Digital Education Starts with Teachers: Exploring a Multimedia-Based Training Experience

Digital competence is increasingly recognised as essential for teachers to design effective and technology-enhanced learning environments. The study examines a teacher training course conducted by eCampus Telematic University (Italy, 2024/25 a.y.); it had 6,160 participants and aimed to develop digital skills according to the DigCompEdu framework. The course combined online lectures and workshops to encourage hands-on engagement with digital tools. Participants' familiarity with Canva and Padlet was assessed, and their digital artefacts were evaluated using human and AI-assisted methods. While engagement with course themes was high, the overall quality of submitted outputs was moderate, highlighting areas where participants’ competence in producing digital learning prototypes requires further development. These findings emphasise the importance of reflective and practice-based teachers’ professional development and provide practical insights for future training initiatives aimed at the integration of digital tools into teaching practices.