DIGI-FRAME kicked off in Palermo: assessing students’ digital skills with AI
On 10–11 June 2026, the DIGI-FRAME consortium held its kick-off meeting in Palermo, Italy, hosted by project coordinator CESIE ETS. Thirteen partners from six countries (Italy, Greece, Spain, Cyprus, Serbia and Romania) launched this new Erasmus+ Forward-Looking project, which will develop an AI-powered framework and platform for assessing the digital skills of lower secondary school students, aligned with the European DigComp framework.
Although young people grow up surrounded by digital technologies, teachers and schools still lack practical tools to assess how well students use them critically and creatively. DIGI-FRAME will close this gap together with the people it serves: teachers, students, school leaders and staff, EdTech experts, researchers and policymakers.
Over the two days, partners presented their organisations and agreed on the work plan, management structure and financial procedures. The consortium discussed the research and mapping of existing assessment practices, led by UNITBV, the co-creation of the framework, led by INCOMA, and the piloting phase in schools, led by Headway. CARDET presented the quality assurance, evaluation and monitoring strategy, which it leads, ensuring the quality and impact of the project throughout its three years. GrantXpert introduced the dissemination strategy and the first visual identity proposals.
Next steps include national research in all partner countries, followed by co-creation workshops with teachers, students and experts, and school piloting involving 50 teachers and around 250 students in five countries.”
