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For the first time in six years of the International Forum on Teacher Education (IFTE) (ISSN 2683-0647) existence leading scholars from Russia and foreign countries will meet not in person but online. The COVID-19 pandemic made people around the world recalibrate the schedule of international events. It also affected the IFTE forum, which was to be held at Kazan Federal University for the sixth time. Each year delegates from around the world come to the forum. In order not to expose the forum participants to the risk of infection, IFTE-2020 is organized in a virtual format.

Ilshat Gafurov, the IFTE president, professor, academician of the Russian Academy of Education, rector of Kazan University, said that such challenges as the pandemic should not deprive researchers of the opportunity to discuss the issues important for teacher education perspectives.

“The facilities that Kazan University is able to provide, will allow the forum participants to present and discuss the results of their research work in a virtual realm. We also hope that IFTE-2020 will give a new impetus to the development of education; and the virtual realm will become a unique platform for the effective exchange of ideas in the field of educational technologies, strengthening the cooperation between Russian and foreign researchers” – emphasized Ilshat Gafurov.

“The virtual IFTE-2020 is our first experience of holding a large-scale event in a completely virtual format. And we consider this unique experience as an opportunity to explore various online platforms to fulfill our mission and promote research in the field of teacher education” – commented Aidar Kalimullin, IFTE Co-Chair, Professor, Director of the Institute of Psychology and Education of Kazan University.

The IFTE-2020 virtual forum will start on May 27, as originally planned, and last till June 9, 2020. More than 3000 participants form 30 countries will participate in online presentations of keynote speakers, virtual round tables and research group meetings, poster presentations and online workshops supported via Adobe Connect webinar systems, Microsoft Teams, IFTE official website, Lomonosov platform and the official IFTE-2020 YouTube channel.

A new wave of activities on data mobilisation, data portals, and different sides of biodiversity informatics arose in Russia some 5 years ago. However, Russia remains still a massive gap in the open access global biodiversity systems. Nevertheless, some projects were successfully implemented to mobilise national data using international biodiversity data standards and modern technologies.

These proceedings are comprised of conference papers of the III National Scientific Conference with international participation “Information Technology in Biodiversity Research” (ISSN 2738-7410), dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Academician Pavel Gorchakovskii (https://insma.urfu.ru/en/research/itbio), 5–10 October 2020, Ekaterinburg, Russia. Articles presented in the collection were reviewed and selected by the editors of this volume. They represent valuable contributions to the current development and achievements in biodiversity informatics research in Russia.

The conference became a traditional meeting point for Russian biologists interested in biodiversity informatics. The conference topics are:

• Global biodiversity portals: data integration and data use for scientific research
• Biodiversity data mobilization in Russia: databases and information systems development experience
• Digitization of Russian natural history collections: current state and prospects
• Biodiversity of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and methods of their analyses
• GIS technologies application and remote sensing data use for biodiversity research. 

The conference series aims at promoting innovations in biodiversity information science, sharing biodiversity data management practices, and enhancing of Russian biodiversity informatics community.

This V International Forum on Teacher Education (IFTE) (ISSN 2683-0647) special edition presents a snapshot of the current state of the researches devoted to personal and professional development of teachers from around the world. The rapidly changing world entails a fundamental change in the mission of education – from translations of knowledge and skills to the industry of opportunities. This requires a person continuously to produce new knowledge, flexible and adaptive thinking. Teacher education in the 21st century occupies a special place, since it develops the foundations for the success of the educational system as a whole.

The Forum is organized in partnership with the Russian Educational Research Association (RERA), Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI), International Janusz Korczak Association (IKA) with support from World Education Research Association (WERA), Association for Teacher Education in Europe (ATEE) and International Association of Educators (INASED). More than 600 delegates from 132 Russian and 74 overseas universities and research centers participated in the Forum (including scientists and practitioners from Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cuba, Germany, India, Italy, Kazakhstan, Namibia, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, the UK, and the USA).

Editorial Board of the V IFTE Conference:

• Alexander G. Bermous, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
• Alfiia Masalimova (Russia), Kazan Federal University
• Aliya Shakirova (Russia), Kazan Federal University
• Andreja Istenic Starcic (Slovenia), University of Primorska and the University of Ljubljana
• Anwar N. Khuziahmetov (Russia), Kazan Federal University
• Aydar Kalimullin (Russia), Kazan Federal University
• Conor Galvin (Republic of Ireland), University of Dublin
• Daria Khanolinen (Russia), Kazan Federal University
• Dinara Bisimbaeva (Russia), Kazan Federal University
• Elena Semenova (Russia), Kazan Federal University
• Ian Menter (UK), University of Oxford
• Irina Demakova, Moscow Pedagogical State University, Moscow, Russia
• Guyzel Sh. Zakirova, Kazan National Research Technical University named after A. N. Tupolev-KAI, Russia
• Ksenia Zavyalova (Russia), Kazan Federal University
• Lyudmila V. Bayborodova, Yaroslavl State Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushinsky, Yaroslavl, Russia
• Maria Teresa Tatto (USA), Arizona State University Dina Birman (USA), University of Miami
• Nick Rushby (UK), Conation Technologies Limited
• Roza A.Valeeva (Russia), Kazan Federal University
• Tatiana N. Bokova, Moscow City University, Moscow, Russia
• Tatyana A.Baklashova (Russia), Kazan Federal University
• Venera G. Zakirova (Russia), Kazan Federal University
• Vyara Gyurova (Bulgaria), Sofia University ((St. Kliment Ohridski)

During the Forum three International sub-conferences were held:

• International Conference “Continuing teacher education: new concepts and technologies”,
• International Conference “Early-career teachers: induction and professional development”,
• International Conference "Research-based teacher education".

The Special Issue of the V IFTE proceedings includes the following 3 sections:

• Teacher Education and Training,
• Educational Environment and Management,
• Educational Psychology.

In these sections, collections of articles devoted to organizational, technological and methodical aspects of pedagogical education in several countries were presented. Teacher Education and Training section includes all the issues related to modern teachers’ training and their career and professional development.