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please tell us of who is creating space to discuss 37th annual alumni debates of 1984, The 2025 report explored the hypothesis that sustainability depended more on the connection of radical changes in technology with innovation by educators than any other skill set

==================year 36 let's learn to do better than 2020- 7.5 billion brains can ...

as 2020 closes - one ray of hope: two thirds of world who are asian now celebrate round education commission asia and then nov 2020 global leaders forum hosted by korea, keynote by gordon brown

rough transcript gordon brown - korea global leaders forum

00:01 i'm delighted to join you at this eighth global leadership forum and i congratulate you on choosing as this year's theme the biggest question of our time
00:12 what will our post-covid world look like?
 
 and i want to start by thanking all those who contributed to the organization of this  important event and in particular the leader who asked me to speak to you my friend professor lee whose distinguished career has included his great success in reforming education in the republic of korea as minister of education science and technology and his path-breaking work on the global and korean education commissions that i had the privilege to chair

00:37 and who as an academic and writer is recognized and admired for his innovative research and insights especially in HTHT: High-Tech High-Touch education, admired not just in this continent but in every continent --now this conference meets at the right time because we're indeed at an inflection point

 
00:53 covid 19 this microscopic parasite 10000 times smaller than a grain of salt has not only infected 50 million people( ed some models of asymptomatics figure nearer 500 million) 
-and destroyed more than a million lives, but it has made us as individuals come face to face with our own vulnerability- and indeed our mortality

01:10 and it has brought more economic havoc, disrupted more trade, killed off more jobs, led to more lost production, caused more company closures than has any modern recession

01:20 And it has not only  undermined the cultural and social foundations of our lives but it is making us rethink the way we live, the way we work, the way we travel. the way we learn the way we study

01:31 in some cases it is accelerating already underway changes: like the online economy…in other cases exposing age-old problems like poverty and deprivation which have come to the surface and in other cases making what previously seemed impossible 
-- work is changing as more people work from home and  communicate online the consumer economy is changing as retail moves online
 
01:55 public services are changing as we see online education and online health dramatically expand
 
02:01 the social contract is changing as we reframe the rights and responsibilities of individuals and governments 
 
our ideas of fairness are changing as we recognize we will have to do more to value and reward all those who have been underpaid and under recognized ;especially those running personal one-to-one face-to-face
services like social care where some of the lowest paid workers in the world have had to take some of the biggest risks and the jobs we do are changing as IT , logistics, the digital economy as well as social care have to expand to meet new needs- 
 
our ideas of what is acceptable are changing as workers who have been prepared to  be self-employed (without job/health/pension contracts) now seek greater security- 
our idea of society is changing but people have been isolated now more than ever that being part of a community matters more to them than ever it did
 
 02.58 and so each country will have to find its own way forward as it rebalances the relationships 
  • between individuals and communities 
  • between markets and states, 
  • between risk and security, 
  • between freedom and control; .
  • between the very rich and the rest and of course between man and nature

03:08

and education is changing; and this is where i want to focus the rest of my remarks
indeed i want to suggest today that because we are now more aware than ever of inequality of families and children denied opportunity- of the vast gap between the world's education rich and the education poor, 
 
there is now no route to the future that does not have education at its center, no route to greater equality of opportunity that does not involve education
03:35 no route to more prosperous economies, stronger communities and fairer societies without investing in education, no route to rebuilding our countries too -
03:44 no route to building back better without the contribution of education of teachers, trainers, researchers, academics to the common good
 
04.00  -so for all these reasons, i have to say to you that the pandemic has robbed millions of children of the future

because the education they once enjoyed has been interrupted- many of whom may never return to school, or even if they do they may never catch up on their learning

04:08 you know at the height of the pandemic 1.6 billion children and young people- 90 percent of the world's pupils and students had their education disrupted-nearly a billion students are still shut out from schools today

and the risk is that short-term school closures will lead to long-term reversals in educational attainment with the opportunities available to the world's poorest and most marginalised children already diminished and hit even more
 
04:34 before the pandemic
 let us remember 260 million school-age children did not go to school, 
400 million children left education at 11 or 12 never to return, 
800 million half the developing world's children left  education without any usable qualifications for the workplace
 
 and that while the numbers of graduates (from high school) has increased from 100 million 50 years ago to 400 million in 2 000 to 700 million now ..even in the 2040s when children born today will first come of age 70% of all the adult population of the world will never have the secondary nor college nor university qualifications needed for the well-paying jobs the world can offer
 
 05:20 in low-income countries today a staggering 90 percent of children are in learning poverty which means they cannot read a basic text by the age of 10;now in the last financial crisis the typical child fell six months behind in their educational attainments . but children who are out of school for more than a year are even more unlikely even to return, 
 
and in crisis settings,
girls are two and a half times more likely to drop out of school than boys; but missing out on school means millions of children also go hungry; indeed during this pandemic 370 million children have been missing out on free or subsidized school meals which have often been their only regular source of nourishment

06:01 and with families under extreme financial pressure millions of boys and girls may soon join the 152 million children already forced into child labour

06:11 and many girls will join the 12 million girls a year who are forced into becoming child brides

06.21 with one estimate suggesting this illiteracy could lose us as a society as much as 10 Trillion dollars per year in future earnings we are standing by doing too little as havoc is reaped by one of the biggest forces accelerating inequality in our generation

 06:35 quality education is vital to lift people out of poverty; to ensure healthier families advance racial and gender equality, unlock job opportunities increase security

06:45 and create a more just peaceful and sustainable world- and girls education is a proven link to lowering fertility rates and reducing population growth which itself is one of the key drivers of climate change

06:56 education especially of girls leads to better health- a child whose mother can read is

·          fifty percent more likely to live past the age of five

·         fifty percent more likely to be immunized twice as likely to attend school

07:09

and so this is why we must come together as a global community and save the future of our children in response to this crisis

07:18

the education commission in partnership with an unprecedented global coalition of international organizations launched save our future to call for urgent investigation in education to prevent what we call the generational catastrophe

07:33

three actions are urgently needed

·         first we must reopen schools but make sure they are safe schools

·          second we must prevent what the world bank and unesco estimate could be a funding gap of 200 billions in education budgets in the next year as countries reallocate resources to health and social welfare and

·         third to use available resources to greatest effect we must be innovative

by creating the international finance facility for education securing 500 million of grants and government guarantees that could unlock two billion dollars of educational investment to be made through the asian development bank and other development banks

08:13 and i urge the korean government to join  as a funding donor of the development banks and we must use this crisis as an opportunity to transform education

 8.25 you see if you think of the monumental changes we have seen in the way we organize our factories, our homes, our hospitals and our travel,

08:30 and then think of how little education has changed with until recently so little online and how little the school itself has changed from the setting of world classrooms with the teacher as the sage on the stage and the pupils sitting in rows of desks

08:44 think of the educational revolution we need as we meet the demand for ever-changing skills: continuous learning and try to harness technology to support those most left behind

08:55 a study published just last year revealed how disparities in learning achievements have not diminished over the last 50 years; the most disadvantaged still perform at levels that are three to four years behind the most affluent and we must change this

09:09 online learning became a necessity almost overnight but yet close to half of the world's pupils and students don't have access to the internet

09:17 across the world more than 460 million- almost one third of school-aged children had not been reached by remote learning at all -so this could be the moment for us to transform education, to create individualized adaptive learning which meets children where they are with personalized learning, at scale for every student not just the lucky few

09:39 https://educationcommission.org/about/commission-leadership/

this is why the education commission and its hub in asia under the leadership of korea’s ju-ho lee are spearheading the high tech high touch for all initiative: combining the power of human touch and interaction from teachers with the power of adaptive learning and technology such as artificial intelligence. the high-tech refers to an adaptive technology that can help deliver personalized learning. it identifies prior knowledge and tailors instruction to diverse learning

needs allowing students to be stimulated and nurtured as they progress at their own pace. this can also be done initially in low-tech ways but artificial intelligence can allow us to track a child's

experience with software informed data and gear every child's learning to their aptitude is one way forward. the high touch element is the indispensable human connection provided by teachers. with the use of high tech teachers, can give more personalized guidance.no longer just the lecturer who's the sage on the stage but also the tutor and mentor who is the guide by the side.

