Designing Vibrant and Purposeful Learning Communities
A consensus is emerging that education and learning need to become “everyone’s business”, and that the more connected, intertwined and interdependent societies become, the greater the opportunity to leverage our collective efforts to address learning gaps and societal challenges.
Learning ecosystems bring together diverse providers – not only schools and universities but also non-formal learning institutions, private sector organizations, and government institutions – creating new community-based learning opportunities and pathways to success, both for learners of all ages and for communities. This model, however, challenges conventional education hierarchies and decision making.
How do learning ecosystems emerge and evolve? What enables or prevents their development? How do they impact a community and to what extent can we measure that? This first Living Lab digital panel convened academics, practitioners and community leaders to discuss principles, goals and engagement strategies of learning ecosystems; and explored successful examples from various contexts.
- 09:00-9:10: Conference Welcome
Stavros Yiannouka, CEO, WISE - 09:10-9:20: Introduction to Day 1 Agenda & Themes
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director of Research & Content Development, WISE
Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar - 09:20-09:45: Keynote Speaker + Q&A, Build Back Better: Setting the Scene
Speaker: Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO
Discussant: Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar - 09:45-10:30: Short talks on Policy & Practice: The Impact of COVID-19 on Education Systems Now and in the Future
Moderator: Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar
In this session, speakers have shared their insights on the impact of COVID-19, how schools responded to the crisis and what policies needed to be introduced for the future.
Speakers: Eddie Dutton, Emergency Manager for Education, Education Cannot Wait
Sara Ruto, Regional Manager, UWEZO East Africa – Download the presentation
Sungsup Ra, Director Human and Social Development Division, South Asia Regional Department, Asian Development Bank – Download the presentation
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10:30-11:00: Break
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11:00- 11:45: Panel Discussion: How do we best measure school and system responses to the crisis? What can we learn from this to build better, more resilient systems for the future?
This panel explored how we can best measure school and system responses to the COVID-19 crisis and what can we learn from this to build better, more resilient school systems for the future. This panel also discussed how their respective institutions have responded to the crisis and what lessons have been learned for moving forward.
Speakers: Olli Pekkah Heinonen, Director General, Finnish National Agency for Education
Staneala Beckley, Chair, Sierra Leone Teaching Service Commission
Hassan Al-Derham, President, Qatar University
Moderator: Clare Shine, Vice President and Chief Program Officer, Salzburg Global Seminar -
11:45-12:30: Institutional & Individual Responses: Recommendations for Building Back Better and Future Preparedness
As countries across the world slowly begin to emerge out of lockdown, what needs to change within education when the ‘new normal’ emerges after the COVID-19 pandemic? Panelists shared perspectives on how educational spaces can accommodate and support transformed education systems in the future.
Speakers: Asif Saleh, Executive Director, BRAC Bangladesh – Download the presentation
Grace Maina, Senior Deputy Director, Curriculum and Research Services, Kenya Institute for Curriculum Development – Download the presentation
Nayef Al ibrahim, CEO, Ibtechar – Download the presentation
Moderator: Ahmed Baghdady, Research Manager, WISE -
12:30-12:45: Closing
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director, Research and Content Development, WISE, Qatar
> Replay the session on Youtube
> Download the presentation
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18:00-18:05: Welcome
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director of Research & Content Development, WISE
Stavros Yiannouka, CEO, WISE -
18:05-18:35: Keynote Speaker + Q&A, Build Back Better: Setting the Scene
Gordon Brown, UN Special Envoy for Global Education, Former Prime Minister -UK, Commission Chair, The Education Commission
Discussant: Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar -
18:35-18:50: Highlights from the 2020 GEM Report
In this special address, Manos Antoninis, Director of GEM Report, UNESCO, shared highlights from the 2020 GEM Report.
Download the presentation -
18:50-19:35: Short talks on Policy & Practice: The Impact of COVID-19 on Education Systems Now and in the Future
In this session, speakers have shared their insights on the impact of COVID-19, how schools responded to the crisis and what policies will need to be introduced for the future.
Speakers: Emiliana Vegas, Senior fellow and Co-director at Center for Universal Education, Brookings Institution – Download the presentation
Liesbet Steer, Director, The Education Commission
Jaime Saavedra, Global Director, Education, World Bank
Moderator: Faye Hobson, Program Manager, Salzburg Global Seminar - 19:35-20:00: Break
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20:00- 20:45: Panel Discussion: How do we best measure school and system responses to the crisis? What can we learn from this to build better, more resilient systems for the future?
This panel explored how we can best measure school and system responses to the COVID-19 crisis and what can we learn from this to build better, more resilient school systems for the future. This panel also discussed how their respective institutions have responded to the crisis and what lessons have been learned for moving forward.
Speakers: Darleen Opfer, Vice President and Director RAND Education and Labor, RAND Corporation
Manos Antoninis, Director of GEM Report, UNESCO
Fernando Reimers, Ford Foundation Professor of the Practice in International Education and Director of the Global Education Innovation Initiative and of The International Education Policy Program, Harvard University
Moderator: Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar -
20:45- 21:30: Institutional & Individual Responses: Recommendations for Building Back Better and Future Preparedness
As countries across the world slowly begin to emerge out of lockdown, what needs to change within education when the ‘new normal’ emerges after the COVID-19 pandemic? Panelists shared perspectives on how educational spaces can accommodate and support transformed education systems in the future.
