Learning to Build Back Better Futures of Education: Lessons from educational innovation during the covid-19 pandemic
Webinar Series No. 1 with an inter-regional 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 first 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 an inter-regional 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 set 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 - Global Education Innovation Initiative collaboration:
http://www.ibe.unesco.org/en/news/learning-build-back-better-futures-education-lessons-educational-innovation-during-covid-19Time and Date
Friday 25 February 2022
15h-16h30 Geneva time (UTC+1)
9h-10h30 New York time (UTC-5)
Registration
Zoom (Registration link
here).
Language
Simultaneous interpretation in English, French and Spanish.
Provisional AgendaFriday 25 February 2022
15h - 16h30 Geneva time (UTC+1)15:00 – 15:15
Welcome and opening remarks (5 minutes for each)Mr. Yao Ydo, Director, UNESCO-IBE
Mr. Fernando Reimers, Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Mr. Renato Opertti, Senior Expert, UNESCO-IBE
Moderator: Ms. Yi Yang, Consultant, UNESCO-IBE
15:15 – 16:05Panel presentations: Lessons from Education Innovation during the Covid-19 Pandemic (10 minutes for each)
Digital Knowledge Bank, Egypt Ebtehal Elghamrawy, Teaching Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Rising on Air radio education, Liberia and Sierra Leone Keya Lamba, Co-Founder of Earth Warriors Global
Assessing students’ competences through digital technologies, Norway Marte Blikstad-Balas, Professor, University of Oslo
Digital competence as an enabler for teachers’ professional development, Brazil Lúcia Dellagnelo, CEO of the Center of Innovation for Brazilian Education
Rocket Learning: Leveraging technology to improve family engagement for early learning, India Aditi Nangia, Project Lead, Private schools (Governance) at Central Square Foundation in India
Moderator: Mr. Renato Opertti, Senior Expert, UNESCO-IBE
16:05 – 16:15Discussant (10 minutes)Mr. Sohbi Tawil, Director of the Future of Learning and Innovation Division, UNESCO
16:15 – 16:25Questions from participants (10 minutes)Moderator: Ms. Florence Ssereo, Programme Specialist, UNESCO
16:25 – 16:30
Closing remarks (5 minutes)Mr. Fernando Reimers, Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Recording (YouTube)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36YrJL3AuLE&list=PL-Y4QfxXkvL1L9bb63t8DS0dlTps9bJmt&index=21
Download the concept note and agenda in English, French and Spanish.
