Institution: Estonian Information Technology Foundation

Address: Estonian e-Learning Development Centre, Raja 4C

City: Tallinn

Country: Estonia

Contact email: ene@eitsa.ee

Institution website: http://www.e-ope.ee/en/

Membership type: institutional contact

Membership starting date: 2004

Conference attendances: 

Budapest 2004, Oldenburg 2004, Helsinki 2005, Vienna 2006, Lisbon 2008, Paris 2008, Valencia 2010

Position, Work experience: 

Ene Koitla started working at the Estonian Information Technology Foundation in June 2003 and she is the Head of the Estonian e-Learning Development Centre.

Estonian e-Learning Development Centre coordinates the activities of two consortia – Estonian e-University and Estonian e-Vet with an aim to to implement e-learning solutions and support e-learning related activities based on the principles of lifelong learning.

Estonian e-University was founded on February 16, 2003. Estonian e-University has 7 universities. Estonian e-VET was founded on February 16, 2005. There are 30 vocational schools and 6 applied universities in the Estonian e-Vet consortium. The main goal of the consortiums is to cooperate in the following areas:

1. e-Learning content development
2. Staff training (teachers, educational technologists)
3. Staff support (educational technologists)
4. Infrastructure
5. e-Learning studies
6. Coordination of the e-Learning programs

Education and training, degres, academic qualifications: 

Ene Koitla graduated from the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at the University of Tartu and is postgraduate (in Management of Information Technology) at the Institute of Informatics of University of Tallinn.

Personal skills (incl. languages) and additional information: 

Estonian, English, Russian, Finnish

Area of expertise and field of interest (general): Partnerships of Education and Business, Management, Media & Communication, Policies and Strategies

Area of expertise and field of interest (education and training): E-learning, Lifelong learning, Open and Distance Education/Learning, Blended learning, Collaborative learning, Non-formal and informal learning, Institutional collaboration and networking, Integrating New ICT and Media Applications in Learning, International Education, Course design and development, Quality Concepts and Management, Virtual universities, Learning Management Systems, Learning styles

Projects: 

eJUMP; VIRQUAL; MEDEA Awards; E-XCELLENCE PLUS; Re.ViCa

Publications, articles, papers, studies: 

CASES ON CHALLENGES FACING E-LEARNING AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Institutional Studies and Practices VOLUME I (chapter 6)
"eLEARNING IN ESTONIA - Cooperation Models for National e-Learning Development in Estonia n Example of the Estonian eLearning Development Centre"