(Digikiirendi) Estonian model for digital acceleration of the schools

This Estonian model for digital acceleration offers multilevel approach including:

Mapping school needs (contains questionaries for students, teachers, and management, swot analysis with guiding questions and recommendations)
Planning digital learning (contains definition of digital competences and suggestions for development of action plan for digital learning and recommendations)
Changes in learning and teaching (examples for good learning and teaching practices using appropriate digital technology)
Digital infrastructure and digital safety (simple model for analysis of the digital infrastructure, FAQ, Digital security test and recommendations)
Integration of digital competences in school curriculum (example of Jarvekula school in integration digital competences in curricula)
Testing of school digital learning state (self-assessment test of nine questions to map school needs)
Practical experiences from the schools
Sources and materials

Impact of the good practice

Estonia’s efforts to leverage technology for teaching and learning began in the 1990s with an ambitious Tiigrihüpe (Tiger Leap) programme to build up schools’ technology infrastructure, including providing internet access to all schools. By 2001, Estonia had already met this goal.
Since then, the country continued to invest in creating schools as digital learning systems and building teachers’ digital skills. In this regard, the Digikiirendi model is one of the most successful practices, who have achieved great impact in Estonian digital transformation in education.

Applicability/ Transferability of the good practice in VET

This model can be adapted and applicated to each school and learning institution including VET and can indeed contribute to their digital acceleration.