Learning to Build Back Better Futures of Education
Lessons from educational innovation during the covid-19 pandemic
Webinar Series No. 2 with a Latin America focus
Co-organized by the UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) and the Global Education Innovation Initiative at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, this second webinar seeks to contribute to the development of operational strategies for change in education that will help prepare students for the future, while addressing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and making education systems more resilient to future disruption, with a Latin America focus.
Drawing on the goals and extensive work of the Global Education Innovation Initiative at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in advancing knowledge on how to transform public education, the aspirations of the Hybrid Education, Learning and Assessment (HELA) initiative of the UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) and the inspiring vision of UNESCO’s Futures of Education initiative, this webinar sets out to identify and study examples of educational innovation that emerged during the pandemic and that present pathways for transformation.
Learn more about the UNESCO-IBE - Harvard Global Education Innovation Initiative collaboration:
http://www.ibe.unesco.org/en/news/learning-build-back-better-futures-education-lessons-educational-innovation-during-covid-19
Friday 04 March 2022
15h-16h30 Geneva time (UTC+1)
9h-10h30 New York time (UTC-5)
Registration
Zoom:
https://unesco-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AvJnSzNvTBKTMdDT1EVpXA Language
Simultaneous interpretation in English, French and Spanish.
Provisional Agenda15:00 – 15:15
Welcome and opening remarks (5 minutes for each)
Book launch: Aprender a Reconstruir un Mejor Futuro de la EducaciónMr. Fernando Reimers, Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Mr. Yao Ydo, Director, UNESCO-IBE
Moderator: Mr. Ruben Cruz, Program Assistant, UNESCO-IBE
15:15 – 16:15
Panel presentations: Lessons from Education Innovation during the Covid-19 Pandemic (10 minutes for each)Independent Learning Measurement Initiative, Mexico
- Sergio Cardenas, Professor, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
Schools as community learning centres, Mexico
- Gustavo Rojas, General Director, Mexicanos Primero Sinaloa
Ceibal Integrado: Innovation in the public education system, Uruguay
- Leandro Folgar, President, Plan Ceibal
A schoolwide strategy for social and emotional learning in the community, Colombia
- Pablo Jaramillo, CEO, Alianza Educativa
Developing a platform for learning activities and formative assessment, Brazil
- Carlos Palacios, Researcher, CAEd/UFJF
Moderator: Mr. Renato Opertti, Senior Expert, UNESCO-IBE
16:15 – 16:25
Discussant (10 minutes)
Ms. Elisa Guerra, Founder, Colegio Valle de Filadelfia, Mexico
Mr. Andrés Mauricio Castillo Varela, Undersecretary of Quality and Relevance of the Ministry of Education of Bogotá, Colombia
16:25 – 16:50
Questions from participants (10 minutes)Moderator: Ms. Florence Ssereo, Programme Specialist, UNESCO
16:50 – 17:00
Closing remarks (5 minutes each)
Mr. Fernando Reimers, Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Mr. Renato Opertti, Senior Expert, UNESCO-IBE
Recording (YouTube)English French Spanish
Download the concept note and agenda in English, Spanish, and French.
