The objective of CovidEduTDL project was to develop the digital competence training program, including digital competence framework and self-assessment tool adopted to partner-countries, and to create the multimedia handbook on remote teaching-learning finalized to general education teachers/educators. This helps to identify the level of digital competence of general school teachers/educators as well as to improve the digital competence by conducting the training program, using innovative digital educational methods, innovative online resources and tools, promoting networking of institutions, sharing expertise and practices to promote digital education readiness of general school teachers/educators in the context of transformative digital learning.
COVID-19 has promoted the rapid transformation of learning/teaching process. Nowadays digital learning is a primary tool for teaching and learning. According to the conduced Need Analyses, the Readiness Index of the students and educators is lower in comparison with Importance Index for key factors necessary for sufficient transformative digital learning followed by Covid-19 impact. Despite a growing number of countries in Europe and internationally, refocusing the ICT curricula on developing students’ and educators' digital competence, and introducing the topic in national, regional or school curricula, the digital competence level requires additional evaluation, gaps identification, improvement and practical perspective. Based on the above the project addresses the following priority - addressing digital transformation through development of digital readiness, resilience, capacity. The CovidEduTDL project supports the setting up of, and access to, upskilling pathways through an advanced educational initiative based on structured learning activities following the Pattern-based and Inquire learning approach, building capacity to implement online, blended and distance teaching and learning.