On September 4th, 2023, UNESCO’s inaugural Digital Learning Week officially kicked off at its headquarters in Paris. Under the banner of “Steering technology for education”, Digital Learning Week delves into the transformative influence of digital learning platforms and advancements in AI as part of building a new social contract for education. By focusing on governance, norms, and standards, as well as best practices for pedagogical transformation, it aims to foster inclusive and ethical practices while cultivating collaborative partnerships to achieve greater impacts. The goal of the event is to facilitate the productive exchange of ideas, experiences, and practices to steer and leverage technology for education. OS-EASY was invited to participate in this series of Digital Learning Week activities as a partner of UNESCO.
Opening Ceremony of Digital Learning Week
OS-EASY & UNESCO-ICHEI Delegation
The Digital Learning Week is the rebranding of the decade-long UNESCO Mobile Learning Week. Since its first inception in 2011, Mobile Learning Week has become UNESCO’s most influential flagship summit in the field of educational information and communication technology. The first “Digital Learning Week” will hold the ‘International Symposium on Digital Learning Platforms’ and the ‘High-Level International Forum on Artificial Intelligence and Education’, examining how both can be steered to reinforce and enrich humanistic education. During this time, it will feature the Award ceremony of the UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICT in Education with its latest edition focused on the use of public digital learning platforms.The Prize is the highest reward within UNESCO that recognizes innovative approaches in leveraging new technologies to expand educational and lifelong learning opportunities for all, in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Goal 4 on education. In 2022, the laureates were “Smart Education of China”, implemented by the National Center for Educational Technology of China, and “The National Resource Hub“ran by the National Forum for Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education of Ireland.
Ms.Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director-General for Education of UNESCO, delivered a speech and highlighted the importance of digital platforms in ensuring educational continuity. Situated in a digital era with the continuous rise of new technologies like generative AI, we are propelled to consider the rational adoption of technology in education and shoulder responsibilities following the principles of “inclusiveness, equity, quality and sharing.”Ms. Giannini added that digital learning should be a public good, and must be ethics-oriented and content-driven. She hoped that this event would deliver this important message to respective governments, teachers, and stakeholders of education, and foster a rich discussion.
Assistant Director-General during her speech
As the reliable provider of desktop cloud technology, OS-easy is committed to becoming a leader in the global desktop cloud field and promoting the digital transformation & development of international education. At the same time, OS-easy has reached a strategic cooperation with Unesco and the two parties have cooperated in the fields of smart classrooms, ICTE micro-certification, and curriculum resource sharing.
Until now, OS-easy business has covered more than 10 countries and regions. desktop cloud products are used in Malaysia, Japan, Singapore, Africa and other regions, helping teachers and students of many universities such as Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia and Universiti Sains Malaysia to study and work on the cloud. Next, OS-easy will utilize the Digital Learning Week activity platform to actively communicate with partners from various countries to jointly discuss the prospects for educational development in the digital era, promote the progress and innovation of global education under the collision of ideas, and promote the co-construction and sharing of global educational resources.
