The competence of teachers to leverage educational technologies in ways that promote students‘ cognitive and emotional engagement and learning has been a persistent theme for many years. The utilization of digital technologies to enhance learning processes, particularly in the development of complex and critical thinking skills, is recognized as a pivotal concern for effective and sustainable learning. Nevertheless, traditional approaches are still more widespread in teaching and learning with digital technologies (e.g., Abedi, 2023; Prestridge et al., 2024). This thematic working group (TWG4) therefore examines how teachers' digital competencies could and should be addressed to enable the shift in using technologies for deep learning.