Letter of invitation
Dear experts and scholars,
The 2021 International Seminar on Technological
Progress Promotes the Quality of Rural Education hosted by the UNESCO
International Research and Training Centre for Rural Education (UNESCO
INRULED), the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education
(UNESCO IITE) and the Beijing Normal University is scheduled to be held online on
16-17 January 2021. The seminar aims to deepen understanding and consensus on
the approach of technological progress for quality rural education, leverage
international wisdom for the improvement of rural education in the
post-pandemic era, and explore possible solutions for the sustainable
development of the rural education.
The seminar will be held via Zoom Webinar and live streaming
will be organized. The seminar is comprised of 4 panel sessions surrounding 6central
sub-themes, namely: influence of online education on development theories,
discussion of pedagogical approaches to online education, sociological thinking
of online education, role of partnership in online education, accessibility and
inclusion in online education, promotion and encouragement of leadership in
online education, and assessment of online education.
No conference fee will be charged for this seminar.
Please refer to the end of the post for details of participation. We extend
sincere invitations to the experts and scholars at home and abroad in related
fields and looking forward to your participation!
UNESCO
International Research and Training Centre for Rural Education;
Faculty of
Education, Beijing Normal University
1. Date
and Venue:
Date:
20:00-22:50 (Beijing time), January 16-17, 2021
Venue: Zoom
Online Webinar
2. Theme
and sub-themes
l Influence
of online education on development theories
l Discussion
of pedagogical approaches to online education
l Role
of partnership in online education
l Accessibility
and inclusion in online education
l Promotion
and encouragement of leadership in online education
l Assessment
of online education
3. Hosts
l UNESCO
International Research and International Research and Training Centre for Rural
Education (UNESCO INRULED)
l UNESCO
Institute for Information Technologies in Education (UNESCO IITE)
l Faculty
of Education, Beijing Normal University
4. Working
language
English and
Chinese (simultaneous interpretation will be provided)
5. Agenda
|
20:00-22:50 BJT (GMT+8), January 16th,
2021 |
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Opening
Ceremony Chairperson:
Dr. Ronghuai Huang, Director, UNESCO INRULED; Professor, Beijing Normal
University |
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20:00
- 20:35 |
l Welcome address by Prof. Zuoyu Zhou, Vice
President of Beijing Normal University (5mins) l Welcome address by Dr. Tao Zhan, Director
of UNESCO IITE (5mins) l Welcome address by Ms. Ping Li, Executive
Director, National Center for Educational Technology (5mins) l Welcome address by Mr. Changwei Qin,
Secretary-General, Secretariat of National Commission of the People’s
Republic of China for UNESCO (5mins) l Introduction video regarding ICT in
education (10mins) l Online group photo (2 mins) |
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Panel
session 1: Discussion of pedagogical approach on online education Chairperson:
Ms. Natalia Amelina, Senior National Project Officer in Education, UNESCO
IITE |
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20:35
- 21:10 |
l Topic: Promote the Balanced Development
of Rural Basic Education with Shared Intellectual Resources (15 mins) Presenter: Dr. Shaoqing Guo, Professor,
Dean of the School of Educational Technology at Northwest Normal University,
China l Topic: The Relevance of Interactivity in
Online Education (15 mins) Presenter: Dr. Jennifer Mathes, Chief
Executive Officer, Online Learning Consortium, USA |
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21:10-21:45 |
l Topic: Rural Teachers’ Perception of
Online Professional Development: A Community of Inquiry Perspective (15 mins) Presenter: Dr. Hongliang Ma, Professor,
Shaanxi Normal University, China l Topic: Improving teachers’ competencies
to teach online live classes (15 mins) Presenter: Dr. Philip Wing Keung Chan,
Lecturer, Monash University, Australia Co-presenter: Dr. Li Kan, Macquarie
University, Australia |
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Panel
session 2: Partnership in online
Education Chairperson:
Dr. Xiaodong Zeng, Executive Director, UNESCO INRULED; Professor, Beijing
Normal University |
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21:45–22:35 |
l Topic: Exploration on the construction
and implementation of Sichuan Normal University’s Rural Education Innovation
Zones (15mins) Presenter: Dr. Haidong Zhang, Vice
President, Sichuan Normal University, China l Topic: Nisai Group – An innovative
approach to deliver rural education to achieve SDG2030 goals through the use
of technology Presenter: Mr Dhruv Patel, Founder and
CEO, Nisai Group, UK l Topic: All-round cooperation for ICT
application in education for rural education development (15mins) Presenter: Mr. Yaqiang Wu, Director and
chief researcher at Smart Education Research and Development of Lenovo
Research Center, China |
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Q&A Session |
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22:35-
22:45 |
l Q & A session moderated by Prof.
