On April 27 from 10:25 till 11:55 in online conference room “Аristotle” the UNESCO IITE round table “Building More Resilient Education Systems: Innovative Experience and Lessons Learned during the COVID-19 Pandemic” will be held. The event is designed to become a unique international virtual platform for dialogue and cooperation in search of solutions to urgent problems in the field of education caused by the current coronavirus outbreak. The round table is aimed at the exchange of experience and discussion of the most appropriate online practices and solutions for the post-crisis period and opportunities for transforming challenges into advantages and increasing the resilience of education systems.
Moderator:
- Svetlana Knyazeva, Сhief of Digital Pedagogy and Learning Materials Unit, UNESCO IITE
Welcome remarks from Dr. Mansoor Al Awar, Chancellor of Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (HBMSU), Chair of the UNESCO IITE Governing Board (UAE).
Speakers:
Prof. Asha Singh Kanwar, President and Chief Executive Officer, Commonwealth of Learning; Governing Board member of UNESCO IITE (Canada)
Mr. Jeff Maggioncalda, Chief Executive Officer, Coursera (USA)
Mr. Steven Duggan, Vice President, Terawe Corporation; Governing Board member of UNESCO IITE (Ireland)
Mr. Gard Titlestad, Former Secretary General, International Council for Open and Distance Education; Governing Board member of UNESCO IITE (Norway)
Prof. Li Chen, Vice President, Beijing Normal University; Governing Board member of UNESCO IITE (China)
Prof. Alfredo Ronchi, Polytechnic University of Milan; Secretary, EC MEDICI Framework (Italy)
Closing remarks from Tao Zhan, Director of UNESCO IITE
This year, the MIEF will be organized online. To participate in the Forum events registration is required. After registration at the MIEF website you will receive your login and password to access all online sessions and your personal conference account. The registration is open here.