Smart Learning Ecosystems as Engines of the Green and Digital Transition: Proceedings of the 8th Conference on Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional ... in Sustainability Science and Technology) - Softcover

Sirje Virkus is a professor of Information Science and Head of the Study Area of Information Sciences at the School of Digital Technologies at Tallinn University. She holds a Ph.D. in Information and Communication Studies from the Manchester Metropolitan University. She has an extensive experience working with educational innovation and research in the higher education sector in Estonia. She was one of the initiators and teachers of the international collaborative Erasmus Mundus MA program Digital Library Learning (DILL) (2007-2020). Her research interests are focused on the development of information-related competencies (data literacy, information literacy, digital literacy, media literacy), ICT innovation in education, and internationalization. She has written more than 250 research publications. She belongs to the editorial board of several high-quality scientific journals and conference program committees and book series. She has received the State Decoration with the Order of the White Star (4th Class) of the Estonian President in 2021 and appointed as an alumni of the Century of Tallinn University (among 100 people who have made a significant contribution to the development of Estonian society, education, and culture) in 2019.