Strategic Approaches to Regional Transformation of Digital Education

The European Commission JRC has developed several frameworks and tools that scientifically define relevant aspects and processes related to the digital transformation of education. These resources aim to achieve more systemic and complex visions of these processes in education that allow the agents involved to understand new constructs and to situate their reality in these proposals. The main goal of this study is to explore and understand the role of these frameworks and self-reflection tools in the development of regional political approaches. This study explores the proposals and plans developed by every Autonomous Community in Spain to increase their teachers’ and schools' Digital Competences in the last few years. The study is based on a collection of interviews with the government responsible for every Spanish territory. Based on these interviews, a case for each region is presented using a narrative and visual approach. The results highlight the importance of DigCompEdu as the framework that goes beyond the instrumental vision of the digital transformation of education and helps institutions to envisage, design and structure it. SELFIE is considered a critical tool for school awareness and digital planning. Also, the results consolidate the evidence of diverse approaches towards digital transformation, especially given the context of Spain, where the remit of education lies at the regional level. Finally, we present policy recommendations based on the results found from this study.