Public institution Information Technologies Institute (ITI) was established in 1997 and started as an organization which creates temporary professional working groups for projects on Information System design. Professors and lecturers from different Kaunas and Vilnius Universities were involved in temporary work groups as a part-time staff. ITI has strong experience in IT training/testing courseware design and development.
ITI has over 20 years’ experience in digital literacy certification. ITI research activities are related to the application of computer literacy tests and cybersecurity. Some members of full-time staff carry out research of specific IT skills of people of various occupations considering find subsets of skills depending on test taker occupation.
ITI also has strong experience in the design and development of IT training and testing courses. ITI is involved in the development of learning/testing solutions for 3DP, health information systems, augmented and virtual reality, 3D printing, graphic design, cybersecurity, creativity, digital literacy subjects.
ITI has also experience executing international projects funded by the Leonardo da Vinci, Erasmus+, EEA Grants, research and analysis, training material development and quality assurance. ITI cooperates closely with NGOs, associations in Lithuania, together they carry out joint projects, initiatives (e.g. CodeWeek, a European initiative for young people) and trainings (e.g. ITI was a training provider in the project “Connected Lithuania”, which trained more than 20,000 Lithuanians; in this project, ITI was in charge of developing training materials, methodology, and support for trainers). More about projects…
Since November 2013, ITI has been participating as a stakeholder in the National Digital Coalition to promote digital skills for jobs in Lithuania (www.skaitmeninekoalicija.lt/en/).