The Fourth Educational Technology Conference organized by TPDC has been opened. The Conference was opened by Lia Gigauri, Deputy Minister of Education and Sciences of Georgia and Giorgi Machabeli, TPDC Director.

The conference is aimed at informing interested parties of modern trends in educational technology, sharing and introducing the best practices and experience about the use of technology in the educational process to teachers, experts, university representatives and organizations working in the field of educational technology.

The main topic of the conference is distant and online learning. Besides, there are other thematic directions: using technologies in assessment; electronic instruments / resources; differentiated teaching; design / planning of school relevant to the digital nation; simulations; teaching design and delivery forms; literacy in the digital era; mobile learning; professional development; programming; standards and multimedia resources.

The conference has 250 participants, including teachers, field experts and trainers, as well as representatives of schools, information and communication technology companies, international organizations and academic circles.

The sponsors and supporters of the conference are Liberty Bank, Microsoft Georgia and itechnic, which will award the authors of the best reports at the end of the two-day conference.

Considering the past years' experience and forecasts of the conference organizers, the Conference will promote the development and elaboration of new strategies for the use of technology in teaching process by educational institutions.