2021 Global Smart Education Conference Replay
Intelligent technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, and VR/AR/MR, are important driving forces leading a new round of scientific and technological revolution. These technologies are profoundly changing the way we live, work, think, and even accelerating social transformation and deepening educational reform.
Historically, humanity has always responded by improving education in answer to each technological revolution. Affected by the ongoing pandemic wave, global education is becoming more uncertain and fragile than ever. In order to face the challenges brought by COVID-19, while also seizing future development opportunities, many countries and international organizations around the world have rolled out digital development strategies at the national level to promote a comprehensive digital transformation in education. To further facilitate the implementation of the Education 2030 Agenda, UNESCO released the Beijing Consensus at the first edition of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education. The Beijing Consensus recommends making appropriate policies that aim at systematic integration of AI and education to innovate education, teaching and learning. According to the report of Digital strategies in education across OECD countries, a total of 17 member countries released digital education-related strategies between 2015 and 2019. Furthermore, the Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027) issued by the European Union emphasizes two priority areas, namely, “Fostering the development of a high-performing digital education ecosystem” and “Enhancing digital skills and competences for the digital transformation”.
Over recent years, the Chinese government proposed a series of strategies and policies aimed at further promoting the systematic integration of intelligent technology and education. These include China’s Education Modernization 2035Plan, The New Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan, Education Informatization 2.0 Action Plan. In addition, the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China also stressed the importance of implementing the strategic action of education digitalization as well as accelerating the process of digital transformation and intelligent upgrade of education.
Digital transformation in the domain of education is based on digitization and digitalization, and is committed to 1) consolidating digital foundation; 2) building smart learning environments; 3) promoting co-creation and co-sharing of quality digital educational resources; 4) exploring personalized models for cultivating students and training teachers; 5) improving the digital literacy and digital skills of teachers and students; and 6) enhancing digital awareness, thinking and capabilities at digital transformation stage. Smart education can be considered as the educational behaviours provided by schools, regions, or governments, with the characteristics of high learning experience, learning content adaptation, and teaching efficiency. In smart education, modern science and technologies are used to provide diversified supports and on-demand services for students, teachers and parents, etc., the data of participants and learning and teaching processes are recorded and used to promote the quality and equity of education. From this perspective, smart education shall have great potential to be a breakthrough that integrates intelligent technologies with education for the future.
Beijing Normal University (BNU) is a comprehensive and research-intensive university with its strength in teacher education, educational science, and basic disciplines of liberal arts and sciences. BNU has taken the lead in the theoretical innovation and practical exploration of smart education. It has put forward policy suggestions on developing smart education and promoting the reform of the education system. It also undertakes the work of the secretariat of the expert group of the Smart Education Pilot Zones. During the pandemic, the Smart Learning Institute (SLI) and the National Engineering Research Centre of Cyberlearning and Intelligent Technology (CITlab) have been seeking educational solutions under special circumstances. Specifically, they worked with UNESCO, finalizing and publishing a series of handbooks which comprise Handbook on Facilitating Flexible Learning During Educational Disruption: The Chinese Experience in Maintaining Undisrupted Learning in COVID-19 Outbreak, Ensuring Effective Distance Learning under COVID-19 School Closures: Guidance for Teachers as well as AI and Education: Guidance for Policy-makers. A variety of learning strategies and practical experience adopted in China have been collected in these handbooks, which provided institutions with feasible recommendations for minimalizing disruption and ensuring continuity of course delivery during the pandemic.
Since 2016, BNU, in conjunction with international organizations and universities worldwide, has held four consecutive US-China Smart Education Conferences (UCSEC) and two Global Smart Education (GSE) Conferences. Thousands of experts and scholars in the field of education and technology from more than 50 countries and international organizations, including UNESCO and OECD attended the meeting. These conferences held discussions on frontier fields and hot issues such as K-12 Education, Higher Education, Vocational Education, Transforming Education through Intelligent Technology, AI and Future Education, Smart Learning and Futures of Education. At the conferences, a series of projects and research results such as the Horizon Project Regional Report, the White Paper on Smart Education Pilot Zones Construction, the Joint Project of Rethinking and Redesigning National Smart Education Strategy, as well as the project of e-Library for Teachers were released. The Global Competition on Design for Future Education also had a launch session at the conferences.
Intelligent Technology Empowerment for Smart Education
e-Textbooks and Pedagogy under Digital Transformation
Smart Environment and Evaluation for Digital Transformation
Public Service System and Digital Governance of Education
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UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education
Nobel Prize Laureate, Founder of Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, Chairman of Yunus Center AIT
Director of the Institute for Information Technologies in Education,UNESCO
UNESCO International Council for Open and Distance Education Chair in Open Educational Resources.
