PROGRAMME

The 7th International Conference on GCED

3-4 November 2022, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Day 1

Time Programme Details
15:00-15:30 [Opening]
15:30-15:40 Break
15:40-16:40 [Moderated Conversation: The digital transformation and the future of GCED]
  • Through the moderated conversation, the panel will discuss the overall impact of digital transformations and how to deal with the new issues from GCED’s point of view in shaping a just and safe future for all
16:40-17:00 Break
PART I. Digital transformation recaptured by GCED:
What are significant issues, possibilities and challenges brought by
the digital transformation from the perspective of GCED?
17:00-18:40 Plenary Session 1. GCED in the digital world that connects and divides
  • This first plenary session will explore major possibilities and challenges that GCED faces in this digital era such as digital literacy, disinfodemic, increased connectivity and changing human relationship, digital colonialism, digital violence and cyber wellness, personalized learning, etc. The discussion will also identify the current education trend and content.
18:40-19:40 Break
19:40-21:10 Concurrent Sessions 1
  • Following the plenary session, the concurrent sessions will share ideas and good practices on how GCED should address different types of emerging issues in the digital world and contribute to building up digital citizenship.
  • Session 1.1. Addressing emerging issues: digital divide, polarization, and the emergence of new ethics and digital citizenship
  • Session 1.2. Building up digital citizenship & media and information literacy (MIL)Special
  • Concurrent Session. Street dialogue: Empowering youth, empowered by youth

Day 2

Time Programme Details
Seoul 15:00-15:10 *Paris 7:00-7:10 (10 min) Introduction to Day 2
Seoul 15:10-16:40 *Paris 7:10-8:40 (90min) Concurrent Sessions 2
  • The concurrent sessions will share lessons learnt from previous experiences and discuss recommendations on what needs to be done in different fields to better facilitate GCED to adapt to changes, utilize possibilities and keep the important values against the emerging risks digital technologies bring about and futures beyond the digital transformation.
Session 2.1. Policy and advocacy
  • Moderator
  • Neil Selwyn, Professor, School of Education Culture & Society, Monash University, Australia
  • Panelists
  • Ethel Agnes Pascua-Valenzuela, Director, Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Secretariat
  • Marco Pasqualini, Education Programme Specialist, UNESCO Regional Bureau for Education in the Arab States
  • Phinith Chanthalangsy, Unit Head of Social and Human Sciences Sector, UNESCO Regional Office for Southern Africa
  • Md Walid Bin Quashem, First Secretary, Permanent Delegation of Bangladesh to UNESCO
Session 2.2. Curriculum, pedagogy and practice
  • Moderator
  • Shamah Bulangis, Co-chair, Transform Education hosted by UNGEI, Philippines Panelists
  • Dylan Wray, Director, Center for Learning, Human Responsibility Accelerator
  • Rowena Hibanada, Director, Community Partnership and Extension Office, Philippine Normal University, Philippines
  • Jihong Lee, Head, Office of Education and Training, APCEIU
Session 2.3. Monitoring
  • Panelists
  • Chair: Esther Care, Professorial Fellow, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne, Australia
  • Roshan Bajracharya, Senior Regional Advisor for Asia and the Pacific, UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
  • Ralph Carstens, Senior Research Advisor, International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA)
  • Rachel Parker, Senior Research Fellow, Education and Development, Australian Council for Education Research (ACER)
  • Hwanbo Park, Associate Professor, Department of Education, Chungnam National University, Republic of Korea & Daehoon Jho, Professor, Department of Social Studies Education, College of Education, Sungshin Women’s University, Republic of Korea
16:40-17:30 Break
17:30-18:30 Plenary Session 2. Wrap-up & Recommendations for action
  • This is a wrap-up of the concurrent sessions 2 to present key ideas discussed at each session to conclude with a final recommendations for next steps to be done from different fields regarding the implementation of GCED in the face of digitalization of education and beyond.
18:30-19:30 Break
SPECIAL SESSION. Revision of the 1974 Recommendation
19:30-21:00 [Special Session] Sharing the Progress on the Revision of the 1974 Recommendation concerning Education for International Understanding, Cooperation and Peace and Education relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
21:00-21:10 Break
21:10-21:20 [Closing]

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