Challenge-Based Learning: Deep Dive on Digital Education for Underserved Communities
Geneva-Tsinghua Initiative / International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Session 315
Youth Track
How do we bridge the gap in access to education and reach the most vulnerable groups? Students will be divided in groups and will be given different challenges regarding e-learning technologies for underserved communities. Participants will create innovative and out of the box solutions, with the help of various facilitators and experts of the field.
Moderator
Ye Seong Shin, Stephanie Nicol, Ravi Janjwadia (Geneva-Tsinghua Initiative)
Speakers/Panellists
- Paul O'Keeffe, Post-Doctoral Researcher, InZone
- Albert Ingeborg, Innovation Manager, Geneus.ch
- Uma Rani Amara, Senior Economist at the Research Department, International Labour Office (ILO)
- Fayez Alrafeea, Researcher, Geneva Tsinghua Initiative
Session's link to WSIS Action Lines
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C3. Access to information and knowledge
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C6. Enabling environment
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C7. ICT Applications: E-learning
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C11. International and regional cooperation
With emerging ICT innovations, possibilities of providing education by means of digital gears have been enlarged to address the limitations of traditional learning methods. In this respect, e-learning (C7) has enabled the fulfilment of portable, self-initiative, and tailored contents of education, through which different learners are able to have access to information and knowledge (C3) for individual capacity building (C4). E-learning for underserved communities has been recognized to engender immense potential as education can be personalized to each individual environment, and life situation (C8). With the goal of providing educational opportunities to underserved communities through ICTs (C2), we seek to facilitate local, national, international, and transnational cooperation (C11), while taking into account ethical dimensions and context-specific data (C10).
Session's link to Sustainable Development Process
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Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
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Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
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Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries
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Goal 16: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies
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Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
With the commitment of leaving no one behind, this challenge-based learning event aims to bridge the gap of access to quality education and lifelong learning opportunities (SDG 4) by catalyzing partnerships on digital learning technologies (SDG 17). Innovating and scaling up a variety of e-learning technologies for underserved communities will endorse more just and inclusive societies (SDG 16), provide employment opportunities (SDG 8), promote gender equality (SDG 5), and push towards eradicating poverty (SDG 1).