Xiaodong Zeng |
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Closing remarks by Prof. Xiaodong Zeng |
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20:00-22:55 BJT (GMT+8), January 17th,
2021 |
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Opening Introduction |
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20:00- 20:35 |
l Brief introduction to the seminar program:
Ms. Natalia Amelina (3 mins) l Online group photo (2 mins) |
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Panel session 3: Accessibility and
inclusion in online education Chairperson: Ms. Natalia Amelina, Senior
National Project Officer in Education, UNESCO IITE |
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|
20:05- 20:55 |
l Topic: Three Classrooms + AI: Practices
for Improving the Education Quality of Rural Schools (15 mins) Presenter:
Dr. Jixin Wang, Professor at School of AI and Education, Central China Normal
University, China l Topic: The invisible digital divides:
Stories from the West (15mins) Presenter: Dr. Palitha Edirisingha,
Associate Professor of Education, School of Education, University of
Leicester, UK l Topic: Innovation and Lessons Learned for
Improving Rural Education; Moving beyond the deficit model to a strength
based strategic plan (15mins) Presenter: Dr. Robert M. White, Fellow at
Durham University, School of Education, UK. |
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Panel session 4: Leadership of online
education Chairperson: Dr. Guoyuan Sang,Vice Dean,
Institute of Rural Education and Rural Development; BNU Professor |
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20:55-21:30 |
l Topic:
Expert-based Collective Advising Mechanism for Rural Schools (15mins) Presenter: Dr.
Shengquan Yu, Professor at Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University,
China l Topic: The
Covid-19 pandemic and student support networks in higher education:
Implications for leadership (15mins) Presenter: Dr.
Rille Raaper, Associate Professor, School of Education, Durham University, UK Co-presenter:
Dr Anna Llewellyn, Assistant Professor, School of Education, Durham
University, UK |
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21:30-22:05 |
l Topic:
Theories, research evidence and illustrations with real life examples of
online learning environments and related assessment approaches (15 mins) Presenter: Dr.
Martin Valcke, full professor in the field of “Instructional Sciences” at the
Ghent University, Belgium l Topic: The time
to act is now. Teaching learning and assessment (15mins) Presenter: Dr.
Nicky Mohan, Director of the Infosavvy21, Canada and New Zealand |
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Q&A Session |
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22:05-22:15 |
l Q & A session
moderated by Prof. Guoyuan Sang |
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Closing ceremony Chairperson: Prof. Xiaodong Zeng,
Executive Director, UNESCO INRULED; BNU Professor |
|
|
22:15-22:40 |
l Launching of a report regarding ICT in
rural education in China by UNESCO INRULED (15 mins) Presenter:Dr. Baoping LI, Associate
Professor, Vice Dean, Institute of Rural Education and Rural Development, Beijing
Normal University l Summary and closing remarks by Prof.
Xiaodong Zeng (10mins) |
1. List
of keynote speakers
v Chairpersons:
1.
Dr. Ronghuai Huang, Professor, Changjiang Scholar, Director of UNESCO International Rural
Educational and Training Centre, Dean of Smart Learning Institute, Director of
National Engineering Laboratory for Cyberlearning and Intelligent Technology,
Beijing Normal University.
2.
Dr. Xiaodong Zeng, Professor, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University; Executive
Director of UNESCO International Research and Training Centre for Rural
Education
3.
Ms. Natalia Amelina, Senior National Project Officer in Education, UNESCO Institute for
Information Technologies in Education
4.