10:38

we've already seen the promise of this approach in asia in vietnam as well as in india-and here in korea the HTHT university consortium which includes 16 member institutions provides support to korean universities that use the HTHT approach in their curricula and the k-12 consortium targets low-income students across multiple cities 
TODAY. i'm glad to announce the launch of HTHT for all a global consortium across governments, ed tech innovators, industry providers and educators that will develop a rigorous evidence base and create a collaborative network to support bold ways to address the digital divide so let us be the first generation where every child not only goes to school and learns but feels able to bridge the gap between what they are and what they have in themselves to become and let us be the first generation where instead of developing only some of the talents of some of our children in someof the world's countries we develop all of the talents of all children in all countries
11:40 thank you very much
 
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with approaching two thirds of the world's youth asian hubs were also led by korea's Ju-Hu Lee, and jack ma and japan's koike and india's Kailash Satyarthi and uae's Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi and Baela Raza Jamil from pakistan as well as the support of korean-american and then world bank leader jim kim

further support for africa came from tanzania's then president Jakaya Kikwete, tunisia's then minister of tourism Amel Karboul, nigerian billionnaire dangote, zimbabwe's london based billionate technologist and philanthropist Strive Masiyiwa, south africa's machel, ghanian- brit Theo Sowa,nigeria's and vaccine ngo gavi's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, uganda's teacher union's Teopista Birungi Mayanja, 

for america south: mexico's former president Felipe Calderón, colombian superstar Shakira Mebarak, Fundacion Chile's Patricio Meller and for america north came from former unicef director general anthony  lake , economist larry summers, philosopher sen, harvard edx edutech's argawal,liesbet steer

for europe from former eu supremo portugal's baroso, former denmark president and save the children's Helle Thorning-Schmidt, former norwegian minister of education clernet

for australia, former prime minister gillard

 in this 38th year of linking action to 1984's 2025 report we search for nominations of people whose contributions will be as important to youth if their solutions are scaled

In this year’s edition of the Yidan Prize Summit -edu foundation of china's largest digital space inventor of wechat/whatsap-, held virtually in Hong Kong dec 2020, 16 academics have been named to the Council of Luminaries.

They are
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, Founder, BRAC (posthumous); bangladesh and world's largest ngo partnership
Anant Agarwal, CEO and Founder, edX and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
Kamal Ahmad, Founder, Asian University for Women;
Vicky Colbert, Founder and Executive Director, Fundación Escuela Nueva;
Carol Dweck, Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology, Stanford University;
Usha Goswami, Director, Center for Neuroscience in Education, University of Cambridge;
Eric Hanushek, Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow and Professor, Stanford University and Hoover Institution;

Larry Hedges, Chairman, Department of Statistics, Northwestern University.
Thomas Kane, Walter H. Gale Professor of Education and Economics, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University;
Salman Khan, Founder and CEO, Khan Academy;
Wendy Kopp, CEO and Co-founder of Teach For All;
Patricia Kuhl, Professor, Speech and Hearing Sciences, Co-Director, University of Washington Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences;
Lucy Lake, CEO, CAMFED; Angeline Murimirwa, Executive Director-Africa, CAMFED;
Carl Wieman, DRC Professor in the School of Engineering and Professor of Physics and of Education, Stanford University;
Zhu Yong-xin, Founder, New Education Experiment.

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Permalink Reply by chris macrae on December 31, 2020 at 4:59am

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speakers at 2019 most recent varkey dubai global education series summit

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  • ABDIKADIR ISMAIL

  • ABDIRAHMAN AYNTE

    *ABDULLA AL KARAM

  • ADI AMOR

    ADI AMOR

    CO-FOUNDER

    THREEFOLD TRIGGER MARKETING

    PHILIPPINES -Adi is an entrepreneur, professional host, and content creator whose goal is to create positive change in the world by empowering one person at a time. She is recognized as a YouTube Creators for Change Fellow representing the Philippines. Adi started out as a blogger then moved on to vlogging on YouTube, learning how to produce engaging content along the way. Her first video qualified her to join the SMART Launchpad program, where she learned the fundamentals of video production.

  • AGUSTIN PORRES

    ARGENTINA VARKEY COUNTRY DIRECTOR - Agustin is an experienced Education and Public Policy professional with successful achievements in the development of innovative approaches to education and the development of creative solutions to solve challenges around education. Entrepreneurial minded with the ability to quickly adapt to changing markets, Agustin has worked for many years in the public sector in Argentina as an official at the Ministry of Education of the City of Buenos Aires and the Agency of Social Security; leading the Education Policy area at Fundacion Contemporanea. Before joining the Varkey Foundation as Country Manager to Argentina, Agustin was the Executive Director at FormarHub Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports innovative approaches to education between Latin America and the United States. Agustin has Master Degree in Public Policy with specialization in education from the McCourt School of Public Policy in Georgetown University, Washington D.C. He has postgraduate degree in Politics, Government and Administration at the Catholic University of Argentina with a teacher certification in Philosophy.

  • AHMED ULLAH

  • AKINTUNDE OYEBODE

  • ALICE WAIRIMU NDERITU

  • AMBARISH RAI

  • AMINA MOHAMED

  • AMINI KAJUNJU

  • AMY OGAN

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    ZHUANG CHEN

    NEW ORIENTAL EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY GROUP

    Mr. Zhuang Chen is Director for International Cooperation and Business Development with New Oriental Education and Technology Group. New Oriental is China’s largest private educational service provider, listed in the NYSE in 2006 (EDU). Mr. Chen joined New Oriental in September 2016. He is responsible for tapping overseas high-quality educational resources to strengthen New Oriental’s market-leading position in China’s education sector. He also leads New Oriental’s business development abroad, primarily in building strategic partnerships, investments, M&As. Before joining New Oriental, Mr. Chen worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in London for 12 years.

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  • UAE ABDULLA AL KARAM

    CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS & DIRECTOR GENERAL

    KNOWLEDGE & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

    uaE- Dr Abdulla Al Karam is an engineer by trade, a leader by profession, and an educator at heart. He is responsible for the quality and growth of an education sector unlike any other in the world. More than 85 per cent of all education takes place in the private sector while 58 per cent of Emirati parents, who have the option of sending their children to government schools, choose private schools. The question Dr Al Karam and his team seek is to answer is how a government authority can make the most of this diversity to transform education for all students. He has applied a partnership and collaboration-driven strategy to Dubaiês private schools sector, resulting in improved student outcomes in international assessments such as PISA, TIMSS and PIRLS. The What Works initiative challenges the notion that competitors cannot collaborate, and is a unique model regional governments could consider to work with private sector operators to ensure high-quality education for all students.

UAE SHEIKH NAHAYAN MABARAK AL NAHAYAN

CABINET MEMBER AND MINISTER OF TOLERANCE

GOVERNMENT OF UAE

His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan is the Minister of Tolerance in the new Cabinet announced in October 2017. His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak joined the Federal Government in 1992 and held a number of government portfolios including Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and held the position of Minister of Education, and Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development. His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak was also Chancellor of United Arab Emirates University from 1983 to 2013; Chancellor of Higher Colleges of Technology from 1988 to 2013; and President of Zayed University from 1998 to 2013. His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan received his education from the British Millfield School until the high secondary level before joining Magdalen College at Oxford University-UK.

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    YOUTH COORDINATOR

    CANADIAN ROHINGYA DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE

    Ahmed Ullah is a Canadian activist and human rights defender for the Rohingya people. Ahmed was born in the Nayapara Refugee Camp in Bangladesh. He is a Rohingya and spent the first 15 years of his life in this camp before coming to Canada as a refugee in 2009. Since that time, Ahmed has been actively involved in supporting his local Rohingya community; translating for newcomers and helping them settle into their new life in Canada. Ahmed is also very committed to raising awareness about the plight of his people and has organized peace rallies and helped to co-write and performed in an award-winning theatrical production called "I Am Rohingya" that depicts the real-life events on the Rohingya actors and their families. The play has received a number of awards and to date has raised over $500,000 in support for Rohingya refugees. Ahmed has also gone on to help co-found the Canadian Rohingya Development Initiative, an organization dedicated to providing humanitarian aid to the newly arrived Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Ahmed has recently just returned from a two-week relief visit to Bangladesh, where he witnessed first-hand the devastating outcomes of the current genocide against the Rohingya people. Ahmed has spoken around the world in places such as the United Nations, Global conferences on refugees and Human rights, and the House of Commons, while pursuing post-secondary education at Conestoga College.

    NIGERIA AKINTUNDE OYEBODE

    EXECUTIVE SECRETARY/CEO

    LAGOS STATE EMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND

    Akin is a trained economist and finance professional, with a keen interest in development finance, job creation and policy reduction programmes. He currently leads the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund, Africa's largest subnational Government's job creation programme.


    • INDIA AMBARISH RAI

      FOUNDER/NATIONAL CONVENER

      RIGHT TO EDUCATION (RTE) FORUM

      Ambarish Rai began his education activism while still a student. His leadership in several education reform movements proved instrumental in making education a fundamental right in India. In 2010, he formed the Right to Education (RTE) Forum to strengthen and expand India’s Right to Education Act. In 2018, the Malala Fund selected Ambarish as a Gulmakai Champion. The Right to Education Act only guarantees free education until age 14. With his Gulmakai Network grant, Ambarish advocates to expand the law’s mandate to a full 12 years of education and increase government spending on education specifically for girls.

