Natalia Edisherashvili

Professor in Education Sciences

Natalia Edisherashvili is an education expert specializing in curriculum reform, teacher professional development, and the practical application of technology in education. Her extensive experience includes developing online professional development courses and AI-powered educational tools designed to enhance teaching effectiveness and learner outcomes.

Her research focuses on self-regulated learning, particularly on the regulation of motivation and emotions in the learning process, especially in online and blended environments. Natalia actively employs systematic literature review methods in her research.

Natalia has extensive international experience in teaching, leadership, and research. She has worked in countries such as the USA, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Estonia. She also has rich experience in consulting and collaborating on educational reforms and policies with renowned international organizations. Currently, she is a senior researcher at the University of Tartu, involved in influential educational research and international projects.

Publications

  • Edisherashvili, N., Saks, K., Pedaste, M., & Leije, A., (in Process). Supporting Self-Regulated Learning inDistance Learning Contexts at Higher Education Level: Systematic Literature Review. Frontiers.
  • Communicative Language Teaching in Georgia: From Theory to Practice (online version of the book available at: https://www.lotpublications.nl/communicative-language-teaching-in-georgia-communicative-language-teaching-in-georgia-from-theory-to-practice)
  • Technology as a Tool Towards Educational Reform: Implementing Communicative Language Teaching in Georgia (online version of the article available at: https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/bitstream /handle/ 1887/21911 /technology.pdf?sequence=1
  • The main Principles of Assessment Rubrics online version available at http://mastsavlebeli.ge/?p=13937. 2018
  • The importance of assessment rubrics for the process of instruction. Online version available at http://mastsavlebeli.ge/?p=11982. 2018