Digital Transformation for Education Forced by COVID-19 Case Study – a Rural School from Romania

The historical events of COVID-19 pandemic reshaped society forcing an advancement in digital transformation. All the domains had to change and introduce innovation to be able to continue activities in a social distancing context. This was also the case for education which proposed the movement to online education as a solution for reducing the spread of the virus. This paper seeks to present the journey of a school in a rural area of Romania through the pandemic period. The changes they had to make and the lessons they learned are also highlighted. In the end, a glimpse into how things are in the present and how the pieces of digital methods used in the pandemic period bleed through to the present day-to-day activities in a face-to-face context is shown to underline the advancement in digital transformation that the COVID-19 pandemic imposed.