      AMINI KAJUNJU WEST AFRICA NEW UNI COTE D'IVOIRE IUDB

      EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

      IUGB FOUNDATION

      Amini Kajunju is the executive director of the IUGB Foundation. The Foundation is dedicated to empowering students and helping to develop the necessary resources to make the International University of Grand-Bassam (IUGB) a center of excellence for higher education in West Africa. Kajunju joins the Foundation from Africa Integras, where she served as director of strategic partnerships. Africa Integras, a New York-based firm, invests in the development of education infrastructure, including academic facilities, student hostels and faculty housing at African universities. Prior to her role with African Integras, Kajunju was the president and CEO of the Africa-America Institute (AAI), a New York-based non-profit dedicated to strengthening human capacity in Africa. She is the first African to serve at the helm of the oldest non-profit organization of its kind in the United States. A native of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kajunju also founded the Bashi Group, an international consultancy focused on education and entrepreneurship in Africa in 2016. With 20 years of experience in entrepreneurial and economic development, she joined AAI from the Workshop in Business Opportunities (WIBO), a New York-based non-profit small business development service provider serving entrepreneurs in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, where she was executive director for 10 years. She was honored as “Advocate of the Year” at Applause Africa’s African Diaspora Awards 2013 and was named Forbes’ 20 Young Power Women in Africa 2013. 

      AMY OGAN USA CARNEGIE MELON EDUTECH

      ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

      CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

      Dr. Ogan is the Thomas and Lydia Moran Assistant Professor of Learning Science in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. She is an educational technologist focusing on ways to make learning experiences more engaging, effective, and enjoyable. Her training spans many disciplines, with undergraduate degrees in Computer Science and Spanish, and a Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction supported by a fellowship from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). She has since been named a Rising Star in EECS by MIT, received the McCandless Early Career Chair, and been awarded the Jacobs Early Career Fellowship to study the use of educational technologies in emerging economies. Amy has been a visiting researcher at USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies and the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and has conducted field research on the deployment of educational technology across many international sites

      ANA GABRIELA PESSOA GLOBAL

      VP OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

      PEARSON

      Ana Gabriela is the VP of Strategic Partnerships at Pearson, responsible for product partnerships in digital channels across emerging markets and new customer segments. Previously she led Product Development and Innovation for Growth Markets at Pearson, covering markets across Hispanoamerica, Brazil, India, South Africa, Middle East, and China. Prior to working at Pearson, she was the Founder and CEO of Ezlearn Educacional, one of the first edtech companies in Brazil, which was acquired by Grupo Multi Educação in 2013. She is passionate about bringing innovation and new technology to advance education globally. Ana Gabriela has a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania (2003) and a Masters in International Education Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education (2007) where she attended as a Lemann Fellow and Fundação Estudar scholarship holder. She was selected in 2013 as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.

      NDREAS SCHLEICHER GLOBAL

      DIRECTOR FOR THE DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION AND SKILLS

      ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD)

      German born statistician and researcher in the field of education, Andreas Schleicher is a leading senior member at the OECD in Paris. He supports the Secretary-Generalês strategy to produce analysis and policy advice that advances economic growth and social progress. The work of the Directorate includes the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS), and the development and analysis of benchmarks on the performance of education systems (INES).

      ANDREW MOFFAT UK DIVRERSITY

      ASSISTANT HEAD TEACHER

      PARKFIELD COMMUNITY SCHOOL

      Andrew has taught in mainstream schools for 23 years as a classroom teacher, behaviour support teacher and manager of a behaviour unit . He is currently Assistant Head Teacher in a large inner city primary school in Birmingham. Andrew is the creator of the "No Outsiders" scheme, teaching children to celebrate diversity and equality. It is a whole school ethos that prepares children for life in a global community where diversity and difference are celebrated and incidents of prejudice and discrimination are challenged. Andrew has faced challenges to this work in the past, particularly over the inclusion of sexual orientation in the teaching of equality, but he has learned from different communities and through dialogue and relational trust,

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“High Touch High Tech (HTHT) for All”:

A call to action for a global consortium

Ju-Ho Lee,[1] Liesbet Steer,[2] and Joy Nam[3]

November 2020

 

COVID-19, for all its devastation and havoc wreaked, is a brutal and much needed wake-up call. It is a wake-up call that has revealed, very prominently, the limitations of our traditional brick-and-mortar modus operandi. It is also a wake-up call that has inevitably incited a newfound reliance on technology-driven digital and online solutions—and simultaneously exposed our lack of preparation in leveraging their potential.

 

That the education sector has been especially hard hit is well recognized. At the pandemic’s peak in April, 91% of the student population worldwide—almost 1.6 billion students—experienced the closing of their schools. While the wake-up call most apparently illuminates the current educational challenges engendered by COVID-19, it signals and signifies the gravity of a long-standing learning crisis that predates the pandemic. Projections by the Education Commission already revealed the concerning reality that 825 million students in low- and middle-income countries would not be on course to gaining basic secondary-level skills necessary for the labor market. The advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) adds a further dimension of urgency with 65% of current primary school students expected to have jobs that do not yet even exist today.

 

As the first act of the Fourth Industrial Revolution commences, it is necessitating a fundamental shift in what we learn and how we teach. Yet, if the COVID-19 response is any indication of our preparedness in adapting to the rapidly advancing 4IR landscape, prospects are grim. Evidenced by the often haphazard and disarrayed infusion of technology in remote learning schemes, a copy-paste type approach will neither suffice nor succeed; the offline content cannot simply be re-uploaded online. Rather, there is a need to meaningfully reconfigure and realign anew to the 4IR approach of acquiring, processing, and constructing information. Obfuscating the boundaries of the physical and digital, and even the biological, 4IR and the skills it demands are profoundly more complex, more creative, and more collaborative. Education must, therefore, also follow suit.

 

High Touch High Tech (HTHT)

Embodying these elements—conceptually, operationally, and relationally—is the High Touch High Tech (HTHT) learning approach. Like its name suggests, this approach is comprised of two distinct components and aims. High Tech refers to the advanced technology, and an adaptive learning technology that harnesses the power of artificial intelligence (AI), in particular. It boasts a diagnostic feature that identifies prior knowledge, and an adaptive facility that tailors instruction to diverse learning levels and needs—allowing students to be stimulated and nurtured as they progress at their own pace. Directly complementing the High Tech component is the equally critical High Touch element provided by teachers. With the inclusion of adaptive learning technology, teachers are afforded the capacity to supply more personalized guidance through software-informed data. Teachers are also granted more time to supervise active, interactive, and collaborative learning experiences, such as project-based learning, that foster higher-order and soft skills. Recognizing the importance of human touch and connection, mentoring that emphasizes socio-emotional development also constitutes a key aspect of the comprehensive High Touch learning schemes.

 

Spearheading this approach is the Education Commission and its recently established Asia hub, Education Commission Asia (ECA) based in Seoul, Korea. In the fall of 2019, the Education Commission, with support from the UK’s Department for International Development, the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training, and Arizona State University, launched the first HTHT prototype project in Vietnam. Implemented across a seventh grade math curriculum, the HTHT approach demonstrated a positive impact of 0.436 standard deviations—equivalent to two years of learning. Encouraged by these promising results, preparations are in development to conduct a feasibility study ahead of a scale-up to 40 schools throughout the country. With the primary mission of furthering HTHT’s reach, ECA has also made efforts to build a robust HTHT portfolio since its inception last year. Globally, projects are underway in Uruguay, where the HTHT approach will be implemented for math and computational thinking, in partnership with Plan Ceibal, and Indonesia, on course to begin next year. Progress has also been made on the domestic front: the HTHT University Consortium (which now includes 16 member institutions) provides support to Korean universities incorporating the HTHT approach in their curricula and the HTHT K-12 Consortium targets low-income students across multiple cities, children of North Korean defectors, and multi-ethnic Korean youth.

 

Even with the initial favorable results of the HTHT approach, however, its scalability holds the keys to its ultimate impact. HTHT must show promise not only as an approach that is adaptive to individual students, but as one that is ultimately adaptable to a variety of contexts. Without doubt, the most apparent and ubiquitous bottleneck in scaling HTHT is the infrastructural diversity in accessibility to networks and devices—and the accompanying variations in digital literacy. Unhindered by offline limitations, technology—and the digital devices, digital content, and online platforms it encompasses—inherently boasts the potential to enhance connections and foster exchange in learning. Yet, our evident lack of readiness in meeting the challenges of the current pandemic, and the greater 4IR era, has resulted in a failure to not only optimally capitalize on this potential but to prevent an exacerbation of the digital divide—further inhibiting learning for many students. With 43% of all students worldwide (about 706 million) lacking home internet access and an even greater proportion (about 826 million) with no household computer to use, technology-dependent remote learning schemes are proving more divisive than inclusive.

