Despite heavy national investments and transnational advocacy, the promises of the innovative potentials of a digital transition in education have, with a few notable exceptions, remained exactly that: promises.

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With schools and universities closing across Europe, the Covid-19 lockdown left actors in the field of education battling with the unprecedented challenge of finding a meaningful way to keep the wheels of education turning online. The sudden need for digital solutions across the field of education resulted in the emergence of a variety of digital networks and collaborative online platforms.

Lucas cone et al.

Cone L, Brøgger K, Berghmans M, et al. Pandemic Acceleration: Covid-19 and the emergency digitalization of European education. European Educational Research Journal. September 2021. doi:10.1177/14749041211041793