The Institute for Education is an action-research organization that bridges educational theory and practice. Through pilot projects, evaluation research, and evidence-based initiatives, we validate innovative educational practices, develop new pedagogical models, and inform policy decisions. Our work advances educational knowledge while testing alternative approaches to teaching and learning in real-world contexts.
Core Activities
· Continuous professional development of teachers
Since 2009, we operate two CPD platforms serving over 36.000 educators:
» Academia Online – for higher education teaching staff: https://academia-online.ro
» iTeach – for K-12 teachers: https://iteach.ro
· Support for teachers
» 20 free online courses for K-12 teachers: https://iteach.ro/pagina/21495/
» national programmes for HE teaching staff: https://digital-pedagogy.eu/course/ and https://pedagogie-digitala.ro/curs/ (in collaboration)
» Open Educational Resources database 15,000+ resources (partnership with Social IT): https://digitaledu.ro
· Scholarly Publishing
» Journal of Digital Pedagogy – international, peer-reviewed, open access journal for higher education (no publication fees; collaboration with two universities): https://digital-pedagogy.eu/
» Three pedagogical journals for K-12 education, with over 5,000 articles (Romanian language, open access, no fees, collaboration with universities and publishing houses): EDICT- Revista educației, iTeach: Experiențe didactice, Revista Profesorului
· Research Initiatives. Recent projects in digital technologies for education:
» Ariadna Experiment. The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Education Sciences (2022-ongoing)
» Digital Pedagogy. Definition and Conceptual Area (completed 2022)
» A Year of Online Education – in collaboration with the main universities in Romania (March 2020 – February 2021)
· Knowledge Exchange
» Conference on Digital Pedagogy
Departments
The most prominent programme accompanies the area of teachers’ professional development. Teacher education is in the focus of the activity of the Department for Teacher Training (dppd.ro), which is actively contributing to (1) the design and implementation of the pre-service curriculum for student-teachers and (2) in-service training of teachers.
^ More on https://dppd.ro (Romanian only)
The second department of the Institute for Education is dedicated to the use of digital technologies in education, identifying and promoting the pedagogical value behind the use of ICT for teaching and learning.
^ More on https://elearning-forum.ro (Romanian only)
The newest department of the Institute is focusing on curriculum development and evaluation.
Affiliation
» Member of ”The eLearning Network” (UK), 2010-2020
» Member of ”Evidence Informed Policy and Practice in Education in Europe” (EIPPEE), 2012-2021
» Member of the Educational Repository Network – EdReNe (European Union), since 2020 – fcl.eun.org/edrene
» Member of the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA – European Union), since 2022 – coara.org/signatoriescategories/romania/
» Pledge member within the Deep Tech Talent Initiative programme led by the European Institute of Technology and Innovation (EIT), 2024-2025 – eitdeeptechtalent.eu/
Contact Us
The Institute for Education is a non-governmental organization founded in Romania, in 2009. The Institute is aiming to promote quality and innovation in education and educational research, providing expertise, constant support and tools for education professionals – teachers, school managers, education researchers and decision makers.
Institute for Education
54 Dr. Louis Pasteur str., 050536 Bucharest
https://iedu.ro/contact/