 

“HTHT for All”

Amid the chaos of COVID-19, education has been presented with an unprecedented opportunity to reorient its focus in light of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and redefine its scope to impact far more students than it does now. It is an opportunity, and simultaneously, a responsibility, that demands the attention and the proactive efforts of the global community. Heeding this call, the Education Commission and Education Commission Asia have launched a global initiative with the vision of sharing “HTHT for All.”

 

Just as the prospects of 4IR rest on our capacity to collaborate effectively across sectors and disciplines, so too will the “HTHT for All” initiative be determined by its success as a multi-sectoral and multidisciplinary pursuit. The prolonged devastation of the pandemic and its relentless penetration of all industries has also reaffirmed that no sector has been spared—and a collaboration across them is imperative in rebuilding and building anew. Channeling the momentum garnered from the crisis, this initiative, therefore, invites and urges relevant actors from all segments of the ecosystem to forge a synergistic alliance so that “HTHT for All”—true to its name and mission—can be realized for all students.

 

Integral in this collaborative endeavor are diverse actors fulfilling unique and complementary roles: educators sharing the content knowledge; government officials across various ministries advancing policy and securing funding; edtech innovators supplying the technology; network providers and industry partners constructing the infrastructural foundation; and non-governmental coalitions generating awareness and advocacy. Notably, even within a robust and supportive ecosystem, a passive coalescing of factors will not suffice; leaders and pioneers must make conscientious strides to forge partnerships and consensus.

 

Within the policy arena, a reliable system of cross-ministerial communication must be in place to ensure an overarching vision supported by durable funding streams, and proper oversight without duplication of efforts. Public-private partnerships between edtech providers and schools also comprise an essential feature of the ecosystem: the former must cooperate to distribute the technological hard- and software at subsidized rates, as the latter functions as a testing ground or testbed for the technology. Moreover, bolstering the legal framework to enhance the availability, accessibility, and applicability of data would serve to benefit researchers, instructors, and edtech providers alike. In the case of Korea, for instance, education data constitutes but a mere 5% of the total public database—only 9% of which is standardized and suitable for further analysis. It is only when these foundational elements take hold that an effective quadripartite collaboration across the government, academia, edtech industry, and NGOs will emerge—propelling the innovation, investment, and research necessary for an effective and equitable expansion of HTHT.

 

“HTHT for All” Global Consortium

For the vision conceived to become a vision actualized, the pursuit of “HTHT for All” must be advanced strategically, swiftly, and with great intentionality. Against the reality of competing interests and priorities, however, the ecosystem—and the actors that comprise it—will naturally remain scattered in their disparate domains unless otherwise prompted. To this end, the Education Commission and Education Commission Asia have joined forces to establish a multisided “HTHT for All” Global Consortium to anchor and unify the ecosystem in scaling the HTHT approach—and addressing the existing bottlenecks that prevent its proliferation. Inspired in large part by the success of the ECA-led University and K-12 Consortia in Korea, the Global Consortium stands to benefit from further leveraging the lessons emerging from the experiences of the two consortia.

 

Despite its relative nascency, ECA’s HTHT University Consortium has revealed that, with proper facilitation, scalability of the HTHT approach is indeed achievable. Without doubt, the rapid expansion of the Consortium can be attributed to the sudden onset of the pandemic—leaving cities, universities, and schools desperate and eager to embrace new ways of teaching and learning. The progress made is noteworthy, nevertheless. Highlighting the advantage of an evident network effect, or economies of scale, the Consortium has grown to enjoy the participation of 16 universities, eight edtech companies, five cities, four schools, and two foundations in a span of less than 10 months following its launch. Beginning with just six universities and one vendor, the Consortium’s incorporation of three new global vendors, shortly thereafter, resulted in garnering the interest of more institutions—some of which requested for adaptive learning platforms in Korean. The introduction of four domestic vendors and the increased courseware options in Korean then further heightened the appeal for prospective institutions, leading the Consortium to extend its membership to 10 additional universities and colleges.

 

The experience of the HTHT K-12 Consortium also provides a valuable perspective in the establishment of the proposed Global Consortium. Following the lead of its higher education counterparts, the K-12 Consortium’s first venture began in April of 2020 with the Seocho district of Seoul—part of the affluent Gangnam area yet replete with many students in disadvantaged and vulnerable contexts, particularly those low-income. Realizing the merit of personalized and adaptive modes of learning especially for these students, community youth centers in the district were keen to integrate the HTHT approach utilizing a Korean adaptive learning platform into their mentoring programs. In expanding the K-12 Consortium to other cities and regions, however, it quickly became evident that the participation of more and varied actors would be imperative. In contrast to universities with the capacity to pay access and usage fees, programs serving vulnerable or disadvantaged youth often rely on financial support from external organizations; hiring competent and trained personnel is also a prevailing challenge. As the convener and facilitator of the Consortium, ECA, therefore, initiated relationships with foundations and NGOs to secure funding, as well as with colleges to supply student mentors for these programs. Alongside enlarging its geographic presence, the K-12 Consortium has actively pursued partnerships with schools and centers for children of North Korean defectors and multi-ethnic Korean youth so as to extend its reach to more diverse populations. A promising partnership with a middle and high school for children of North Korean defectors has been particularly instructive in functioning as a model case for other nontraditional, alternative schools seeking to join the Consortium.

 

Notwithstanding HTHT’s relative newcomer status on the block of learning modalities, its diffusion has been remarkably proactive and purposeful. Insights from Arizona State University’s experience in implementing adaptive learning approaches have contributed to shaping the Vietnam prototype; the lessons learned from the Vietnam prototype, then, in turn, have motivated and catalyzed the operations of both the University and K-12 Consortia in Korea. Against this backdrop, the Education Commission and Education Commission Asia’s proposed “HTHT for All” Global Consortium is uniquely situated to even further accelerate the testing of the HTHT approach in more varied contexts and subsequently strengthen the robustness of its evidence base. Through the preceding examples, the lesson most prominently brought to the fore is that of the need for all the relevant actors of the HTHT ecosystem (e.g., schools, universities, vendors, NGOs, foundations) to be appropriately represented in the Consortium. Notably, the Global Consortium’s added capacity to invite the participation of multilateral development banks and organizations, as well as global companies in network and energy, will serve to reinforce and galvanize the ecosystem in overcoming the digital divide to deliver HTHT to all.

 

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“HTHT for All” is a call to action. It is a call to action for a collective mobilization of efforts, talents, and funds from all facets of the ecosystem. At the same time, it is a response—and a responsibility—to redress the global community’s inaction, as yet, to produce a concerted plan and way forward that will adequately equip students far beyond the pandemic.

 

No longer can we afford to dismiss the learning crisis as simply an educational issue; no longer can we continue to address it as a purely educational endeavor. Given the known effects of education on individual and societal outcomes, the learning crisis—albeit most pressing and prominent as an educational issue today—will eventually resurface as a workforce issue, and ultimately, as an enduring challenge that impairs the overall economy. It is only a matter of time.

 

The wake-up call may be loud and commanding now, but it will not resound forever. The aftermath of failing to recognize it, however, will persist into the decades ahead—long after COVID-19 has abated. The anticipation of a return to normalcy cannot justify our present neglect and complacency.           

 

While the attention to the learning crisis is long overdue, the opportunity is now. How—and how thoughtfully—we harness it will determine the strength and sustainability of its impact. As a global initiative that addresses the wake-up call—and the corresponding opportunity, “HTHT for All,” strives to be as inclusive as it is innovative—for true impact is realized only when the innovation is accessible and enjoyed by more than a privileged few.

 

Today, “HTHT for All” is an initial call to action, but through our collective vision, drive, and resolution, it can inspire a transformation of learning altogether for students and societies today, tomorrow, and for generations to come.

