The University of Tartu among the 300 best universities in the world
The oldest and largest university in Estonia shares the 251–300th position in the World University Rankings 2021, compiled by the British journal, Times Higher Education, since 2004. The ranking considers 13 performance indicators that are grouped into five areas: the learning environment, research, research influence, industry income and international outlook. Just four years ago, the […]
What helped Estonian schools successfully handle the corona crisis?
In spring, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic put students, teachers, and parents to test. Estonian schools managed to adapt to new situations quickly and therefore handled the crisis well. Although there is no one right formula for a successful distance learning programme, there is still a lot to learn from an Estonian example. Although the COVID-19 […]
How to manage school exams during lockdown?
The e-Estonia’s live talk takes a deeper look at how to manage school exams during distance learning. In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and resulting quarantine, the entire country of Estonia moved to remote learning almost overnight. The last live talk in August takes a deeper look at how Estonian ICT-companies revamped their products […]
Survey: distance learning from children’s perspective
Telia Company asked 7 000 students across seven countries in the Nordic and Baltics about their experiences from studying from home. Despite challenges and substantial changes in habits that happened overnight, their overall experience has been largely positive. “Across the Nordic and Baltic countries, parents, teachers, politicians and journalists started discussing the psychological, financial and […]
Timeline: What helped Estonia to start distance learning?
Estonian education technology firms grew vigorously during the emergency situation
Estonian education technology companies used distance learning (caused by the emergency situation) as a growth opportunity – on average the companies saw an increase of 170% in clientele. Estonian companies are expanding to India, Indonesia, Germany, Turkey as well as the United States. Estonian EdTech companies and education innovation are one of the main priorities […]
Digital education firms speed up innovation
It was surprising even by Estonian standards. In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and resulting quarantine, the entire country moved to remote learning almost overnight, and companies that develop digital e-education platforms repositioned their products to help new users. The article by Justin Petrone was first published on the E-Estonia webpage. Not only did the pandemic transform […]
President of Estonia moderated live conference to support remote learning
On March 25th 2020 – 10 days after all schools in Estonia had started distance learning, president of Estonia, Kersti Kaljulaid, moderated the online conference with students, teachers and parents to support remote learning. President of Estonia, Kersti Kaljulaid, moderated the online conference with students, teachers, education specialists and parents. The conference focused on providing an overview […]
Are we resolving a crisis or creating a future?
The current emergency situation has been hard on both teachers, who have had to transfer their classes to distance learning practically overnight, as well as school leaders who have had to support and motivate their employees. How can we reshape the learning process and create conditions for teacher (co)operation? Schools taking part in Tallinn University’s […]
PISA 2018: Estonian students rank 1st in Europe
The skills of Estonian students rank 1st in Europe according to the OECD’s international survey PISA. The share of top performers has increased while the share of students performing below the baseline level has decreased. The results show that the level of education provided by the basic school is not dependent on the socio-economic background […]
