About

Why this project?

The COVID-19 pandemic put universities in an unprecedented situation, which led to the cancellation of face-to-face courses and their relocation to the online environment, generating major changes in teacher’s work. The rapid digitalization required teachers and students to use more complex technologies, generating stress related to a lesser known working and learning environment involving unfamiliar teaching rules. Negative emotions, loneliness, uncertainty, and stress exacerbated the effects of the need to rapidly adjust to emergency remote teaching in the context of the lack of substantial prior experience of using technologies. The COVID-19 crisis heavily impacted education and accelerated the digital transformation of HEI sector. It is evident that we cannot return to the world as it was before. Even if we return in classrooms, the digital transformation will continue, thus the main aim of this project, promoting well-being practices in the context of the emerging trends of digitalization in education, would sustain the smooth transition to a new era.  

Our vision

Digital competence is a core skill for all educators and training staff, therefore our project will focus on the professional development of teachers’ autonomy and flexibility to act collaboratively, to use technology effectively, promoting a positive climate and preserving also a high state of well-being. Training in digital skills is essential for academics and would promote the use innovative learning and teaching practices now and in the future, focusing on accessibility, inclusiveness, and learner-centered design. We want teachers to have this core skill of being digital competent in order to enhance and ensure their own and their students’ digital wellbeing.

Our mission

In Romania and in the partner countries there are not sufficient systematic training or intervention actions for sustaining the academics digital skills, the adjustment to the emerging trends of digitalization being always a challenge, even before the COVID 19 pandemic. The project is a step towards trained university teachers in terms of digital wellbeing of staff & students.

The main aim of the project is to develop an innovative approach for university teachers to manage the complex situations by promoting high levels of digital well-being and to efficiently use digital methods.

Our goals:

  • Raise the awareness of HEIs about the need to implement strategies increasing the well-being of teachers with direct impact on student learning engagement and performances and sustaining an efficient adjustment to the digital era.
  • Develop teachers’ digital competences in the context of the emerging trends of integrating technologies in teaching and learning.
  • Provide teachers tools supporting both work and learning engagement, and digital well-being and resilience.