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From April 22 to May 7, 2025, academic staff of Ilia State University attended an online training course on the Quality of Digital Education, aimed at strengthening the university’s capacity in designing and evaluating digitally enhanced higher education. The two-week training was delivered through a blended format, combining asynchronous coursework with two synchronous sessions, and brought together academic staff and administrators engaged in digital teaching and learning.

The training provided participants with an in-depth understanding of quality assurance frameworks at the European, national (Estonian), institutional, and course levels. Drawing from Estonia's best practices, the sessions explored quality criteria based on the “Quality Label” model and equipped participants with tools to analyse online and blended learning courses critically.

Throughout the course, participants worked in groups to conduct self-assessments of selected digital courses using a structured evaluation template. The results were presented on May 7 during the second live session, followed by expert feedback and a collective discussion on the potential and challenges of quality assurance for digital education in the Georgian higher education context.

About the project:

PRODIGE is a structural reform project that aims to introduce high-quality digital education in Georgia. The project was developed by European partner universities and 10 leading higher education institutions in Georgia, with the participation of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia and the National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement.

The project aims to promote digital education in Georgia through the implementation of relevant legislative changes and the strengthening of the capabilities of higher education institutions.

The project is coordinated by EFMD.

2025