
Center for Educational Initiatives (CEI) is a
non-governmental, non-profit association aimed at enhancing innovative
educational initiatives and facilitating educational reforms in the Bulgarian
educational system. The main objectives of the organization are to encourage
co-operation in the field of education on local, regional and European level,
to implement new teaching methods, mainly based on ICT, and to enhance
co-operation between public institutions, educational and scientific
organizations and NGOs at all levels via professional networks and platforms.
The expertise of CEI embraces the following
spheres:
1. Training of teachers;
2. E-learning education;
3. Promotion of innovative practices;
4. Informational campaigns;
5. Organization of conferences, seminars and
workshops;
6. Organization of public discussions and
debates;
7. Research and fieldwork.
In 2010,
Center for Educational Initiatives established a Training center, whose main
objective is to train teachers, school principals, university professors and
education experts in e-learning skills and digital competencies. The Training
center provides variety of methodological courses for ICT-based teaching,
ICT-based assessment practices, etc. based on open educational resources as
MOODLE. Over 4000 secondary school teachers from more than 150 schools in all
the country were trained until now. More than 40 university professors have
graduated special programs developed for the Faculty of Slavic Studies and
Faculty of History of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski".
CEI
has developed a Digital Skills Development Program for teachers with more than
10 qualification courses, including the creation of online learning content
with virtual reality tools. The courses are part from the Information Register
of approved programs for the training of pedagogical specialists -
https://iropk.mon.bg/