[1] Ju-Ho Lee, Chairperson of Education Commission Asia

[2] Liesbet Steer, Director of the Education Commission

[3] Joy Nam, Consultant at Education Commission Asia

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People

Board of Directors


Ju Ho Lee Chairperson and CEO

Professor, KDI School of Public Policy and Management
Commissioner, International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity
Former) Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Republic of Korea


Doh-Yeon Kim Commissioner

Chairperson, Ulsan Industrial Education Foundation
Former) President, Pohang University of Science and Technology
Former) Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Republic of Korea


Tae Wan Kim Commissioner

Director of HTHT Education Committee
President, Korean Institue for Future Education
Former) President, Korean Educational Development Institute


Kilho Lee Commissioner

Director of Edutech Ecosystem Committee
CEO, Time Education
President, Korea Edutech Industry Association


Seung Hwan Lee Commissioner

Director of Primary and Secondary Education Innovation Committee
Chief Director, SEED CO-OP
Former) Chief of the Founding Committee, University Student Donation for Education


Jae Wook Kim Auditor

CEO, Yeolmae Company
KICPA
Former) KPMG SIA


Soo In Jung Auditor

Attorney, S&L Partners
Former) Director, Korea Work Life Balance Foundation
Former) Director, Work and Family

Advisory Committee


Baela Jamil Commissioner

Commissioner, International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity
CEO, Idara-e Taleemo-o


Elizabeth King Commissioner

Brookings Institute Senior Fellow
Former) Director of Education &
Acting Vice President, World Bank


Heesuk Yun Commissioner

21st Member of the National Assembly
Professor, KDI School of Public Policy and Management
Former) Advisor, National Economic Advisory Council


Gwang-jae Lee Commissioner

21st Member of the National Assembly
Former) Chief Director, Future Consensus Institute
Former) 35th Governor of Gangwon-do


Koo Hyeon Jung Commissioner

CEO, J Campus
Former) President, The Seoul Forum for International Affairs
Former) President, Samsung Economic Research Institute


Sung Yeol Kim Advisor

President, The Korean Educational Research Association
Former) Vice President, Kyungnam University
Former) President, Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation


Eung Gweon Kim Advisor

President, Halla University
Former) The 1st Vice Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
Former) President, Woosuk University

 


Jaebum Kim
Advisor

CEO, Mason Intelligence
Former) CIO, Benetton Korea
Former) Managing Director, IBM Korea Cloud SW Business Dept


Chul Kyun Kim‎
Advisor

President, Dosan Academy
Former) President, Korea Education and Research Information Service
Former) Presidential Secretary for New Media at the Blue House


Namgi Park Advisor

Chairman, The Korean Educational Administration Society
Former) President, Gwangju National University of Education
Former) Chairman, The Journal of Law of Education


Hye Ri Baek

Director of Digital Communication
Communication Director, SEED CO-OP
Former) Communication Specialist, Compassion Korea


Taeje Seong Advisor

Former) Professor, Ewha University
Former) President, Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation
Former) Secretary General, Korean Council for University Education


Jae Hyang So Advisor

Global Center on Adaptation, Strategy & Partnerships
Former) World Bank Senior Advisor, Director


SeYeoung Chun Advisor

Professor, Chungnam National University
Former) President, Smart Education Society
Former) President, Korea Education and Research Information Service


Sang Mok Choi Advisor

President, Agricultural Cooperative University
Former) 1st Vice Minister of Economy and Finance
Former) Secretary to the President for Economic and Financial Affairs


Chang-beom Kim Advisor

Advisor, Center for Strategic and Cultural Studies, Korea
Former) Korean Ambassador, European Union
Former) Korean Ambassador, Indonesia

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education commission asia part 2

Research-into-Action Labs


Hoon Cho

President of K-Edu Lab
Director of International Cooperation, Seojeong University
MBA, The University of Chicago (Booth School of Business)


Sung Jae Park

President of University Innovation Lab
Research Fellow, Korean Educational Development Institute
Former) Assistant Secretary to the President for Education at the Blue House
Ph.D. in Law, Korea University


Tae Yong Jung

President of Global Innovative Education Lab
Director of Global Partnership, Education Commission Asia
Professor, Yonsei University


Chang-gil Kim

Vice President of Global Innovative Education Lab
Invited Professor, Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Seoul National University
Executive Member, Technical Advisory Committee Food and Fertilizer Technology Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Former) President, Korea Rural Economic Institute


Booyuel Kim Senior Research Fellow

Professor, Seoul National University
Former) Professor, KDI School of Public Policy and Management
Ph.D. in Sustainable Development, Columbia University


Hee Jin Kim Senior Research Fellow

Researcher, Cambridge University
Former) Consultant, World Bank and OECD
Ph.D. in Education, The University of Cambridge


Tae In Park Senior Research Fellow

Academic-Industrial Cooperation Professor, Medical Big Data Research Center at Seoul National University College of Medicine
Former) Research Professor, Yonsei University
Former) Chair, Study Group on Collaborative and Deliberative Governance, Asian Association for Public Administration


Jongho Shin Senior Research Fellow

Professor, Ajou University
Ph.D. in Educational Technology, Hanyang University, Korea 


Sung Ho Lee Senior Research Fellow

CEO, Inno D-Lab
Former) Fellow, Korea Development Institute
Ph.D. in Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School


Kyung Won Chang Senior Research Fellow

Professor, Kyonggi University
Ph.D. in Educational Technology, Seoul National University


Yoon Hee Ha Senior Research Fellow

Professor, Graduate School of Energy and Environment of Korea University
Ph.D. in Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Delaware


Dongseok Kim Senior Research Fellow

Professor, KDI School of Public Policy and Management
Vice President, Korea Development Institute
Ph.D in Economics, Stanford University


Sung Jin Kang Senior Research Fellow

Professor, Department of Economics, Korea University
President Institute of Sustainable Development, Korea University
Handling editor, Singapore Economic Review


Woo-Kyun Lee Senior Research Fellow

Professor, Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University
Director, OJeong REsilience Institute, Korea University
Director of Institute for Climate Change Action


MinKi Kim Senior Research Fellow

<spanProfessor, College of Business, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Ph.D. in Economics, The University of Chicago


Semee Yoon Senior Research Fellow

Assistant Professor, Underwood International College, Yonsei University
Ph.D, in Sustainable Development, Columbia University


So Yoon Ahn Senior Research Fellow

Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
Former) Research Assistant, Pierre-André Chiappori and Bernard Salanié
Former) Intern, Korean Women’s Development Institute


So Youjin Hahn Senior Research Fellow

Associate Professor, School of Economics, Yonsei Unviersity
Former) Assistant Professor, School of Economics, Yonsei University
Lecturer (tenured), Dept. of Economics, Monash University, Australia


Jooyoung Kwak Senior Research Fellow

Professor, Department of Economic, Yonsei University
Consultant, World Bank
Research Fellow, Institute for Global Engagement and Empowerment


Moonsang Kang Senior Research Fellow

Manager,Higher Vocational Research Institute, Korean Council For College University Education
Former) Director of Induk University’s Educational Innovation Institute

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Secretariat


Eun Hwangbo Secretary General

Former) Secretary General, Korea Council for University College Education
Former) Secretary General, Hanbat National University
Former) Secretary General, Korea National Sport University


Yeong Jick Kwon Director

Former) Secretary General, Gyeongin National University of Education
Former) Director of General Affairs at Korea National Sport University
Former) Director of General Affairs at Andong National University


Yoo Jeung Nam Consultant

Former) Consultant, World Bank
Ph.D. Candidate of Education Policy, Columbia University


Sohee Shin Consultant

Former) Global Marketing Manager, Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul Headquarters
Master of Higher Education and Student Development, Wheaton College, USA


Seung Cheol Ohk Consultant

Former) Researcher, Architecture & Urban Research Institute
Former) Researcher, National Democratic Institute Myanmar
Master of Public Policy, Oxford University


Yealin Im Consultant

Youth advisory group, Presidential Education Council
Former) Intern, Resto du Coeur
Master’s Candidate of International Affairs, Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris

Learning Revolution Forum


Jin Ho Ham President

Research fellow, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
Board member, Chairperson of Steering Committee, Director, Platform of Scientists, Entrepreneurs and People
CEO, Friesty


Seok Kyu Na Steering Committee Member

CEO, Linus Vietnam
Committee Member, Hanyang University, Graduate School of Management of Technology and Innovation


Young Su Min Steering Committee Member

President, SPARK
Former) Deputy Secretary to the President for Civil Service at the Presidential Office


Jae Chan Park Steering Committee Member

Vice President, Korean Association of Private Secondary School Principals
President, Daegu Association of Private Secondary School Principals
President, Korean Institute for Future Education


Jong Yun Steering Committee Member

Teacher, Yongi Elementary School
Former) Adjunct Professor, KyungHee University
Ph.D. in Education, KyungHee University


Hye-Jung Lee Steering Committee Member

Director General, Institute for Education and Innovation
Former) Assistant Research Professor, Center for Teaching and Learning, Seoul National University, Korea
Former) Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Center for Research and Development in Higher Education, Hokkaido University, Japan


Dae Kil Cha Steering Committee Member

Senior Research Engineer, Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science & Creativity
Former) Senior Research Engineer, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology
Ph.D. in Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology


Jae Hyun Kim Administrative Secretary

Educational Innovation Director, Central Christian Academy
Online Teacher Support Group, Ministry of Education
Capacity Development for ICT, KOICA Rwanda 2019


