Education technology generates passionate debate. “Is technology leading the way for equal access to education through open educational resources and online distance learning?” or does it pose a grave threat by exacerbating existing inequalities – between and within countries? Does technology offer countless opportunities or is it reducing opportunities, taking us down a technology-dependent trajectory where quality education is dependent on the ability of learners to engage in self-guided learning or artificial intelligence? Should technology-related, including digital, competencies be embedded in young children’s care and education, or should children be protected from technology for their cognitive, social and emotional development?
Practical information
WhenTuesday 10 October 2023, 11:00 – 12:30 (CEST)Where
InfoPoint and Webex MeetingsLanguagesEnglish, FrenchOrganisersInternational Partnerships InfoPoint
Description
The discussion will be triggered by the presentation of the key messages of two recent UNESCO reports. The 2023 Global Education Monitoring Report: technology in education- A tool on whose terms? which analyses the use of technology in education with the lenses of relevance, equity, scalability and sustainability and An Ed-Tech Tragedy?, which examines the numerous adverse and unintended consequences of the shift to ed-tech during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The presentations by Manos Antoninis, Director of the GEM Report and by Mark West, Project Officer at the Future of Learning and Innovation team at UNESCO, will be put in the EU perspective of international partnerships by colleagues from DG INTPA and DG EAC and followed by a Q&A session with the public.
Speakers
- Agnieszka Skuratowicz, Head of Unit, INTPA G3
- Miguel Angel Exposito Verdejo – Acting Head of Unit, INTPA F5- Science, Technology, Innovation and Digitalisation
- Manos Antoninis, Director, Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report
- Mark West, Project Officer, Future of Learning and Innovation, UNESCO
- Anusca Ferrari, Team leader for the Digital Education Hub and digital skills, EAC.C.4
- Kirsten Van Camp, INTPA F5
Language of conference: English
Language of Q&A session: English & French
