13:30-15:00 Room VIII
Towards a Coalition for Action on Digital Public Resources
for Education
UNICEF, Executive Office of the Secretary-General, Government of Singapore,
EdTech Hub, UNESCO, AT4 Members
The meeting is a deep dive into the recommendation of the Digital Learning
TES background paper on the need for free, high quality digital learning
resources. The main objective of the meeting is to determine the way forward
for a ‘Coalition for Action’ on Digital Public Resources for Education: moving
from policy and plans to implementation, and addressing key bottlenecks that
have hindered progress thus far.
This meeting is a deep dive into the recommendation of the Digital Learning
TES background paper on the need for free, high quality digital learning
resources. The main objective of the meeting is to determine the way forward
for a ‘Coalition for Action’ on Digital Public Resources for Education, moving
from policy and plans to implementation, and addressing key bottlenecks that
have hindered progress thus far. Digital technologies in education can
contribute to wider systemic efforts to improve learning for all and help address
the learning crisis, which has been greatly exacerbated by the pandemic.
Digital public resources for education in particular can decrease the cost of
education, and catalyse more equitable, collaborative and effective approaches
to teaching and learning. However, while much progress has been made over
the past 20 years towards advancing this agenda, huge gaps remain - for
example, the dearth of freely accessible, public educational resources such as
reading books or videos in most of the world’s languages, and tools which
promote more active and collaborative teaching, learning and problem-solving.
Objectives
Establish a Coalition for Action on Digital Public Resources for Education,
to move from policy to action and implementation, and address the key
bottlenecks that have hindered progress. This Coalition will include
Champion Countries, as well as international organisations and experts
working in this area.
Reflect on progress to date, and discuss how the key bottlenecks can be
addressed. This would build upon previous work including the international
standard-setting instruments adopted by UN agencies and Member States.
Identify a set of realistic goals for Digital Public Resources. How can we
collaborate to address the gap in availability of openly licensed, high
quality literacy, numeracy and science resources across different
languages, as well as collaborative learning and teaching tools?
Speakers: Dr Leonardo Garnier, SG Special Adviser, Transforming Education
Summit; Mr Siew Hoong Wong, Advisor, Ministry of Education, Singapore; HE Dr
Tariq Al Gurg, CEO, Dubai Cares; Robert Jenkins, UNICEF Director of Education
and Adolescent Development; Dr Sobhi Tawil, Director Future of Learning and
Innovation, UNESCO; Ms Precious Agaecheta, Youth Ambassador, ONE
Campaign; African Union; GenU; Mr Taha Bawa, Co-founder and CEO of
Goodwall, Forbes 30 Under 30, World Economic Forum Global Shaper; Ms
Urmila Sarkar, Global Head of Programmes, Generation Unlimited; Dr Cable
Green, Director of Open Knowledge, Creative Commons; Ms Purvi Shah, Sr.
Director, StoryWeaver & Strategy at Pratham Books; Ms Rebecca McDonald,
Founder and CEO, Library For All; Mr Christer Gunderson, CTO, Global Digital
Library; Ms Verna Lalbeharie, Executive Director, EdTech Hub; Dr Frank van
Cappelle - Global Lead, Digital Learning, UNICEF
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