Event

"SDG 4 Regional Dialogues” webinar series. Webinar 3: Educational Innovation: Teaching Practice and Digital Learning

UNESCO Santiago, the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, will present progress on two regional initiatives contributing to the technical debate on educational recovery, reactivation, and transformation: the Regional Teacher Strategy and the educational innovation diagnosis for Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Event
Series of webinars on the Regional Dialogues for SDG 4. Educational Innovation: Teaching Practice and Digital Learning
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Rooms :
Online
Type :
Cat VII – Seminar and training
Arrangement type :
Virtual

This webinar will also feature a discussion with experts on how educational innovation in teaching practice and digital learning supports the processes of recovery, reactivation, and transformation in education.

Additionally, the event will share experiences from various countries in the region on implementing innovations in teaching practice and digital learning.

The webinar will be held as part of the regional dialogues on Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4).

Thursday, 29th August

  • 11:00 to 13:00, Santiago
  • 17:00 to 19:00, CET (Central European Time)
  • 12:00 to 14:00, Buenos Aires, Brasilia, and Montevideo
  • 11:00 to 13:00, La Paz, Asunción, Havana, Santo Domingo, and Caracas
  • 10:00 to 12:00, Bogotá, Quito, Lima, and Panama City
  • 09:00 to 11:00, San José, San Salvador, Mexico City, Guatemala City, Tegucigalpa, and Managua

Join the Webinar

YouTube (in Spanish), UNESCO Santiago channel: 

Zoom (interpretation to English):   
Código de acceso: 086331

Detailed agenda

11:00 – 11:05 (5 min)

Greeting and welcome

Valtencir Mendes, Head of Education at UNESCO Santiago

 

11:05 – 11:20 (15 min)

Progress of the Regional Teaching Strategy for Latin America and the Caribbean (RTE 2024-2030)

Valtencir Mendes, Head of Education at UNESCO Santiago

Denisse Gelber, Consultant UNESCO Santiago

 

11:20 – 11:35 (15 min)

Present results of the Diagnostic of Educational Innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean

Amparo Naranjo Grijalva, UNESCO Education Specialist Santiago

Ana María Raad B., Director of the Reimagina Foundation 

 

11:35 – 12:05 (30 min)

Panel discussion: Educational innovation

  • Pedagogical Innovations Approach: Montserrat Creamer, Former Minister of Education of Ecuador 
  • Digital Skills Development Approach for Teachers, Nicole Bella, UNESCO Kingston Education Specialist.
  • Focus on consolidating innovation processes: María Florencia Ripani, Director of the CEIBAL Foundation.

Moderator: Ramón Iriarte, UNESCO Santiago Education Specialist 

 

12:05 – 12:10 (5 min)

Interaction with participants

Share 3 words that define what educational innovation means to you!

Moderator: Michelle Ferreira Brito, Consultant UNESCO Santiago 

 

12:10 – 12:55 (45 min)

Panel on educational innovation experiences: teaching practice and digital learning

"From commitment to action": How is innovation being integrated into teaching practices and digital learning in your country’s educational systems?

  • Jamaica: Winsome Gordon, Chief Executive Officer in Teaching Council, Jamaica.
  • Honduras:  José Álvaro López Gámez, general director of Educational Technological Innovation.
  • Peru: Marisol Molina Salas, Director of Teacher Training in Service (DIFODS).
  • St: Maarten: Sharleen Dickenson, Lead Implementation Manager of the Student Information Systems (SIS) and Learning Management Systems (LMS) for Division Public Education St. Maarten.
  • Uruguay:  Pablo Pages, Head of the Department of Local and Global Digital Citizenship.

Each country has 8 to 10 minutes of presentation

Moderator: Jerónima Sandino, Consultant UNESCO Santiago 

12:55 – 13:00 (5 min)

Closing words

Ernesto Fernández Polcuch, Director of the UNESCO Regional Office in Montevideo

Concept note and agenda (PDF)

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