Part I - Exploring the Potential of Digital Technologies to Innovate Education and Training Practices: A Conversation with the European Commission

"The potential of digital technologies to innovate education and training practices and improve access to lifelong learning for employment, personal development and social inclusion." Listen to a conversation between Yves Punie, Sen... view more "The potential of digital technologies to innovate education and training practices and improve access to lifelong learning for employment, personal development and social inclusion." Listen to a conversation between Yves Punie, Senior Scientist and Deputy Head of Unit at the European Commission Joint Research Centre in Seville, Unit Human Capital and Employment, and Cristobal Cobo, Senior Education Technology Specialist at the World Bank, about the potential of digital technologies to innovate education and training practices and improve access to lifelong learning for employment, personal development and social inclusion. This is Part I of a two-part conversation. Part II of the conversation focuses on digital technologies to innovate education and training practices in the European context. view less

Learning Mode:
Podcast
Topics: Education, Quality of Education, Distance Education, Skills and Education, Education and ICT, Employability, Skills and Jobs, Education, Skills Development and Labor Market, Lifelong Learning, Social Inclusion, Education Policy and Planning, Social Development, ICT Innovation and Transformation, Reskilling, Vocational Education and Technical Training, Employability Training, Training Programs, Second Skills Development, Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Pandemics, Digital Technology, Employment
GP:
Education
Keywords:
Europe, Future of Education, Lifelong Learning, eLearning, EdTech, technology adaption, Teachers, educators, Digital Transformation, employability, Education System, Digital skills, Skills Training, Social Development, technology skills, Digital Technologies, Covid, Entrepreneurship, Skills and Employment, Future Employability and Skills, Education Technology
Language:
English
Length:
00:24:00

Presenter Info

Cristóbal Cobo

Senior Education Specialist, World Bank Cristóbal Cobo is a Senior Education Specialist at the World Bank, focusing on the effective and appropriate use of new technologies in education. Before joining the World Bank in 2019, where he is a core member of the World Bank's global edtech team, Dr. Cobo spent 15 years working at the intersection of future of learning, cultures of innovation, and human-centered technologies across both developed and developing countries.

Yves Punie

Senior Scientist and Deputy Head of Unit, European Commission Joint Research Centre, Seville Yves Punie is senior scientist and Deputy Head of Unit at the European Commission Joint Research Centre in Seville, Unit Human Capital and Employment. He leads its research and policy activities on "Digital Learning and Skills". The research area started in 2005 with the aim to provide evidence-based policy support to the European Commission on harnessing the potential of digital technologies to innovate education and training practices, improve access to lifelong learning and to deal with the rise of new (digital) skills and competences needed for employment, personal development and social inclusion. His recent work on capacity building for the digital transformation of education and learning, and for the changing requirements for skills and competences has focussed on the development of digital competence frameworks for citizens (DigComp), educators (DigCompEdu), educational organisations (DigCompOrg) as well as frameworks on Personal, Social and Learning to Learn (LifeComp) and entrepreneurship (EntreComp). Before joining the JRC in 2001, he was interim Assistant Professor at the Free University of Brussels (VUB). He holds a Ph.D. in Social Sciences. For his list of publications, see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yves_Punie.