Rethinking Learning in a Digital Age: Outcomes from EDUsummIT 2017
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Rethinking Learning in a Digital Age: Outcomes from EDUsummIT 2017 Joke Voogt1,2 · Gerald Knezek3
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Abstract “Rethinking learning in the digital age” was the theme of EDUsummIT 2017, which was held in Borovets, Bulgaria in September, 2017. Approximately 100 policy makers, practitioners and researchers met to discuss key topics in nine Thematic Working Groups. These topics were: (1) education systems in the digital age: the need for alignment; (2) informal learning with technology; (3) professional development for technology-enhanced learning leaders; (4) digital agency to empower equity in the classroom; (5) formative assessment supported by technology; (6) developing creativity in teachers and learners; (7) learning from national policy experiences;(8) upbringing in a digital world: opportunities and possibilities of schooling, and (9) sustainability and scalability of technology integration initiatives. In this special issue we present the scholarly articles that were written after EDUsummIT 2017, based on discussions within the Thematic Working Groups during the meeting itself. We also present the Call to Action that was consolidated from the closing statements of the nine EDUsummIT 2017 Thematic Working Groups. Keywords Digital technology · Education systems · Informal learning · Creativity · Digital agency · Technology leadership · Professional development · Assessment · Upbringing · Educational policy · Sustainability · Scalability · EDUsummIT
1 Introduction This special issue is the result of the Fifth International Summit on Information and Communication Technology in Education (EDUsummIT), which was held from September 18–20, 2017 in Borovats, Bulgaria. EDUsummIT is an invitational, working summit focusing on the integration of information and communication technology in education. * Joke Voogt [email protected] Gerald Knezek [email protected] 1
University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, Zwolle, The Netherlands
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University of North Texas, Denton, USA
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The EDUsummIT community consists of approximately 100 key stakeholders meeting biannually around the world. Previous EDUsummITs were held in The Hague (2009), Paris (2011)—together with UNESCO, Washington (DC) (2015) and Bangkok (2015—with UNESCO Bangkok. EDUsummIT2017 in Bulgaria was held under the patronage of UNESCO and the European Commission, specifically under the patronage of Mariya Gabriel, European Union Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society, and Eva Maydel, member of the European Parliament Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO). Policy makers, practitioners and researchers from 31 countries discussed challenges and research-informed, practice-based strategies to effectively implement technology into teaching and learning. The next EDUsummIT will take place in Quebec, Canada, from September 29–October 2, 2019. The EDUsummIT initiative started with the publication of the Internationa
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