Moving Forward to New Educational Realities in the Digital Era: An International Perspective

This special issue includes nine articles written by 73 authors from 28 countries, collectively addressing the theme of EDUsummIT 2023: “Moving forward to new educational realities in the digital era”. The articles reflect a worldwide perspective, integrating research on new educational realities following worldwide technological developments and transformation, as well as global events that led nations to transform education by utilizing digital technology. The research and its theoretical foundations can help educators, researchers, and policy makers make evidence-based decisions and plan for the incorporation of technology into practice, for the benefit of education worldwide. The articles reflect four major themes: the first, technological advances such as AI and data learning analytics and their influence on changing educational processes and outcomes; the second, how technology may challenge diversity, also regarding social and emotional aspects; the third, pedagogical aspects of schooling and out-of-school education supported by contemporary technologies; and the fourth, policy and teacher education aspects of technology implementation. These aspects are discussed theoretically as well as practically, presenting models, research, practices and recommendations for teaching and learning in the context of new educational realities in the digital era.