Hyun Ho Chung Administrative Secretary

CEO, Intopia
Chief Director, Korea Youth Policy Academy
Advisory Committee Member, National Assembly Future Institute  

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    Patrick Brothers

    Founder

    HolonIQ

    Relena Sei

    CEO

    Jumpstart Media

    Rebecca A. Fannin

    Founder

    Silicon Dragon

    Dr Jennifer Chang Wathall

    Education Consultant


  • Speakers

    Richard Culatta

    CEO

    , International Society for Technology in Education

    Kamran Elahian

    Chairman and Founder

    Global Innovation Catalyst

    Julian Fisher

    Co-Chair

    Education Forum, British Chamber of Commerce (China)

    Matt Greenfield

    Managing Partner

    Rethink Education

    Dr Simon Leung

    Vice Chairman

    NetDragon Websoft Holdings Ltd

    Dr. Steven Li

    Chief Analyst and Director of Industrial Economics Research Center

    Tencent Research Institute

    Elliott Masie

    Chair

    The Learning Consortium

    Bill Ning

    Founding Partner

    Blue Elephant Capital

    John C Tsang

    Founder

    Esperanza

    A warm welcome to everyone. These days, I often find myself  fumbling for the right words when I greet a diverse group of webinar participants like yourselves coming from different time zones. The simple ‘Good mornings’ or ‘Good afternoons’ just don’t work anymore for obvious reasons. The timing of the gathering may be a bit uncivilised for some of you, but we are delighted that you can join us, and we are grateful that technology has brought us together. First of all,  a big thank you to Cyberport, our co-creator, the many local and international partners and the distinguished speakers of our Summit today.

    The Edventures Global Business Acceleration Program was actually conceived over two years ago at the founding of Esperanza.  Little did we know at the time that an unknown virus would trigger in a matter of weeks a revolution that would change  everything we have taken for granted, especially in the way we teach and learn all over the world. This new normal has become an integrated part of our daily living in the 21st Century. 

    We have inherited an education system that has remained largely unchanged since the 19th Century. The Brookings Institution predicted in a recent study that if the education sector were to stay on its current trajectory, in a decade’s time, that is, by 2030, half of our young population would lack the basic skills needed to thrive in the 21st Century. To alter this dire destiny, we must make rapid, non-linear progress, what Brookings calls leapfrogging, with the aid of technology acting as catalyst and change agent. 

    Learning is most effective when it is enjoyable for all concerned. Technology can make learning fun for learners using interesting and effective methods and materials. Technology can also help unburden teachers from administrative minutiae leaving them time to attend to individual students and prepare relevant instructional materials and supplements.

    Through the use of AI and data analytics, technology can help formulate individualised education plans, track progress to suit the needs of students learning at different paces and evaluate the impact of learning on a continuous basis. As we seek to nurture a new generation of global citizens, technology can also enable students to collaborate and learn with peers in different parts of the world in real time. 

    Technology can also assist students with physical or developmental disabilities to learn in more meaningful and effective ways. While the concern about digital divide is real and has to be tackled as a matter of priority, there is no denying that technology can make quality learning more accessible to remote or otherwise difficult-to-reach students with little economic means.  

    There is a common perception that edtech is used primarily to develop digital literacy. Not so. According to the same Brookings study, literacy, numeracy and 21st Century skills are the top three areas that edtech innovations can address. We should also be mindful that edtech applications should not be just about the replication of traditional classroom instructions on digital platforms. We should also avoid relying on technology as an extra layer of reinforcement, for example, in the form of additional online after school classes, duplicating efforts in the physical world and aggravating further the problems of existing systems.

    Successful edtech innovations can modify and augment the learning experience from a student-centred perspective. Edtech applications can redefine what, how, when, where and with whom we should learn. This demands a fundamental change in the mindsets of educators, parents and the community at large. It also requires effective collaboration among a complex and interconnected web of stakeholders outside the classroom, from policy-makers, education technology providers, NGOs to funders, investors and the business community. The Brookings study pointed out that 46% of edtech innovations have been implemented by NGOs, with the private sector as the second largest at 40%, while governments have contributed only 11%.

    The Edventures Global Business Acceleration Program is part of Esperanza’s Reimagine Education Initiative that was launched last year. Our startup NGO advocates new ways to live, learn and work in the 21st Century and channels community resources to support change makers from Hong Kong and around the world. We believe that we can learn from and collaborate with one another in developing effective solutions with global significance. 

    With this objective in mind, Esperanza initiated, together with Cyberport and a wide array of partners, the inaugural Edventures GBA Fellowship. The program aims to identify fast growing edtech ventures, connect them with like-minded people and organisations to help them realise their global ambitions. 

    In a few hours’ time,  the ten finalists of the Fellowship will present their work and look for partnership opportunities. They are also exhibiting at a virtual expo until 22 November. You may wish to visit them after their pitches to understand more about their work and meet with them to discuss how you may work together. 

    Our expert speakers will share shortly their insights on the edtech development trends globally and in China, the largest and fastest growing edtech market in the world today. The acronym “GBA” also stands for the Greater Bay Area, the region that comprises the two Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macao, and nine cities in the Guangdong Province of China. 

    The GBA has a population of over 70 million people and a GDP of USD1.5 trillion, which is equivalent to the world’s 11th largest economy, somewhere between Russia and Canada. This region has the largest port and airport groups in the world, and the commercial entities operating in this area finance, manufacture and transport more products to all corners of the earth than any other place.  For those of you who are interested to learn about the potential of the GBA as an edtech innovation hub, do join us later in the Summit for the release of the GBA edtech market study conducted by Supercharger Ventures.

    Ladies and gentlemen, renowned educator John Dewey said that “If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow”. 

    Education is, indeed, too important a subject to be left only to education professionals. It is a matter for all of us. Together we can make the necessary changes to meet the challenges of the 21st Century for ourselves and our future generations. This Summit brings together a microcosm of our society with edtech experts, educators, parents, startups, investors, talent development and other business professionals. So, let us join forces now to reimagine the future for our children.

    Thank you.

    Peter Yan

    CEO

    Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Ltd


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  • John Tsang Welcome Remarks

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    Edtech Investment Panel

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    Edtech Developments and Trends: A Global Perspective

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    China: The Edtech Epicentre

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Patrick Brothers, Founder, HolonIQ (moderator)

Richard Culatta, CEO, International Society for Technology in Education

Kamran Elahian, Chairman and Founder, Global Innovation Catalyst

Elliott Masie, Chairman, The Learning Consortium

The panel moderated by Patrick Brothers, Founder, HolonIQ takes a deep dive into education technology from a global perspective and investigates the demand, trends, and opportunities.

Brothers sets the scene by pushing the audience to expand the definition of education technology as we currently see it – from traditional models to new ways of thinking about school.

“Education technology is new ways of finding knowledge, content, and access to resources as learners. It is about helping schools, universities and institutions be more efficient and reach their students and parents more effectively.

A lot of the technology is enabling and supporting the globalization of education today – whether that’s language learning or accessing education across different countries and different regions of the world.”

He shares that education is a $6T business but only $200B is invested in education technology.  And $10 billion is invested into ed tech startups and organizations.

“The three really big powerhouses are China, India, and the US, who are leading global investment around the world.”

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Richard Culatta, CEO of International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) begins with stating the use of technology to close long standing equity gaps, personalize learning and empower students to use technology to design the learning themselves.

He speaks about the “positive” disruption that COVID-19 has brought to the ed tech industry.  “I hate that it took a pandemic for that to happen, but we are actually in a place that is very exciting because we have finally had the chance to overcome some of these basic infrastructure issues.”

Culatta highlights two areas that need solutions. First,  technology that supports authentic assessment. Second, tools that help teachers manage a more personalized learning experience.

He adds that the future of ed tech needs to blur the lines between education technology and learning science.

“It’s no longer okay to have a company that’s building ed tech if you don’t have somebody who is a learning science researcher, or somebody to advise on it.”

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Our next panelist, Elliott Masie, Chairman of The Learning Consortium speaks of his experience in e-learning in the context of work.

“Don’t try to replicate school!”, he begins to state.

“The number one thing that we hear from employees is that they don’t care about going back to school. What they want is to get the skill to do today and tomorrow’s job. They want to figure out how to do something quickly and rapidly.” 

To get great learning experience, he iterates that we have to do more behavioral design. He adds that technology should not build addictive but design “exploratory, creative and collaborative behavior:.

Elliott also emphasizes the need for a shift  from selling to understanding the market. “It’s a great investment moment, but don’t think it’s about selling learning because a very large percentage of EdTech companies go bankrupt because they haven’t mapped their idea to really where the market is going to be.”  

