Centre for Digital Innovation in Education
Center for Digital Innovation in Education (CDIE)
Ontario Tech University's Mitch and Leslie Frazer Faculty of Education's Centre for Digital Innovation in Education (CDIE) is a research centre that aims to bridge the gap between traditional education and real-world experiences, aligning with future-focused teaching, learning, and research practices.
Building on existing successes, CDIE aims to play a vital role in our commitment to 'tech with a conscience': improving lives by incorporating technology-enhanced learning strategies, promoting the ethical development and use of technology for good through intensive research and inquiry.
Vision
Our vision is to advance equitable, responsive, and meaningful technology-enhanced education for learners.
Mission
To enhance collaboration with community partners for the purposes of developing, researching, and implementing educational and technological innovations to:
- Cultivate capacities for critical and creative engagement within societies;
- Foster equitable and experiential learning opportunities;
- Understand and respond to future complexities and novelties of our world.
Objectives
CDIE focuses on educational innovation through the involvement of external community partners—from early childhood to older adults.
The Centre strives to engage partners in activities that result in effective, adaptable and responsive strategies to enhance equitable education, digital wellness, global competencies, diversity of educators and innovation in education.
Our Team
Meet the CDIE Executive Committee
Our Research
Explore our research projects.
Media
CDIE News
Contact
Connect with us to learn more.
Latest news
All news
HackHive brings students together to build practical AI solutions
February 20, 2026
Ontario Tech launches human-centred AI Learning Agent pilot
February 19, 2026
Ontario Tech researcher’s public education sessions introduce community members to the world of AI
February 17, 2026
Ontario Tech University welcomes the Ontario government’s investment in post-secondary education
February 12, 2026