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Introducing the
European Digital Education Hub
Alexander Knoth,
October 19th, 2022

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Context
European Digital Education Action Plan (DEAP)
1. Macro: Structured Dialogue
2. Meso: National Advisory Services
3. Micro: Supporting the development of the Digital Education Hub
Strengthening cooperation and exchange in digital
education at the EU level.

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Offering an open, inclusive, supportive and practice-
oriented community for digital education stakeholders
where each member’s experience and expertise are
valued and where collaboration, mutual learning and
exchange are at the centre of all activities.
MISSION STATEMENT

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What does the
European Digital Education Hub offer?
1. A collaborative community of practice
2. Knowledge-sharing and mapping
3. Accelerating innovation in digital education
Cross-sectoral (from early childhood education and care to
school education, higher education, vocational education and
training, to adult learning)
Regionally diverse

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Added Value
for Educational Stakeholders
 Networking and learning from peers
 Contributing to policy processes
 Improving digital education activities

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Community
Workshops
Practice
meets Policy
Knowledge-
building
Webinars
Mentoring
Programme
for individuals &
institutions
Thematic
Working
Groups
“Squads”
“Teachers as
Researchers”
Workshop
Series
Online Clinics
one week of expert
consultations
Design-
Thinking
Workshops
Accelerator
Programme
Publications &
Mapping of
Best Practices
Community platform: Microsoft Teams
Hub Activities

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Formats of Hub Activities
• Animation Activities: informal discussions on MS Teams
• Workshops: interactive sessions moderated by education and training experts
• Webinars: thematically focussed online meetings that examine specific digital education topics in
depth
• Mentoring: supporting individual practitioner over a period of some months with the
implementation of digital education practices
• Online Clinic Weeks: opportunity to meet with digital education experts to provide quick solutions
to individual challenges
• Self-paced learning: online offers to guide through a knowledge-building journey on a specific
digital education topic
• Accelerator Programme: intensive training & mentoring for selected prototypes over 6 months
• Publications: sharing best practices, cutting edge resources, and contributing to relevant
discussions

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Hub Themes Year 1
1. Mainstreaming lessons from Covid-19: How to upscale
and keep the momentum
2. Digital education in times of crises: Emergency
education enablers
3. Interoperable International Digital Ecosystem for
Education

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Community of Practice
• Goal: an "open, inclusive, supportive and practice-oriented community for
digital education stakeholders"
• Target group: practitioners and policy-makers in digital education
• All sectors of education (HE, School, VET, Adult, Lifelong Learning)
• First time on European level
• Fruitful collaboration beyond sector/country borders
• Open to anyone working in the field
• Over 1.300 community members already

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Community workshops and working groups
(Stifterverband)
• Ca. 30 participants
• Face-to-face, free of charge, all costs covered
• Can be connected to the “squad”/working group themes
• Tallinn, 20-21 June 2022
• Mainstreaming lessons learned from Covid-19
• Brussels, 27-28 October 2022
• Digital education in times of crises:
Emergency education enablers
• Berlin, 22-23 November 2022
• Interoperability in education systems
• Organised parallel to Open Educa Berlin
Work samples

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Work samples
Next knowledge building webinars (EDEN)
Thursday, 27 October 2022: How can research address practical educational
challenges?
• The event aims to present examples of how research could address practical digital
educational challenges and discuss them with some experts and attendants.
• will show some practical educational challenges collected in previous Knowledge
Building Activities related to teacher digital competence acquisition, leadership and
policy support for teachers, digital education institutional strategies, etc.
Monday, 28 November 2022: Expert roundtable on ‘Digital Innovations
and Transformation through Research, Practice and Policy Perspectives’

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Design Thinking Workshop (HPI D-School)
Sharing practices from the New Normal of the Education Sector
• to gather practices of learning and teaching in the ever evolving new
normal of education eco-system
• 2-day workshop in Potsdam, the 21st and 22nd November 2022
Work samples

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Work samples
Online Clinics (EADTU)
Online Clinics:
• Chance to book an online meeting (up to 2h) with different European
experts
• Opportunity to discuss individual digital education issues and challenges
• Focused advice by a high-level expert on a particular topic or challenge
> three clinic weeks are scheduled in the weeks of the 21st of November, the
28th of November and the 12th of December 2022.

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Work samples
Mentor-Menteeships (EADTU)
Mentor-Menteeships:
• Tailored guidance and advice on digital education
• Open to individuals, staff and/or leadership of a single educational
institution, who can invite colleagues to maximize the multiplier effect.
• Focussing on a topic/case/challenge of the participants’ interest (for example, related to hybrid,
• blended or online distance learning, e-assessment, micro-credentials and continuing education, digital collaboration
and mobility in transnational courses/programmes, quality assurance and institutional policies/conditions)
> three sessions of two hours, respectively in the weeks of the 5th of December 2022,
the 16th of January and the 1st of February 2023.

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Work samples
Peer Learning Trajectories (PLTs)
PLTs
• Online course sessions on synchronous hybrid, blended and online distance
learning respectively
• Covering various interesting topics according to the participants’ preferences
• Online sessions are interactive so participants can learn from their peers
• Between sessions, participants are invited to work on applications in their own
context
> Three PLT courses will be organized in the weeks of the 5th of December 2022,
the 16th of January, and 1st of February 2023

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The
Community
of Practice is
hosted on
Microsoft
Teams with
different
thematic
channels

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Connecting Practice & Policy
 1 Community Workshop per year in Brussels (policy focus)
Feel free to reach out to b.bachmann@daad.de
 Network of National Advisory Services for digital education
 Structured Dialogue on digital education and skills

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"Innovation
Funnel"

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Upcoming Hub Events
Regularly:
Onboarding meetings (“virtual coffee breaks” for new Hub members)
Animation activities (informal & asynchronous discussion between Hub members)
Monthly: Knowledge Building Activities + Teachers as Researchers Workshops
September 2022 – February 2023: Accelerator Programme
October 2022 – December 2022: Working Group 2
27-28 October 2022: Community Workshop in Brussels
November 2022 - January 2023: Peer-Learning, Mentoring, and Online Clinics
21-22 November 2022: Design-Thinking Workshop
November 2022 – January 2023: Working Group 3
22-23 November 2022: Community Workshop in Berlin

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Connecting education
practicioners across sectors!
REGISTER NOW AND JOIN THE HUB
TO EXCHANGE GOOD PRACTICES
& DISCUSS STRATEGIES ON DIGITAL EDUCATION

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Thank you
For questions or comments please
contact:
support-edeh@daad.de