He finishes his talk by saying, “We, together as individuals, schools, the government, communities and religions have to build an ecosystem and an ecology around learning.”

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Kamran Elahian, Chairman and Founder of Global Innovation Catalyst,  who has vast experience in innovation and entrepreneurship, sheds light on how education and technology are rapidly changing in today’s time.

Elahian says “we are in a very interesting inflection point in evolution of our species that has a profound impact on the integration of technology as a leverage for education and the future of the world.”

He points out that broadband ushers the innovation economy. “Patents, IP, a lot of the knowledge, the way we value that has lost its value because the innovation economy is about disruption, implementation and execution.”

Elahian pinpoints that the future of education is different because it is all about algorithmic content now. ”Today there are gazillion pieces of knowledge and information available to us. You don’t need a teacher to come and teach you something, but instead a coach or a mentor who can help you find your way. “

He concludes by saying that in the innovation economy, it’s the youth that have the ability, the upper hand. “I say it’s good business, anybody who understands innovation economy, to invest in education and experiential learning of youth, especially women.”

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Before concluding the panel, the three experts underscore the importance of “adding failure” in the learning process.

“We have incentivized the wrong skill. We’ve incentivized a one-shot, whereas the skill that you actually need to be successful in a highly-connected virtual world is the skill of trying again, and again, and again, with new and different collaborators until you get it right,” says Culatta.

Elahian adds that “technology allows  you to go and take a chance, try something new, be creative and make mistakes … in a safe place by simulation”.

Masie points out the need to create a home learning environment. He offers his piece of advice to parents, “let’s get rid of tiger moms and dads.”

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Rebecca Fannin, Founder, Silicon Dragon (Moderator)

Dr Steven Gang Li, Chief Analyst and Director of Industrial Economics Research Center, Tencent, Research Institute

Julian Fisher, Co-Chair, Education Forum, British Chamber of Commerce (China)

Dr Simon Leung, Vice Chairman, NetDragon Websoft Holdings Ltd.

“Out of 14 ed tech unicorns worldwide, eight are from China!” begins Rebecca Fannin of Silicon Dragon as she introduces the panel on ed tech developments and market opportunities in China. 

Our first panelist, Dr. Steven Li Chief Analyst and Director of Industrial Economics Research Center at Tencent Research Institute gives an overview of the China market  landscape.

He says the Tencent Research Institute has constructed the digital GDP index to measure the developments of the digitalization trends in all sectors in China. The index measuring the education digitalization has grown about threefold in the past five years. And most of the developments are taking place in the ‘off-school’ edtech sector.

Dr Li explains that we can break the edtech market into the ed and the tech parts. 

“Startups often provide innovative digitized education content to be consumed in schools and off-schools. And there are bigger companies providing the technology solutions to the content providers.”

 

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Dr Simon Leung, Vice Chairman, NetDragon Websoft Holdings Ltd. gives us a snapshot of the future of learning and the opportunities in the China market.

“Our company is very excited about technology because it can help address the education equality or inequality issue,” he says. The other thing is through big data and AI, we can learn at our own pace with personalised curriculum. The trend is towards blended learning and the Chinese government is spending a lot of money to provide the infrastructure support. 

He thinks there are tremendous opportunities for people coming in from the outside, even in the tier three, four, five cities. The people out in remote areas have increased spending power and are also a lot more knowledgeable about and will have access to technology especially with 5G.  He pinpoints that the key is to localize the offering for China. 

“It’s important to segment the China market and map it out, because each one requires a different strategy. And then you convince the right stakeholders to embrace the right kind of technology.”

Dr Leung points out that one of the few areas that is encouraged for foreign players to come in is vocational education. Increasingly Chinese parents also want their children to learn soft skills and additional languages.

Whilst incremental change is one direction, he underscores the opportunity to change fundamentally the way we learn, by bringing quality education to more people.

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Relena Sei (CEO of JumpStart Media) facilitated this panel with two edtech specialist VCs:

  • Matt Greenfield, Managing Partner, Rethink Education
  • Bill Ning, Founding Partner, Blue Elephant Capital

Nature of Edtech Investment: Greenfield and Ning highlights the importance of government regulations in the ed tech arena. Ning points out that good education companies are labour intensive businesses and therefore growth would be slower than a typical tech venture. Investors have to be more patient.  Both speakers emphasize that founders of edtech businesses should have strong vision and values. Matt reckons that edtech investors have to start with what their values are.  Rethink Education only invests in edtech ventures that could make a difference and narrow the gap between the vulnerable and the privileged. They have elaborate requirements and rubrics on the beneficiaries, the benefits and the theory of change.

Strategy for Novice: For investors with no prior experience, Greenfield suggests that they piggyback on the experienced ones. It is essential to understand the customer needs to get the product-market-fit. Successful startups are often those with a social mission working on a peripheral innovation to solve a problem that no one is working on. The social mission could also help attract talents. 

Co-investment Consideration: Ning remarks that great content, talent and time are in short supply. They look for co-investment partners that could bring good content, resources and connections to entrepreneurs. Rethink Education likes to work with family offices and foundations that have a different time horizon. They have the legacy consideration and will not panic easily if something goes wrong. Whilst the return takes longer to realise, the loss ratio is also lower. For Rethink Education, only one out of 20 investments flopped.

China Market: Ning shares the phenomenal growth of edtech in the Chinese Mainland market. Education is an RMB $7 trillion business, at 6-7% of China’s GDP. Families are willing to spend a lot on after school tutoring. There is also a great deal of money flowing into edtech with 4-5 unicorns, attracting talents (engineers, designers and educators) into the sector. Whilst the current focus is on K12 , he envisages that the market would shift from K12 to Y12, including universities, vocational training and distance learning. The digital content market will be big,  fueled by the development of AR and VR.

Role of Hong Kong: Ning believes Hong Kong and other Greater Bay Area cities are well placed to develop education technology in the next 10 years. The region has an abundant supply of talents, the hardware/manufacturing supply chain and strong government support to education. Hong Kong could play an important role with an international talent pool and a good education system. There is a lot that the rest of the GBA can learn from Hong Kong. Greenfield reckons that Hong Kong could play the role of “translating’ languages, culture and legal systems.  There is also abundant capital in Hong Kong that could be recycled from successful entrepreneurs to ‘missionary’ ventures. 

 

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Julian Fisher, Co-Chair, Education Forum at British Chamber of Commerce (Beijing) shares his experience of helping small UK businesses and startups enter the China market.

He begins by introducing the market opportunities for foreign players. “Early years, zero to three is a huge space. Teacher training is probably the biggest thing that we hear on a daily basis. Homework has a lot of local players but it’s still an area of opportunity. And then also mental health.”

“But a broader trend is that of research-backed ed tech … because parents, institutions, and local governments, all want results – and to see that this is education based on research.”

Fisher stresses that foreign companies have to offer added value and like what Dr Leung says, it has to be a blended experience with both online and offline learning.  He puts forward some key questions that startups should be able to answer when entering China:

  1. Who’s your competition? 
  2. What is their pricing? 
  3. What is your actual market?
  4. How many schools can you sell to?
  5. Do you understand the procurement processes? 
  6. What resources are you going to set aside?

“I worked with a lot of SMEs. They often want to come to China, spend no money and make huge amounts of money. And the truth is, that’s never going to work.”

He echoes the importance of getting a local partner and localising the offering. “You’ve got to be super adaptable to the Chinese market … you’d need to get a foothold working with a school group or working with one university testing, iterating, getting a feedback loop.”

He highlights the need for a shift in mindset. “You’re not just changing the way that things are taught, but also the teaching approach and eventually changing pedagogy.” 

Dr Li concludes by saying that “good quality content is in short supply in China. Hong Kong has a lot of good contents to offer because of the concentration of good schools and universities,  which is enviable for most of the cities in China.”

