Ai-AGE team members had the opportunity to visit Shanghai and attend the 2024 World Digital Education Conference, organized by the Ministry of Education of China and UNESCO. The event gathered over 900 participants, including more than 400 international representatives from around 80 countries.
🔹 Key Themes of the Conference:
- Digital and Smart Education – presentation of results and proposed frameworks and strategies (China, UNESCO, OECD).
- Formation of the World Digital Education Alliance (WDEA) – an alliance inviting education ministers from various countries to join.
- Global Opening of China’s Digital Education Platform – www.csmartedu.cn as a potential global resource for online education.
📌 Organization & Key Takeaways:
The conference was well-organized, primarily structured around presentations with limited opportunities for discussion and interaction. Key speakers included representatives from China, UNESCO, and OECD, along with a few presentations based on experiences from other countries.
💡 Key Insights:
- Significant progress has been made in digital education, but challenges and obstacles remain.
- There is a strong global interest in collaboration and partnerships in this field.
- China’s initiatives in education could have a global impact, especially through the newly opened online learning platform.
Attending this conference was a valuable experience, reinforcing the idea that digitalization in education is an unstoppable process—the real question now is how we will shape and implement it on a global scale. 🚀🌍
