The Asia-Pacific Regional Seminar on MOOCs for Higher Education: Seizing digital opportunities to achieve SDG4
02 Apr 2018
UNESCO Bangkok is pleased to announce that the Asia-Pacific Regional Seminar on MOOCs for Higher Education: Seizing digital opportunities to achieve SDG4 will be held from 11-13 June 2018, in Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China. The regional seminar is being co-organized by the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education (UNESCO Bangkok), the National Commission of the People’s Republic of China for UNESCO, the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) and the International Centre for Higher Education Innovation under the auspices of UNESCO (ICHEI).
The main objectives of the seminar are:
- Highlight state-of-the-art technologies from the public and private sectors to enhance the quality of teaching and learning in higher education;
- Identify strategies to strengthen institutional governance and partnerships for technology-enriched learning to reach the most vulnerable in Asia-Pacific;
- Convene experts from national platforms to exchange experiences and assess readiness for a regional network on MOOCs in Asia-Pacific;
- Develop a research framework for a new flagship publication to analyze gaps and opportunities for MOOC policies and practices to achieve SDG4.
To join the Asia-Pacific Regional Seminar on MOOCs, please register online by 04-May-2018 (URL has expired). Please note that limited funding is available for participants to cover their international travel, accommodations and meals during the seminar. Due to limited space, please wait for confirmation of acceptance to join the seminar. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at eisd.bgk@unesco.org.
Note: Event release article can be read here.
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Presentations:
Innovative policies and practices – Leveraging MOOCs to achieve our global goals
- Mr. David Gibson, Professor and Director of Learning Futures at Curtin University; UNESCO Chair of Data Science in Higher Education Learning and Teaching, Australia
- Mr. Wei Zhao, Chief Research Officer, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- Mr. Chandara Om, Deputy Director of IT Department, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS), Cambodia
- Mr. Manpreet Singh Manna, Director, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Ministry of Human Resource Development, India
- Ms. Susie Suh, Deputy Director, Future Education Planning Division, Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea
- Mr. Zubair Sediqi, Director, Design and Development of Scientific Programs, Ministry of Higher Education, Afghanistan
- Mr. Yoshimi Fukuhara, Executive Director and Secretary General of JMOOC, Japan
- Mr. David Glance, Director UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia, Australia
- Mr. Jiang Jianwei, Deputy Director, MOOCs Office, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P.R. China
- Ms. Wan Zuhainis Saad, Deputy Director of Development of Teaching and Learning, Center of Academic Development (CADe), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
- Mr. Gantulga Dashdelger, Director, E-Open Institute, Mongolian University of Science and Technology, Mongolia
- Ms. Wang Qiong, Professor, Peking University, P.R. China
- Ms. Kanhavy Phon, e-Learning NGO, Cambodia
- Mr. Song Tian, Associate Professor, Beijing Institute of Technology, P.R. China
- Mr. Mridul Upadhyay, Asia Coordinator, United Network of Young Peacebuilders, India
- Ms. Legee Tamir, YouthLEAD, Mongolia
- Mr. Sudip Lamichhene, SDGs Task Force, International - Youth Peer Education Network, Y-PEER Nepal
Developing national strategies for MOOCs
Promoting innovation through MOOC portals
Leading the Change: ICT-driven innovation on campus: Mr. Lakshman Dissanayake, Senior Professor and Vice-Chancellor, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Enablers and barriers that influence institutional partnerships, programmes and services around MOOCs
MOOCs for lifelong learning
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Developing national strategies for MOOCs
Promoting innovation through MOOC portals
- Mr. Zubair Sediqi, Director, Design and Development of Scientific Programs, Ministry of Higher Education, Afghanistan
- Mr. Yoshimi Fukuhara, Executive Director and Secretary General of JMOOC, Japan
DAY 2
Leading the Change: ICT-driven innovation on campus: Mr. Lakshman Dissanayake, Senior Professor and Vice-Chancellor, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Enablers and barriers that influence institutional partnerships, programmes and services around MOOCs
- Mr. David Glance, Director UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia, Australia
- Mr. Jiang Jianwei, Deputy Director, MOOCs Office, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P.R. China
- Ms. Wan Zuhainis Saad, Deputy Director of Development of Teaching and Learning, Center of Academic Development (CADe), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
- Mr. Gantulga Dashdelger, Director, E-Open Institute, Mongolian University of Science and Technology, Mongolia
MOOCs for lifelong learning
- Ms. Wang Qiong, Professor, Peking University, P.R. China
- Ms. Kanhavy Phon, e-Learning NGO, Cambodia
- Mr. Song Tian, Associate Professor, Beijing Institute of Technology, P.R. China
- Mr. Mridul Upadhyay, Asia Coordinator, United Network of Young Peacebuilders, India
- Ms. Legee Tamir, YouthLEAD, Mongolia
- Mr. Sudip Lamichhene, SDGs Task Force, International - Youth Peer Education Network, Y-PEER Nepal
- Mr. Chandara Om, Deputy Director of IT Department, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS), Cambodia
- Mr. Manpreet Singh Manna, Director, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Ministry of Human Resource Development, India
- Ms. Susie Suh, Deputy Director, Future Education Planning Division, Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea
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