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EU guidelines for teachers and educators
Welcome! These guidelines are designed to support busy teachers and educators, including everyone from teaching and support staff to school leaders, in making decisions in relation to the use of digital education content (DEC) in schools. Simply put, DEC is any educational resource in a digital format. These can range from a video or interactive quiz to a structured digital textbook used to support teaching, learning and assessment practices. Importantly, these guidelines do not address the definition of curricula – in other words, what should be taught and how – which is the sole responsibility of each EU Member State. Our goal is to provide teachers and school leaders with guidelines that will help them in choosing, using, creating and adapting DEC, and in evaluating its impact on their learners.
Manuscript updated in October 2025 and published in 2026
Practical strategies for European classrooms
Informatics is taught differently across Europe, shaped by local traditions, school systems and changing societal needs. This variety brings many great ideas, even if it sometimes presents challenges in defining a shared vision of ‘high-quality’ informatics teaching. To improve informatics education for all, we need to understand what works best in various classrooms. While good progress has been made, important questions remain – such as how and when core concepts should be introduced, and how to teach in ways that include and engage every student. These guidelines aim to help teachers develop practical strategies for making informatics learning fair, engaging and meaningful for all students, so that everyone has the chance to enjoy, explore and succeed in our digital world.
Manuscript updated in October 2025 and published in 2026
Did you know that AI in education is no longer a distant reality? Indeed, for example, we have been using it already to learn foreign languages or to perform differentiated tasks for personalised teaching and learning. As you can see, AI has a great potential in education but, it lacks in-depth impact analysis and could raise ethical considerations.
These guidelines Identify concrete examples and generic use-cases, underpin ethical considerations and requirements and highlight emerging competences and key terms or techniques into the field of education.
You can use the guidelines with students in the classroom, encourage teachers to use them and parents to consult them and spread the word that AI in education is already here!
Published in 2026
Do you need advice on how to use digital technologies critically and responsibly as well as guidance on how to assess student competences in the field of digital literacy?
These guidelines provide hands-on guidance for teachers and educators, including practical tips, activity plans, insights on topics and cautionary notes grounded in what works as concerns digital literacy and education and training. They aim to foster an understanding of how digital literacy can be achieved and provide useful knowledge about the dynamics and manifestations of disinformation.
Manuscript updated in 2026
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These guidelines are designed to help educators understand the potential that the applications of AI and data usage can have in education and to raise awareness of the possible risks.
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