Partners of Project

About the project

The Center for Educational Technologies Western Balkans, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development and the Institute for the Evaluation of the Quality of Education and Upbringing, with the support of the Balkan Trust for Democracy in Serbia, is organizing a series of webinars during February, March, and April as part of the international initiative “Digital Education for the Western Balkans 2021”.

Goal of the project

The aim of the program is to gather representatives from relevant ministries, institutes, and institutions from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and North Macedonia and to highlight specific guidelines, documents, and instruments available to us in the digital segment of formal education in response to the new situation of online and hybrid teaching implementation, which can be applied at the regional level. The topics to be addressed during the program are:

  • Action Plan for the Development of Digital Education 2021-2027 by the European Commission;
  • Framework for assessing the capacity of primary and secondary schools to organize distance learning in case of suspension of face-to-face classes for students – as a response to the COVID crisis;
  • Selfie – from piloting to scaling;
  • New questionnaires in the Selfie tool and piloting of the Selfie tool for dual education;
  • Digital School – European pilot program;
  • Framework for obtaining the
  • Digital School label;
  • Digital Segment of the Institution’s Development
  • Plan – a case study example;
  • Online Teaching – implementation guidelines;
  • Hybrid Teaching – implementation guidelines.

Webinar recordings

Webinar – recording from 11.02.2021 is available here.

Webinar – recording from 18.02.2021 is available here.

Webinar – recording from 05.03.2021 is available here.

Webinar – recording from 18.03.2021 is available here.

Webinar – recording from 20.05.2021 is available here.

10:30 Opening of the webinar, Aleksandar Borisavljević, Director of the Center for Educational Technologies Western Balkans, and Nataša Petrović, Balkan Democracy Fund in Serbia

10:35 Action Plan for the Development of Digital Education 2021-2027, European Commission, Dr. Danijela Šćepanović, Senior Advisor, Digitalization Sector in Education and Science, Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development

10:45 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Instruments and/or Measures of Educational Policy in the Field of Digital Education, Elma Kico, Expert Associate for International Cooperation and Projects, Sector for Informatization, International Cooperation, and European Integration, Ministry of Education and Science of Canton Sarajevo

10:55 North Macedonia: Instruments and/or Measures of Educational Policy in the Field of Digital Education, Gordana Janakievska, Head of the Education Development Bureau, Bureau for Development of Education

11:05 Montenegro: Instruments and/or Measures of Educational Policy in the Field of Digital Education, Radovan Ognjanović, Head of the Institute of Education

11:15 Serbia: Instruments and/or Measures of Educational Policy in the Field of Digital Education, Katarina Aleksić, Head of the Center for Educational Technology, Institute for the Evaluation of Education Quality and Education

11:25 Break

11:35 Digital Education, Group Discussions

11:50 Presentation of Discussion Conclusions

12:05 Conclusion of the webinar and announcement of upcoming events

18:00 Selfie – from piloting to scaling, Dr. Danijela Šćepanović, Independent Advisor, Sector for Digitalization in Education and Science, Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development

18:20 New questionnaires in the Selfie tool and piloting the Selfie tool for dual education, Prof. Dr. Uglješa Marjanović, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad

18:30 Digital school – European pilot program, Katarina Aleksić, Head of the Center for Educational Technology, Institute for the Evaluation of the Quality of Education and Upbringing

18:40 Presentation of conclusions based on the Selfie school report – mentors and representatives from 3 schools

19:10 Conclusion of the webinar and announcement of upcoming events

18:00 Digital School Label Framework, Vladan Mladenović, mentor at Digital School – European pilot program

18:15 Resources, Katarina Veljković, mentor at Digital School – European pilot program

18:30 Digital Segment of the Institution’s Development Plan – Case Study, Verica Arula, coordinator at Digital School – European pilot program, “Branislav Nušić” Elementary School

18:45 Discussion

19:00 Webinar Conclusion and Announcement of Upcoming Events

18:00 Online lecture, Dr. Danijela Šćepanović, Senior Advisor, Sector for Digitalization in Education and Science, Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development

18:15 Online lecture – guidelines for implementation, Katarina Aleksić, Head of the Center for Educational Technology, Institute for the Evaluation of the Quality of Education and Upbringing

18:30 Resources, Prof. Dr. Uglješa Marjanović, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad

18:45 Discussion

19:00 Conclusion of the webinar and announcement of upcoming events

18:00 Hybrid teaching, Dr. Danijela Šćepanović, Senior Advisor, Sector for Digitalization in Education and Science, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development

18:15 Hybrid teaching – implementation guidelines, Katarina Aleksić, Head of the Center for Educational Technology, Institute for the Evaluation of the Quality of Education and Upbringing

18:30 Resources, Assistant Professor Dr. Dobrinka Kuzmanović, Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade

18:45 Discussion

19:00 End of the webinar program