In the framework of a joint project on foresight in higher education, UNESCO IITE and the Section of Higher Education at UNESCO’s Education Sector the first meeting of experts “Access, Equity and Quality: Envisioning the Future of Higher Education in a Digital Age” was organized on March 25-26, 2015 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. The project is intended to analyse ICT-related innovations and current/emerging trends in ICT use in higher education, to develop the potential scenarios, and to identify the strategies, which would ensure the harnessing of the potential of ICT and wider access and higher quality of learning at universities.
The event was attended by leading experts in the field of foresight and representatives of international organizations, as well as associations and consortia: EDUCAUSE, International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE), the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), New Media Consortium (NMC), Skoltech, etc. Representatives of leading universities from Australia, Brazil, China, Korea, South Africa, UAE, as well as IT-companies took part in the meeting.
The main objectives of the event were to overview the results of the preliminary phase of the project and discussions of the paper submitted to the attention of experts and creation a joint methodology of the research and plans for the next year. On the second day the participants took part in the foresight session, during which participants discussed and ranked the most key trends in ICT use in education.
Opening Ceremony:
David ATCHOARENA, Director, Division for Planning and Development of Education Systems, UNESCO
Alexander KHOROSHILOV, Officer-in-Charge of UNESCO IITE
Bernard CORNU, France
| Discussion Paper on Foresight in ICT in Education Mr. Victor Van RIJ, Senior Policy Advisor, Faculty of Sciences, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
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| UNESCO Activities in Foresight Mr. Steven Riel MILLER, Senior Specialist, Social and Human Sciences Sector, UNESCO |
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| EDUCAUSE capabilities and findings relevant to ICT Foresight Ms. Susan GRAJEK, Vice President, Data, Research, and Analytics, EDUCAUSE |
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| ICDE and ICT in Higher Education Mr. Gard TITLESTAD, Secretary General, International Council for Open and Distance Education |
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| Envisioning the Future of Higher Education in a Digital Age Mr. Sindre ROESVIK, Chairman of the Technical Committee 3 for Education, IFIP, Norway |
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| Foresight in Higher Education Mr. Steven DUGGAN, Director, Worldwide Education Strategy, Microsoft Corporation |
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| On the Horizon for Higher Education Mr. Larry JOHNSON, Chief Executive Officer, New Media Consortium, USA |
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| Future Begins Today Mr. Denis KONANCHUK , Skolkovo Education Development Centre (SEDeC), Russia |
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| Reimagine Education: Visions, Strategies and Examples Mr. Johannes HEINLEIN, Vice-President of Strategic Partnerships, edX |
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| Foresight in ICT in Higher Education Ms. Jill DOWNIE, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Education, Curtin University, Australia |
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| Brazil «Ups & Downs» in the impact on the use of ICTs in Higher Education Mr. Carlos LONGO, Pro-Rector of Academics, Universidade Positivo, Brasil |
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| ICT Applications in Higher Engineering (Professional) Education in Digital Era Mr. Jianzhong CHA, UNESCO Chairholder, Jiaotong University, Beijing, China |
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| Education Ecosystem to Challenge Higher Education Issues in Korea Mr. Dae-Joon HWANG, School of Information & Communication Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea |
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| The African University of the future: foresight and experience in the use of ICTs Mr. Kuzvinetsa Peter DZVIMBO, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic and Research), Vaal University of Technology, South Africa |
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| ICT in higher education: challenges and perspectives Mr. Alain SENTENI, Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University, UAE |
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