1.
Digital experiences in technical higher education
Politehnica University Timisoara
Dr. Diana Andone, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania
Diana.andone@upt.ro

2.
How you built up
Vision
Policies
Structure
Community
Validation

3.
Virtual
Mobilities
HowtodevelopOpenlife-longlearningstudents
forthe21st centurysociety?
MOOC
Virtual
Campus
OER
Co-
creators
Micro-
credentials
Since 2015

4.
Digital transformation
Competences & Community
Academic staff, non-academic staff, students, external stakeholders

5.
Digital transformation
Competences & Community
Academic staff, non-academic staff, students, external stakeholders
Training – continuous professional development, building up Digital
education competences, new digital pedagogies
Support – webinars, consultation, online support
Mentoring & role models & best practices
External stakeholders involvement & support

6.
Digital transformation
Competences & Community
Academic staff, non-
academic staff, students,
external stakeholders
Training – continuous
professional development,
building up Digital education
competences, new digital
pedagogies

7.
UniCampus
www.unicampus.ro

8.
Digital Transformation

9.
Microcredits – open badge in informal learning
(webinars)
https://elearning.upt.ro/ro/impreuna-online/
Integrated with Badgr

10.
Students
OER creators

11.
Digital transformation
Competences & Community
Academic staff, non-
academic staff, students,
external stakeholders
Training – continuous
professional development,
building up Digital education
competences, new digital
pedagogies
Support – webinars,
consultation, online support

12.
Project partners
www.mode-it.eu

13.
MODE-IT Open Online Training Program (IO2)
https://open.ktu.edu/.

14.
MODE-IT online
training program
composed of 5 learning modules
1. Foundation of online learning;
2. MOOC course design;
3. MOOC content production;
4. MOOC delivery;
5. MOOC in formal learning.
125 participants Only partner universities
Evaluated

15.
MODE-IT online
training program
SOON on IVERSITY

16.
MODE-IT develop innovative courses
MOOCs-based instructional approaches for curriculum design
HEI teachers need to master new skills therefore becoming MOOC designers and
deliverers.
20 professors & courses to be adapted and changed in Universities

17.
Digital transformation
Competences & Community
Mentoring & role
models & best
practices
Augmented
teaching through
blended learning
https://acadigia.eu/

18.
ACADIGIA Consortium
The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the
contents, which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which
may be made of the information contained therein. (Project Nº. 2020-1-PT01-KA226-HE-095042).
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Universidad Politecnica de Madrid Università Politecnica delle Marche National Technical University of Athens
INOVA+ Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara Trinity College Dublin
https://acadigia.eu/

19.
Fostering synergies in 6 countries (Portugal, Spain,
Italy, Greece, Romania and Ireland)
Accelerate the digital readiness of Polytechnic higher
education institutions (new profiles of educators)
Towards the sustainable adoption of more online and
blended approaches in education
ACADIGIA
https://acadigia.eu/

20.
ACADIGIA
INTELLECTUAL
OUTPUTS
IO 1 - COMPENDIUM OF
AUGMENTED BLENDED TEACHING
IO 2 - TRAINING THE MENTORS
IO3 - BRINGING ACADIGIA TO LIFE
https://acadigia.eu/

21.
ACADIGIA
• a kit that allows HEI to reinvent/rethink their role
according to the flagship EU frameworks
• a diagnostic of HEI level of digital readiness (using already
existing indicators)
• grasp the basic use of the most recent open pedagogic
tools
• National reports and anlayse
https://acadigia.eu/

22.
ACADIGIA
Skype Cisco Webex
Google Classroom Jupyter Notebook
Zoom Blackboard
Microsoft Teams Digital Whiteboard
Kahoot MS Forums
Moodle Kaltura
• Tools analysed and support and training
https://acadigia.eu/

23.
ACADIGIA
Mentors training course & handbook
Digital Competence Framework for Educators (DigCompEdu)
- Soft & transversal skills
- Digital education skills
- Support & mentoring
- May – September 2022
https://acadigia.eu/

24.
Digital Competence Framework for Educators
(DigCompEdu) https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/digcompedu

25.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
License
@ABCtoVLE
https://abc-ld.org/abc-to-vle/
Practice
Acquisition
Collaboration
Discussion
Investigation
Production
M
O
O
C
assignment
Virtual patients
Virtual labs
models
Open textbooks
eportfolios
Audio books
SCORM
SCORM
SCORM
podcasts
infographics
ABCtoVLE Erasmus+ project - UPT
ABCtoVLE Tools
H5P interactive Diagram
Webpage with tools tutorials
Video
Learning
Design

26.
ACADIGIA mentor course

27.
ACADIGIA mentor profile

28.
Digital transformation
Competences & Community
Academic staff, non-academic staff, students, external stakeholders
Training – continuous professional development, building up Digital
education competences, new digital pedagogies
Support – webinars, consultation, online support
Mentoring & role models & best practices
External stakeholders involvement & support

29.
Contact
Dr. Diana Andone
Director
e-Learning Center
Politehnica University of
Timisoara
Romania
Email: diana.andone@upt.ro
Elearning.upt.ro/diana.andone
@diando70
EDEN Fellow 2011, Senior Fellow 2021
EDEN Vice-president (2017-2021)
IEEE Romania Education Chair,
IEEE Education Board of Governors
IEEE Computer Society, TCLT Open Chair
IEEE Education and Women in Engineering
Elearning.upt.ro
cv.upt.ro
Unicampus.ro

30.
SAVE THE DATE: 20-22 June 2022
“Shaping the digital transformation of the education ecosystem in Europe”

31.
EDEN Digital Learning Europe Joins European
Solidarity to Support Sovereignity of Ukraine
We condemn the unprovoked, illegal, and immoral attack upon
the nation and peoples of Ukraine.