SALTO Digital Resource Centre is a knowledge hub between policy and practice. The Centre is focused on digitalisation in education and training and youth in Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps programmes and the promotion of the EU strategies related to the theme, such as the Digital Education Action Plan 2021–2027.
The Resource Centre supports the National Agencies of all programme countries. The Centre also works in direct cooperation with the European Commission. SALTO Digital is a cross-sectoral resource centre in the fields of education and youth.
SALTO Digital Resource Centre covers all fields of the Erasmus+ Programme and, in line with the Digital Education Action Plan and key policy documents for youth, supports the implementation of the digital dimension as an overarching priority in the Erasmus and European Solidarity Corps Programmes. It is continuously raising the quality of digital education and digital aspects in the field of youth. It also acts as an evidence-based knowledge hub and channels knowledge in the area of its mandate into programme and policy development.
Key responsibilities on SALTO Digital are:
The focus areas of SALTO Digital include digital skills of young people and adults, digital pedagogy in the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI), digital competence of teachers and personnel, digital and virtual cooperation, and virtual exchanges in EU programmes. In addition, the focus includes the influence of new technologies on education, working life, and the wider society, as well as the promotion of programming skills (computational thinking), AI skills and the STEM/STEAM subjects with the help of EU programmes. SALTO Digital also has a strong emphasis on twin transition and fostering a citizen participation in governance processes related to digitalisation.
The SALTO Digital Resource Centre (hosted by the Finnish National Agency for Education) supports, in line with the Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027) and the European Youth Strategy, the digital transformation as an overarching priority in both Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps Programmes, seeking to continuously raise the quality of digital education and training and digital aspects in Youth. It acts as an evidence-based knowledge hub between policy and practice in the field of digital transformation.
Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps projects can play an important role in developing individual and institutional digital readiness, capacity and skills, thus offering everyone an equal opportunity to thrive in life, find employment, and be engaged citizens.
Digital transformation is especially important for education as a systemic process of change where technology is used to enable new processes and methods, with the goal to increase quality and inclusiveness of education. Purposeful use of digital, AI and other emerging technologies provides new learning and communication possibilities, enhances information access, and allows for modern pedagogical approaches for educators to further improve teaching and learners to improve their learning, in both formal and non-formal settings.
SALTO Digital develops learning resources on digital transformation, produces pedagogical and technical tools, organises trainings and forums and coordinates networks. The focus for capacity building in the National agencies is the Digital Contact Point network with contact persons in all 54 National Agencies.
SALTO Digital provides insight from the field, identifying good practice and examples on the implementation of the digital transformation priority in the programmes. The Centre also provides a framework for the National Agencies to aid in identifying good practices in the projects.
SALTO Digital produces analysis, reports, guidelines and publications for different audiences, including National Agencies, policy makers and beneficiaries. All materials produced aim to be future-facing and anticipate future key trends and developments.
Email: saltodigital [at] oph.fi (saltodigital[at]oph[dot]fi)
Web: www.saltodigital.eu
Postal address:
SALTO Digital Resource Centre,
Finnish National Agency for Education
(Hakaniemenranta 6)
P.O. Box 380, 00531 Helsinki,
Finland
Pasi Silander
Head of SALTO Digital Resource Centre
pasi.silander [at] oph.fi (pasi[dot]silander[at]oph[dot]fi)
Arja-Sisko Holappa
Senior Adviser
arja-sisko.holappa [at] oph.fi (arja-sisko[dot]holappa[at]oph[dot]fi)
Miia Vahlsten
Senior Adviser
miia.vahlsten [at] oph.fi (miia[dot]vahlsten[at]oph[dot]fi)
Juha Teubl-Kiviniemi
Senior Adviser
juha.teubl-kiviniemi [at] oph.fi (juha[dot]teubl-kiviniemi[at]oph[dot]fi)
Jaakko Vuorio
Senior Adviser
jaakko.vuorio [at] oph.fi (jaakko[dot]vuorio[at]oph[dot]fi)