The iTeach ecosystem
The activity of the Institute is, to a great extent, reflected in “iTeach”, a flagship programme started in 2009, through which the Institute has attracted and mobilized human and financial resources to develop a reference point for the community of education practitioners and specialists in the education systems of Romania and Moldova. This programme relies on two platforms – iTeach.ro and Academia-Online.ro – currently gathering over 37,000 teaching professionals in K-12 and higher education.
The iTeach programme aims to increase the quality and efficiency of teaching by providing theoretical support, disseminating good practices and local experiences, and promoting valuable solutions, systems and services for education. A number of online courses are also available on the platform, developed by (or in partnership with) companies, NGOs, and state institutions such as: Intel, Social IT, TEHNE – Centre for Innovation in Education, Ministry of Education Romania – Institute of Educational Sciences, House of the Teaching Staff (Bacau county), University of Bucharest – Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences – Teacher Training Department.
Today, 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 educators across K–12 and higher education in Romania and the Republic of Moldova. (The iTeach Ecosystem in Romania – A Comprehensive Digital Infrastructure for Teacher Professional Development)
» References:
https://edict.ro/categorie/focus/ecosistemul-educational-iteach/
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Istrate, O. (2026). iTeach Online Courses – A Continuous Professional Development Pathway for Romanian Teachers. In: EDICT – Revista educatiei 3/ 2026. https://edict.ro/iteach-online-courses-a-continuous-professional-development-pathway-for-romanian-teachers/
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Research Initiatives
Recent research projects in the area of digital technologies for education:
» Mapping the development of digital competences of teachers in Romania – DigCompEdu (2021-ongoing)
» Ariadna Experiment. The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Education Sciences (2022-ongoing)
» Digital Pedagogy. Definition and Conceptual Area (completed in 2022)
» A Year of Online Education – in collaboration with the main universities in Romania (March 2020 – February 2021)
» Guidelines for online and blended learning: Design, delivery, assessment, evaluation of study programmes. Premises of academic curriculum digitalisation (6th edition finalised in September 2024)
Partners and Collaborators
The Institute’s specialists work in various areas of education, from curriculum design to education programme evaluation, carrying out services and providing expertise for students, teachers, teacher trainers, researchers, and decision makers, as well as for/ with a number of institutions including:
- Intel Corp. (Intel Teach Elements – teacher training programme),
- Lecturers Without Borders (LeWiBo),
- Tremend Benelux S.A.,
- Altfactor S.R.L.
- Brio Teste Educaționale S.R.L.,
- Universitatea din București – Facultatea de Psihologie și Științele Educației,
- Universitatea Andrei Șaguna din Constanța,
- SNSPA – Facultatea de Științe Politice,
- Universitatea Vasile Alecsandri din Bacău,
- Institutul de Științe ale Educației,
- Casa Corpului Didactic Grigore Tăbăcaru, Bacău,
- Casa Corpului Didactic Botoșani,
- Save the Children International,
- IEA Amsterdam (International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement)