Digitalization of education in Spain: Problems and prospects
https://doi.org/10.32517/0234-0453-2024-39-6-97-105
Abstract
Spain is actively implementing innovations in education to prepare students for the challenges of the 21st century. One of the key aspects here is the integration of digital technologies into the educational process. The legal basis for the implementation of new tasks to modernize the education sector was the Organic Law on Education of 2006. But a real breakthrough in digitalization and the introduction of new information technologies occurred in Spain at the end of the second decade of the 21st century. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, decisive steps were taken in Spain to reform education and the widespread introduction of digital technologies. The development and implementation of the Educa en Digital (Education in Digital) program in 2020 demonstrated Spain’s desire to actively move towards the digitalization of the education system. The program became effective support for the digital transformation of the country’s education system, which included ensuring access to educational resources using modern digital technologies. The Socialist government led by Pedro Sánchez has repeatedly stated that the digitalization of education is an important factor in eliminating educational gaps and ensuring social cohesion, as it allows all students to have access to high-quality educational content, regardless of their social status or place of residence. The changes made to educational legislation in 2020 and the development by the Spanish government of the Strategy for the Digital Transformation of the Country until 2025 created the conditions for the implementation of large-scale projects in the field of digitalization of education.
About the Author
E. O. GrantsevaRussian Federation
Ekaterina O. Grantseva, Candidate of Sciences (History),
Senior Research Fellow
Moscow
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Grantseva E.O. Digitalization of education in Spain: Problems and prospects. Informatics and education. 2024;39(6):97-105. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32517/0234-0453-2024-39-6-97-105