Permalink Reply by chris macrae on January 10, 2021 at 4:45pm

interestng debate staged nov 2020 with sponsorship from singulaity uni

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4 excellent contributors to what education needs to be - do follow up 


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101ways-generation.docx 101 ways education can save the world WHAT IF WE DESIGNED LIFELONG LIVELIHOOD LOEARNING SO THAT so that teachers & students, parent & communities were empowered to be ahead of 100 times more tech rather than the remnants of a system that puts macihnes and their exhausts ahead of human life and nature's renewal 2016 is arguably the first time thet educatirs became front and centre to the question that Von neummn asked journalist to mediate back in 1951- what goods will peoples do with 100 times more tech per decade? It appears that while multilaterals like the Un got used in soundbite and twittering ages to claim they valued rifghts & inclusion, pubblic goods & safety, they fotgot theirUN tech twin in Genva has been practising global connectivity since 1865, that dellow Goats of V neumnn has chiared Intellectual Cooperation in the 1920s which pervesrely became the quasi trade union Unesco- it took Abedian inspired educations in 2016 ro reunite ed and tecah as well as health and trade ; 7 decades of the UN not valuing Numenn's question at its core is quite late, but if we dare graviate UN2 aeound this digital coperation question now we give the younger half if the world a chnace especially as a billion poorest women have been synchronised to deep community human development since 1970

Dear Robert - you kindly asked for a short email so that you could see if there is a CGTN anchor in east coast who might confidentially share views with my expectation of how only Asian young women cultural movements (parenting and community depth but amplified by transparent tech in life shaping markets eg health, food, nature..) can return sustainability to all of us
three of my father's main surveys in The Economist 1962-1977 explain imo where future history will take us (and so why younger half of world need friendship/sustainable adaptation with Chinese youth -both on mainland and diaspora)
 1962 consider japan approved by JF Kennedy: argued good news - 2 new economic models were emerging through japan korea south and taiwan relevant to all Asia Rising (nrxt to link the whole trading/supply chains of the far east coast down through hong kong and cross-seas at singapore)
1 rural keynsianism ie 100% productivity in village first of all food security- borlaug alumni ending starvation
2 supercity costal trade models which designed hi-tech borderless sme value chains- to build a 20 million person capital or an 8 million person superport you needed the same advances in engineering - partly why this second economic model was win-win for first time since engines begun Glasgow 1760 ; potentially able to leverage tech giant leaps 100 times ahead; the big opportunity von neumann had gifted us - knowhow action networking multiply value application unlike consuming up things
1976 entrepreneurial revolution -translated into italian by prodi - argued that future globalisation big politics big corporate would need to be triangularised by community scaled sme networks- this was both how innovation advancing human lot begins and also the only way to end poverty in the sense of 21st C being such that next girl born can thrive because every community taps in diversity/safety/ valuing child and health as conditions out of which intergenerational economic growth can spring
in 1977 fathers survey of china - argued that there was now great hope that china had found the system designs that would empower a billion people to escape from extreme poverty but ultimately education of the one child generation (its tech for human capabilities) would be pivotal ( parallel 1977 survey looked at the futures of half the world's people ie east of iran)
best chris macrae + 1 240 316 8157 washington DC
IN MORE DETAIL TECH HUMAN EXPONENTIALS LAST CHANCE DECADE? 
 - we are in midst of unprecedented exponential change (dad from 1960s called death of distance) the  tech legacy of von neumann (dad was his biographer due to luckily meeting him in his final years including neumann's scoping of brain science (ie ai and human i) research which he asked yale to continue in his last lecture series). Exponential risks of extinction track to  mainly western top-down errors at crossroads of tech  over last 60 years (as well as non transparent geonomic mapping of how to reconcile what mainly 10 white empires had monopoly done with machines 1760-1945 and embedded in finance - see eg keynes last chapter of general theory of money); so our 2020s destiny is conditioned by quite simple local time-stamped details but ones that have compounded so that root cause and consequence need exact opposite of academic silos- so I hope there are some simple mapping points we can agree sustainability and chinese anchors in particular are now urgently in the middle of
Both my father www.normanmacrae.net at the economist and I (eg co-authoring 1984 book 2025 report, retranslated to 1993 sweden's new vikings) have argued sustainability in early 21st c will depend mostly on how asians as 65% of humans advance and how von neumann (or moores law) 100 times more tech every decade from 1960s is valued by society and business.
My father (awarded Japan's Order of Rising Sun and one time scriptwriter for Prince Charles trips to Japan) had served as teen allied bomber command burma campaign - he therefore had google maps in his head 50 years ahead of most media people, and also believed the world needed peace (dad was only journalist at messina birth of EU ) ; from 1960 his Asian inclusion arguments were almost coincidental to Ezra Vogel who knew much more about Japan=China last 2000 years ( additionally  cultural consciousness of silk road's eastern dynamics not golden rule of Western Whites) and peter drucker's view of organisational systems
(none of the 10 people at the economist my father had mentored continued his work past 1993- 2 key friends died early; then the web turned against education-journalism when west coast ventures got taken over by advertising/commerce instead of permitting 2 webs - one hi-trust educational; the other blah blah. sell sell .sex sell. viral trivial and hate politicking)
although i had worked mainly in the far east eg with unilever because of family responsibilities I never got to china until i started bumping into chinese female graduates at un launch of sdgs in 2015- I got in 8 visits to beijing -guided by them around tsinghua, china centre of globalisation, a chinese elder Ying Lowrey who had worked on smes in usa for 25 years but was not jack ma's biographer in 2015 just as his fintech models (taobao not alibaba) were empowering villagers integration into supply chains; there was a fantastic global edutech conference dec 2016 in Tsinghua region (also 3 briefings by Romano Prodi to students) that I attended connected with  great womens education hero bangladesh's fazle abed;  Abed spent much of hs last decade hosting events with chinese and other asian ambassadors; unite university graduates around sdg projects the world needed in every community but which had first been massively demonstrated in asia - if you like a version of schwarzman scholars but inclusive of places linking all deepest sustainability goals challenges 
and i personally feel learnt a lot from 3 people broadcasting from cgtn you and the 2 ladies liu xin and  tian wei (they always seemed to do balanced interviews even in the middle of trump's hatred campaigns), through them I also became a fan of father and daughter Jin at AIIB ; i attended korea's annual general meet 2017 of aiib; it was fascinating watching bankers for 60 countries each coming up with excuses as to why they would not lead on infrastructure investments (even though the supercity economic model depends on that)
Being a diaspora scot and a mathematician borders (managers who maximise externalisation of risks) scare me; especially rise of nationalist ones ;   it is pretty clear historically that london trapped most of asia in colomisdation ; then bankrupted by world war 2 rushed to independence without the un or anyone helping redesign top-down systems ; this all crashed into bangladesh the first bottom up collaboration women lab ; ironically on health, food security, education bangladesh and chinese village women empowerment depended on sharing almost every village microfranchise between 1972 and 2000 especially on last mile health networking
in dads editing of 2025 from 1984 he had called for massive human awareness by 2001 of mans biggest risk being discrepancies in incomes and expectations of rich and poor nations; he suggested that eg public broadcast media could host a reality tv end poverty entrepreneur competition just as digital media was scaling to be as impactful as mass media
that didnt happen and pretty much every mess - reactions to 9/11, failure to do ai of epidemics as priority from 2005 instead of autonomous cars, failure to end long-term carbon investments, subprime has been rooted in the west not having either government nor big corporate systems necessary to collaboratively value Asian SDG innovations especially with 5g
I am not smart enough to understand how to thread all the politics now going on but in the event that any cgtn journalist wants to chat especially in dc where we could meet I do not see humans preventing extinction without maximising chinese youth (particularly womens dreams); due to covid we lost plans japan had to relaunch value of female athletes - so this and other ways japan and china and korea might have regained joint consciousness look as if they are being lost- in other words both cultural and education networks (not correctly valued by gdp news headlines) may still be our best chance at asian women empowerment saving us all from extinction but that needs off the record brainstorming as I have no idea what a cgtn journalist is free to cover now that trump has turned 75% of americans into seeing china as the enemy instead of looking at what asian policies of usa hurt humans (eg afghanistan is surely a human wrong caused mostly by usa); a; being a diaspora scot i have this naive idea that we need to celebrate happiness of all peoples an stop using media to spiral hatred across nations but I expect that isnt something an anchor can host generally but for example if an anchor really loves ending covid everywhere then at least in that market she needs to want to help united peoples, transparency of deep data etc

2021 afore ye go to glasgow cop26-

please map how and why - more than 3 in 4 scots earn their livelihoods worldwide not in our homeland- that requires hi-trust as well as hi-tech to try to love all cultures and nature's diversity- until mcdonalds you could use MAC OR MC TO identify our community engaging networks THAT SCALED ROUND STARTING UP THE AGE OF HUMANS AND MACHINES OF GKASGOW UNI 1760 1 2 3 - and the microfranchises they aimed to sustain  locally around each next child born - these days scots hall of fame started in 1760s around   adam smith and james watt and 195 years later glasgow engineering BA fazle abed - we hope biden unites his irish community building though cop26 -ditto we hope kamalA values gandhi- public service - but understand if he or she is too busy iN DC 2021 with covid or finding which democrats or republicans or american people speak bottom-up sustainable goals teachers and enrrepreneurs -zoom with chris.macrae@yahoo.co.uk if you are curious - fanily foundation of the economist's norman macrae- explorer of whether 100 times more tehc every decade since 1945 would end poverty or prove orwell's-big brother trumps -fears correct 2025report.com est1984 or the economist's entreprenerialrevolutionstarted up 1976 with italy/franciscan romano prodi

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