I am an international analyst and expert in data and AI in education, a member of the European Commission’s working groups on Artificial intelligence and data in education and training, High-quality Informatics, digital education, and Safer internet; EC & OECD expert team for AI Literacy; UNESCO and Council of Europe workgroups on AI and education and Digital citizenship. I participated in three EDEH Squads in past three years, contributed to the workshops and final outputs while continuously promoting EDEH activities – which resulted with promotion to EDEH ambassador in 2025. I am a member of the Bebras board and author of digital learning resources and textbooks, as well as an advisor and teacher trainer, researcher and analyst of DigComp 3.0, education area and regulations for JRC. Had been working at the Ministry of Science and Education in Croatia, where I led curriculum reforms. I am also an eLearning and project manager for several international projects and a lecturer in Mathematics and Computer Science with 30 years of experience, currently working as a senior analyst at European Schoolnet and a development lead in NGO “Suradnici u učenju. I have multifaceted expertise grounded in policy advice, monitoring of implementation processes, analytical work, and knowledge and experience of the EU education programmes, funds and committees (Erasmus+, Structural Reform Support Programme, European Social Fund, CAST, CERV etc.).
You may reach me via e-mail lidija.kralj at ucitelji.hr or at LinkedIn @LidijaKralj
Some of my work
- Comparative overview data for learning use in EU countries, Agile EDU project (2023)
- Digital skills – EU countries overview (25 articles, 2023) Digital Skills and Jobs platform
- European Commission (2022) Ethical guidelines on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and data in teaching and learning for educators
- European Digital Education Hub Squad “AI in Education” Briefing reports (2023):
- Teachers’ competences
- How to support teachers to use AI in teaching
- Use scenarios & practical examples of AI use in education
- Education about AI
- Influence of AI on governance in education
- AI and Ethics, human rights, law, education data
- Teaching with AI – assessment, feedback and personalisation
- European Commission (2022) Digital Competences Framework for Citizens (DigComp 2.2) update
- UNESCO (2023) The Transformative Potential of Data for Learning, UNESCO Working Group Report on Data for Learning
- What Should we Know Before Using Chat GPT in Schools? An Interview with Lidija Kralj, Agile EDU project (2023)
- Kralj, Lidija (2022) Student data – what is collected and for which purpose, Agile collection of information, European Schoolnet
- Kralj, Lidija (2022) Recovery and Resilience plans for Education, Agile collection of information, European Schoolnet
- Kralj, Lidija (2021) Artificial intelligence Role in K12 Education, Agile collection of information, European Schoolnet
- Kralj, Lidija (2021) Is it time for agile pedagogical digital competences? European School Education Platform
- Kralj, Lidija, Bilgin, Antoine (2021) Learning lessons to build resilience in times of crisis, Perspective, European Schoolnet
- Kralj, Lidija (2021). Mentoring Teams as a Model of Supporting Distance Teaching: The Croatian Example. In G. Panconesi, & M. Guida (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Teaching With Virtual Environments and AI (pp. 86-118). IGI Global. http://doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-7638-0.ch005
Profesionalna učiteljica, po zvanju, zanimanju i unutarnjoj motivaciji. Sve što naučim dijelim s kolegama, učenicima i svima koje zanima. Uspješnost poučavanja otkrivam u kombiniranju stvarnog i virtualnog svijeta; od kule za princezu do društvenih mreža.
e-Learning menadžer, voditeljica projekata i timova, savjetnica za obrazovanje te profesorica matematike i informatike s tridesetogodišnjim iskustvom. Od 2017. do 2020. bila sam pomoćnica ministrice znanosti i obrazovanja te vodila kurikularnu reformu i niz nacionalnih i internacionalnih projekata. Od 2015. godine radila sam na izradi kurikuluma osnovnoškolskog obrazovanja, međupredmetne teme Uporaba informacijske i komunikacijske tehnologije te nastavnog predmeta Informatike. Sedam godina bila sam eTwinning ambasadorica, a sigurnijim i boljim internetom za djecu bavim se od 2008.
Članica sam nekoliko radnih skupina EU, između ostalih Stručne skupine za Umjetnu inteligenciju i podatke u obrazovanju (DG EAC) Radne skupine za digitalno obrazovanje, učenje, poučavanje i vrednovanje (DELTA, DG EAC) i Stručne radne skupine za sigurniji Internet za djecu ( DG CONNECT).
Kao stručnjakinja za umjetnu inteligenciju u obrazovanju surađujem s Europskom komisijom, Vijećem Europe i UNESCO-m.
Autorica sam više od 20 udžbenika i zbirki za informatiku i matematiku za osnovne i srednje škole, niza priručnika o uporabi digitalnih tehnologija i sigurnijem internetu, nekoliko edukativnih, multimedijskih programa za učenje matematike, online tečaja “Logo – online učenje programiranja” te niza digitalnih obrazovnih sadržaja, e-tečajeva te edukacija za učitelje, djecu, roditelje i lokalnu zajednicu.
Previše vremena provodim na internetu pa ćete me lakše pronaći online nego offline. Najbrže, elektroničkom poštom lidija.kralj at ucitelji.hr ili na LinkedInu @LidijaKralj
Sve napisano predstavlja moje stavove i mišljenja i ne odražava stavove institucija s kojima surađujem.
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