World Learning Summit 2020
The World Learning Summit occurred October 21-22, 2020.
It was an honor for the Chamber leadership to moderate a panel at the World Learning Summit with academics form some of the world's top universities.
Inclusiveness in Higher Education: Lessons from the COVID-19 Experience & Beyond.
The pandemic has changed every aspect of higher education. Expectations and practices around inclusivity are no exception. Academics from the world’s top universities will discuss their institutions' responses to COVID 19, how it has impacted diversity, the use of digital tools to promote inclusivity and the potential long term trends for inclusion in the post-pandemic higher education ecosystem.
Panelists:
Prof. Chris Stanton, Harvard
Dr. Lourdes Andrade, Stanford
Dr. Subrahmaniam, Dartmouth
WLS is an annual event drawing together educators, innovators, policy-makers, leaders and dedicated researchers sharing an interest in education´s digital future. At this 10-year anniversary, WLS will aim to provide new insight into the future of learning through the lens of global mobility. By that we refer to three interconnected social dynamics: 1) The role of education in societal mobility understood as improved social capital, 2) the challenge of mobility caused by and accelerated by technology innovations, and 3) the global trend of mobility understood as accelerated speeds of moving ideas, services and people. Increasing global mobility invites critical reflections on ethics, uses technologies and future spaces of face to face learning & education. Education and learning is local and place-bound but increasingly also global and mediated.
The summits seek to challenge dominant views on technology in society, how technology impacts on culture and social networks, how technology fundamentally shapes and reshapes learning in society as an ongoing process. The conferences balance scholarly work in the frontline of education research, cultural studies, sociology, media studies and other fields with a focus on entrepreneurial processes and innovation. The resulting mix produces rich conversations with ample time set aside for conversations and networking.
The theme for this year´s summit is Learning in the Age of Global Mobility. By that we refer to three interconnected social dynamics: 1) The role of education in societal mobility understood as improved social capital, 2) the challenge of mobility caused by and accelerated by technology innovations, and 3) the global trend of mobility understood as accelerated speeds of moving ideas, services and people.
In terms of the latter, addressing the challenge of mobility invites discussions of new models of education: Access to education, spaces of learning and the role of education not the least for people on the move – willingly or not. The summit will for instance address the challenge of providing learning and education for refugees entrenched in refugee camps taking on an increasingly permanent status.