Dr. Guoyuan Sang, Professor at Faculty of Education and Vice Dean, Institute of Rural
Education and Rural Development, Beijing Normal University
v Speakers for the welcome addresses:
1.
Mr. Changwei Qin, Secretary-General, Secretariat of National Commission of the People’s
Republic of China for UNESCO
2.
Dr. Tao Zhan, Director, UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education
3.
Dr. Zuoyu Zhou, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, Vice President, Beijing Normal
University
4.
Ms. Ping Li, Executive Director, National Center for Educational Technology
v Presenters for keynote speeches: (in alphabetical order)
1.
Dr Anna Llewellyn, Assistant Professor, School of Education, Durham University, whose
research sits at the nexus of education, sociology, and cultural studies. Dr
Llewellyn’s work is interested in discourses of childhood and youth,
particularly with regards to societal normatives and marginalisation.
2.
Dr. Baoping Li, Associate Professor, Vice Dean, Institute of Rural Education and Rural
Development, Beijing Normal University.
3.
Mr Dhruv Patel, Founder and CEO, Nisai Group, UK
4.
Dr. Haidong Zhang, associate researcher, Vice President, and Dean of Institute of Global
Governance and Area Studies, Sichuan Normal University
5.
Dr. Hongliang Ma, Professor of Educational Technology in School of Education at Shaanxi
Normal University; Executive Director of Research Center for Western China
Education.
6.
Ms Jennifer Mathes, Chief Executive Officer, Online Learning Consortium, USA
7.
Dr. Jixin Wang, Professor at School of AI and Education, Central China Normal University;
Director of Coordination and Innovation Center for ICT in Education for
Balanced Development of Primary Education
8.
Dr. Li Kan, exam supervisor and campus mentor in Macquarie University and a research
member in the China Research Network at Monash University. Her research focuses
on education equity of migrant children in China.
9.
Dr. Martin Valcke, full professor in the field of “Instructional Sciences” at the Ghent
University, Belgium and head of the Department of Educational Studies in the Faculty
of Psychology and Educational Sciences. Building on his PhD-work in the field
of educational information sciences, his actual field of research focuses
mainly on the Innovation of Higher Education and the integrated use of
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).
10. Ms Nicky Mohan, Director of the Infosavvy21, Canada and New
Zealand
11. Dr. Palitha Edirisingha, Associate Professor of Education; Programme
Leader: MA International Education (DL) and PG Certificate in Learning
Technologies; Co-Director: Post Graduate Research Programme, School of
Education, University of Leicester.
12. Dr. Philip Wing Keung Chan, Lecturer in the Faculty of Education, Monash
University. His research work is focused on network governance and public
education reform, especially in the context of Chinese enterprise schools.
13. Dr. Rille Raaper, Associate Professor, School of Education, Durham
University. Dr Raaper specialises in student identity, experience and agency in
higher education. She has conducted numerous research projects on higher
education policy and practice and its impact on students as learners, citizens
and political agents.
14. Dr. Robert M. White, Fellow at Durham University, School of Education,
UK
15. Dr. Shaoqing Guo, Professor, Dean of the School of Educational Technology
at Northwest Normal University; Director and Chief Editor of the CSSCI Journal:
e-Education Research
16. Dr. Shengquan Yu, Professor, Director of Advanced Innovation Center
for Future Education at Beijing Normal University, Director of the Joint Laboratory
for Mobile Learning, MoE-China Mobile Communications Corporation.
17. Mr. Yaqiang Wu, Director and chief researcher at Smart Education
R&D, Lenovo Research Institute
2. Meas
of participation
Join
the seminar via Zoom Meetings
Zoom Meeting ID:
882 4743 2300
Password: 123123
Zoom Meeting
Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88247432300?pwd=bG13dmhkWXdtYkJUZFJXQnJiQm9rQT09
3. Contact
information
Ms. Yuan’an
Fang, Tel: 18810899760
E-mail: fangya@inruled.org
UNESCO INRULED
Website: https://inruled.bnu.edu.cn/zw/
