The COVID-19 pandemic has suddenly transformed learning and teaching around the world. According to UNESCO, around 1.5 billion students are out of school in over 165 countries affected by the pandemic. Due to massive school closures, there is a huge interest in distance learning and solutions using technology and digital innovations to improve teaching and learning. An essential requirement for shifting from physical classrooms to online learning creates many implications on urban activities and the future of urban management.
The pandemic has exacerbated the existing learning crisis for low-income and upper middle-income people in Asia and the Pacific. Prior to the outbreak, physical access wasn’ta key contributing factor to the learning crisis; rather, children were not learning despite going to school. The pandemic has amplified concerns of access as well as poor learning. Basic literacy and numeracy skills of the next generation in these countries are likely to decline unless there is immediate and meaningful intervention.
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing governments around the world to find innovative and practical approaches to improve teaching and learning. An unprecedented surge in online learning provides opportunities to reimagine new ways teaching and learning. But how can cities answer the problems and challenges triggered by the pandemic, and new ways of teaching and learning with their urban planning and management?
OBJECTIVES
• Learn about the future of educations and its implication to cities
• Discuss how the governments and businesses should respond to the new trends
• Discuss the impact to the SDGs targets and achievements
Tuesday, 14 July 2020,
09.00 – 11.30 AM (Jakarta, GMT+7)
AUDIENCES
This webinar is attended by both Indonesian and international audiences such as academics, school and university managers, policymakers, development practitioners,government and non-government agencies interested in the education sectors in general and urban development in particular.
Opening Speech: Prof. Dr. Yos Johan Utama, Rector Universitas Diponegoro
Introductory Speech: Dr. Bambang Susantono, Vice President of Asian Development Bank
Panel Session (Prof. Imam Buchori, Universitas Diponegoro)
Speaker:
The future of education in Asia and the Pacific, Dr. Brajesh Panth, Chief of Education Sector, ADB
Education for Gross National Happiness in Bhutan, Dr. Kanokpan Lao-Araya, Country Director for Bhutan, ADB
Critical aspects for achieving goal 4 and 11 of SDGS in Indonesia, Dr. Wiwandari Handayani, Center for Urban and Regional Resilience Research (CURE), Universitas Diponegoro
Towards sustainable cities: bringing planning and education closer, Dr. Ashok Das, University of Hawaii