Speakers: Shelby Cosner, Professor and Director of the Center for Urban Educational Leadership, University of Illinois – Download the presentation
Andrea Escobar Vila, Executive Director, Empresarios Por La Educación – Download the presentation
Saran Stewart, Senior Lecturer of Comparative Higher Education and Deputy Dean for Quality Assurance and Undergraduate Matters in the Faculty of Humanities and Education, University of West Indies, Jamaica – Download the presentation
Moderator: Julia Kirby, Manager of Research & Content Dissemination, WISE -
21:30-21:45: Closing
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director of Research & Content Development, WISE
> Replay the session on Youtube
> Download the presentation
- 09:00-9:10: Conference Welcome
Stavros Yiannouka, CEO, WISE - 09:10-9:20: Introduction to Day 1 Agenda & Themes
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director of Research & Content Development, WISE
Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar - 09:20-09:45: Keynote Speaker + Q&A, Build Back Better: Setting the Scene
Speaker: Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO
Discussant: Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar - 09:45-10:30: Short talks on Policy & Practice: The Impact of COVID-19 on Education Systems Now and in the Future
Moderator: Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar
In this session, speakers have shared their insights on the impact of COVID-19, how schools responded to the crisis and what policies needed to be introduced for the future.
Speakers: Eddie Dutton, Emergency Manager for Education, Education Cannot Wait
Sara Ruto, Regional Manager, UWEZO East Africa – Download the presentation
Sungsup Ra, Director Human and Social Development Division, South Asia Regional Department, Asian Development Bank – Download the presentation
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10:30-11:00: Break
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11:00- 11:45: Panel Discussion: How do we best measure school and system responses to the crisis? What can we learn from this to build better, more resilient systems for the future?
This panel explored how we can best measure school and system responses to the COVID-19 crisis and what can we learn from this to build better, more resilient school systems for the future. This panel also discussed how their respective institutions have responded to the crisis and what lessons have been learned for moving forward.
Speakers: Olli Pekkah Heinonen, Director General, Finnish National Agency for Education
Staneala Beckley, Chair, Sierra Leone Teaching Service Commission
Hassan Al-Derham, President, Qatar University
Moderator: Clare Shine, Vice President and Chief Program Officer, Salzburg Global Seminar -
11:45-12:30: Institutional & Individual Responses: Recommendations for Building Back Better and Future Preparedness
As countries across the world slowly begin to emerge out of lockdown, what needs to change within education when the ‘new normal’ emerges after the COVID-19 pandemic? Panelists shared perspectives on how educational spaces can accommodate and support transformed education systems in the future.
Speakers: Asif Saleh, Executive Director, BRAC Bangladesh – Download the presentation
Grace Maina, Senior Deputy Director, Curriculum and Research Services, Kenya Institute for Curriculum Development – Download the presentation
Nayef Al ibrahim, CEO, Ibtechar – Download the presentation
Moderator: Ahmed Baghdady, Research Manager, WISE -
12:30-12:45: Closing
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director, Research and Content Development, WISE, Qatar
> Replay the session on Youtube
> Download the presentation
-
18:00-18:05: Welcome
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director of Research & Content Development, WISE
Stavros Yiannouka, CEO, WISE -
18:05-18:35: Keynote Speaker + Q&A, Build Back Better: Setting the Scene
Gordon Brown, UN Special Envoy for Global Education, Former Prime Minister -UK, Commission Chair, The Education Commission
Discussant: Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar -
18:35-18:50: Highlights from the 2020 GEM Report
In this special address, Manos Antoninis, Director of GEM Report, UNESCO, shared highlights from the 2020 GEM Report.
Download the presentation -
18:50-19:35: Short talks on Policy & Practice: The Impact of COVID-19 on Education Systems Now and in the Future
In this session, speakers have shared their insights on the impact of COVID-19, how schools responded to the crisis and what policies will need to be introduced for the future.
Speakers: Emiliana Vegas, Senior fellow and Co-director at Center for Universal Education, Brookings Institution – Download the presentation
Liesbet Steer, Director, The Education Commission
Jaime Saavedra, Global Director, Education, World Bank
Moderator: Faye Hobson, Program Manager, Salzburg Global Seminar - 19:35-20:00: Break
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20:00- 20:45: Panel Discussion: How do we best measure school and system responses to the crisis? What can we learn from this to build better, more resilient systems for the future?
This panel explored how we can best measure school and system responses to the COVID-19 crisis and what can we learn from this to build better, more resilient school systems for the future. This panel also discussed how their respective institutions have responded to the crisis and what lessons have been learned for moving forward.
Speakers: Darleen Opfer, Vice President and Director RAND Education and Labor, RAND Corporation
Manos Antoninis, Director of GEM Report, UNESCO
Fernando Reimers, Ford Foundation Professor of the Practice in International Education and Director of the Global Education Innovation Initiative and of The International Education Policy Program, Harvard University
Moderator: Dominic Regester, Program Director, Salzburg Global Seminar -
20:45- 21:30: Institutional & Individual Responses: Recommendations for Building Back Better and Future Preparedness
As countries across the world slowly begin to emerge out of lockdown, what needs to change within education when the ‘new normal’ emerges after the COVID-19 pandemic? Panelists shared perspectives on how educational spaces can accommodate and support transformed education systems in the future.
Speakers: Shelby Cosner, Professor and Director of the Center for Urban Educational Leadership, University of Illinois – Download the presentation
Andrea Escobar Vila, Executive Director, Empresarios Por La Educación – Download the presentation
Saran Stewart, Senior Lecturer of Comparative Higher Education and Deputy Dean for Quality Assurance and Undergraduate Matters in the Faculty of Humanities and Education, University of West Indies, Jamaica – Download the presentation
Moderator: Julia Kirby, Manager of Research & Content Dissemination, WISE -
21:30-21:45: Closing
Asmaa Al-Fadala, Director of Research & Content Development, WISE
> Replay the session on Youtube
> Download the presentation
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Director of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning
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SkillsFuture Singapore Agency
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