Former Deputy Director-General of UNESCO
Director-General of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization
Former Director of the UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa
Director for Education and Skills at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies,Graduate School of Education, Harvard University
Rector of Moscow State Pedagogical University
President and CEO of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
Director of Foreign Affairs Department, Royal Foundation of Thailand
Director of Information and Communication Technology Department of ALECSO
Chief Learning Officer of International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
Head and Professor of the HSE Institute of Education
Chief of the Unit of Teacher Professional Development and Networking at UNESCO IITE
Scientific Officer at the Joint research Centre of the European Commission
Vice President of Swedish Association for Distance Education, Sweden
Global Key Account Director, Bett portfolio, Event Director of Bett Asia (BETT), United Kingdom
Director of the SEAMEO Secretariat
Deputy Director of SEAMEO Secretariat
Director of SEAMEO regional centre for SEPS
Director of SEAMEO Regional Open Learning Centre
Dean of the College of Information at the University of North Texas
Vice Rector for Research and Innovation, Thammasat University, Thailand
College Dean of International, Cardiff University
Dean at Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Belgrade
Deputy President of Digitalization and ELearning,An Najah National University
Associate Provost(Undergraduate Education),Nanyang Technological University
Director of Yunus Center of Asian Institute of Technology
Professor Emeritus of Department of Development and Sustainability, Asian Institute of Technolofy
Executive Director of Mekong Institute
Director of the eLearning Center of Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania
Professor of Carnegie Mellon University
Associate Professor,School of Global Affairs, Ambedkar University Delhi(AUD)
Professor of Digital Systems for Teaching & Learning, Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus, Greece
Professor in Wireless Communications at Institute for Communication Systems, University of Surrey
Associate Professor, College of Management, Shenzhen University
Associate Professor of Beijing Normal University
CEO of Encyclopaedia Britannica Group
President and CEO of Sony Global Education, Inc.
Head of International Education StrategyatNetDragon
Founder and President at Global Village Connections (GVC), Bhutan
Education Specialist of Commonwealth of Learning
Researcher at Oslo Metropolitan University
Programme Specialist in Section of Education Policy at UNESCO HQs
Science Research Specialist of the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD)
Research Associate, Centre for South Asian Studies, Nepal
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Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering
Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering
Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering
Professor of Beijing Normal University
President of Beijing Normal University
Director of Department of Science, Technology and Information, Ministry of Education, P.R.C
Secretary-General of National Commission of the People's Republic of China for UNESCO
Senior Inspector in the Education Department of Hunan Province
Vice President of Beijing Normal University
Vice President of Beijing Normal University
Professor of Tsinghua University; Academician of Academia Europaea
Co-Dean of Smart Learning Institute of Beijing Normal University
Co-Dean of Smart Learning Institute of Beijing Normal University , Chairman of NetDragon
Deputy Mayor of Nanchang, Jiangxi Province
Director of Education Information Technology and Network Security Division, Department of Science, Technology and Information, Ministry of Education
Head of Teaching and Equipment Information Office in the Department of Basic Education, Ministry of Education, China
Director of China Center for International People-to-People Exchange Ministry of Education
Director of Center of Educational Management Information, Ministry of Education, China
Deputy Director of the National Assessment Center for Education Quality, Ministry of Education, China
Executive Vice-director of National Engineering Research Center for E-Learning
Secretary of Nanchang Municipal Education Committee; Director of Nanchang Municipal Education Bureau, Jiangxi Province
Director of Yuncheng Municipal Education Bureau, Shanxi Province
Vice Director of Changsha Municipal Education Bureau, Hunan Pronvince
Professor of Central China Normal University; former Dean of National Center for Educational Technology
Vice Director of the University Council of Beijing Normal University
Professor of Faculty of Artificial Intelligence in Education, Central China Normal University
Vice Director of Educational Information Strategy Research Base (Central China)
Deputy Director of Chenghua District Education Bureau, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province
Deputy Director of Xingqing District Education Bureau, Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
Deputy Director of Hexi District Education Bureau, Tianjin
Vice Director of the Public Service Bureau of Xiong‘an New Area, Hebei Province
Vice Secretary of Education Committee of Dongcheng District, Beijing, Vice Director of Education Committee of Dongcheng District, Beijing
Dean of Haidian Institute of Education Sciences, Beijing
Vice-president of the Open University of China
Rector of Shenzhen Polytechnic
Secretary of Party Committee of Hunan University of Science and Technology
Excutive Director of UNESCO INRULED
Director of Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University
Dean of School of Educational Technology, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University
Vice Dean of International College & Deputy Director of ASEAN-China Education & Training Center, Yunnan Agricultural University
Dean of the College of International Development and Global Agriculture (CIDGA) at China Agricultural University
Director of Office of International Exchange and Cooperation, Beijing Normal University
Director of Office of Science and Technology, Science Research Institute, Beijing Normal University
Professor of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunication
Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of Beijing Normal University
Professor and Director of Office of Overseas Science Research Cooperation, Science Research Institute, Professor of Beijing Normal University
Professor of School of Education Technology, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University
Professor of Beijing Normal University
Professor of Beijing Normal University
Dean of Faculty of Computer Science and Technology, Dean of School of Computer Science and Technology,Harbin Institute of Technology
Professor of Central South University
Professor of School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology
Professor of Northwest Normal University
Deputy Director of Educational Informatization Engineering Technology Research Center
Associate Professor of Beijing Normal University
Associate Professor of Beijing Normal University
Associate Professor of Beijing Normal University
Lecturer of Beijing Institute of Education
Associate Professor at Beijing Institute of Education
Deputy Dean of Smart Learning Institute of Beijing Normal University.
