The teacher taps on the interactive whiteboard and opens a chapter of […]

Estonian education in the spotlight at Expo 

During the EXPO Knowledge and Learning Week, a high-level Estonian education delegation will visit Dubai and many education solutions will be on display. Estonian Minister of Education and Research Liina Kersna will attend the discussion at the RewirED international conference, and former Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid, Ambassador-at-large for Education Birgit Lao, and several representatives of […]

Short and simple: 5 videos on Estonian education

Five short videos will introduce Estonian education at EXPO Dubai in autumn 2021: from digital solutions to collaboration in higher education. You can find additional material in our marketing toolkit and more videos on Education Estonia Youtube channel.  Digital solutions in education How has Estonia become an exemplary digital society, and a “unicorn factory”? The […]

The secret weapon of Estonian education – educational technologists

To use the possibilities of technology wisely at school, you need someone who can find suitable solutions for the field of education. An educational technologist is like an interpreter between teachers and the field of technology. Diana Veskimägi, the head of the Estonian Association of Educational Technologists, believes strongly Estonian schools need many more educational […]

Estonia shared its digitalisation experience at the World Bank seminar

Experts from World Bank and Latin American and Caribbean countries discussed digital technology in education in times of pandemics. The online event was organized around three aspects of digital technology: access for all, access to digital finance and the importance of digital technology in education.  Heli Aru-Chabilan from Estonian Education and Youth Board shared the […]