Direcotr of International Affairs, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University
Director of Office of Think Tank Management, Neijing Normal University
Post-Doctorate of Beijing Normal University
President and Editor-in-chief of China Educational Technology
Vice Editor-in-chief of China Education Daily
Vice Editor-in-chief of Higher Education Press
Editorial Director Humanities and Social Sciences, Regional Director for Books, Springer Nature
Vice Director of Personal Information Protection Task Force on Apps, Ministry of Industry and Information Technolofy, China
Engineer of National Engineering Laboratory for Cyberlearning and Intelligent Technology
President of iFLYTEK
Director of the board, President of the Institute of Strategic Research, Huawei
Vice-Chairman and Executive Director of NetDragon Inc.
Vice Dean of Smart Learning Institute of Beijing Normal University, Vice President of NetDragon
Vice President of Tsinghua Unigroup
Senior Vice President of Unisplendour Corporation Limited (UNIS)
Vice President of iFLYTEK,Chief Scientist of Educational Technology Research Institute in iFLYTEK
Deputy Director of CIT, CEO of NetDragon
Co-Director of Tele-education Laboratory, National Engineering Laboratory for Cyberlearning and Intelligent Technology
Vice General-Manager of Department Government and Enterprise Affairs,China Mobile (Chengdu) ICT.Co., Ltd
Director of Technology and Standards Research Institute, China Academy of Information and Communication Technology.
General Manager of China Mobile (Chengdu) ICT.Co., Ltd
Vice General-Manager of Department of Government and Enterprise Educational Business in China, Huawei
Vice General-Manager of China Mobile (Chengdu) ICT.Co., Ltd
Vice General-Manager of Educational Product Centre, China Mobile (Chengdu) ICT.Co., Ltd
Head of Sales at LEGO Education in China
CEO of Beijing Yundiantang Tech, LTD
Partner of Squirrel Ai
Director of Alibaba Cloud E-learning
Vice Principal of Shenzhen Senior High School Group
Principal of Dian’nan Middle School, Anxin County,Xiongan New Area, China
Principal and Secretary of Xingyuan primary school, Liangjiang new district, Chongqing Province
Head of Smart Education Work, Municipal Education Bureau, Hubei Province
Director of Office of Smart Education Promotion of Wuhou District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province
Deputy Director of Qingdao Educational Equipment and Information Technology Center
Deputy Director of Yichang Education Information Technology Center, Hubei Province
Director of Wenzhou Educational Technology Center
Chief Scientist of Tencent Intelligent Platform
Senior Researcher of Research Centre for AI Social Experiment, ZheJiang Lab
Researcher of Hubei Institute of Education Science
Senior Researcher of Guangzhou Education Bureau, Guangdong Province
Main Conference
14:30-18:00 Opening Ceremony & Forum on Digital Transformation and Smart Education
19:00-22:00 Forum on Metaverse in Education and Teacher Education
Virtual Conference
14:30-18:00 International Conference on Smart Learning Environments (ICSLE 2022)
19:00-22:00 Webinar on Smart Education Development in Central and Eastern European Countries
Main Conference
9:00-12:00 Forum on the New Ecology of Regional Smart Education
Virtual Conference
9:00-12:00 International Conference on Smart Learning Environments (ICSLE 2022)
Main Conference
14:30-18:00 Forum on the New Ecology of Regional Smart Education
19:00-22:00 Forum on Rural Education and Smart Village
Virtual Conference
14:30-18:00 International Conference on Smart Learning Environments (ICSLE 2022)
19:00-22:00 Webinar on Open Educational Resources and Digital Teaching Materials
Main Conference
9:00-12:00 Forum on Digital Governance of Education: Policy +Technology
Virtual Conference
9:00-12:00 Webinar on Positive Education in the Intelligent Era
Main Conference
14:30-22:00 High-level Dialogue on Integration and Innovation of Technology and Education & Closing Ceremony
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