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The 7th International Conference on GCED (IConGCED) was successfully concluded on November 3rd to 4th, 2022. Co-organized by APCEIU, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, and in partnership with UNESCO, the Conference gathered about 3,320 online participants on the first day and 3,103 online participants on the second day.

In the 7th IConGCED, participants had the opportunity to discuss the mixed effects of technological innovations and how GCED should be implemented to address the digital divide, which brings inequality and exclusion issues and to enhance digital and media literacy in order to secure just and peaceful societies through education while making good use of the digital technologies. In addition, the Conference held a special session on the progress made in the revision of the 1974 Recommendation concerning Education for International Understanding, Co-operation and Peace and Education relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms which is to improve its relevance and effectiveness as a strong instrument to keep it reliable and applicable towards the achieving the SDG Target 4.7 in particular.

You can now view the recordings of the Conference on the IConGCED Youtube channels except Plenary Session 1, 2, and Concurrent Session 1.2 (these sessions will be accessible soon). To view the recordings, please click the title of the sessions below:

[Day 1]

Opening

Opening address

• Sang-Yoon Jang, Vice Minister of Education, Republic of Korea
• Sang-hwa Lee, Ambassador and Deputy Minister for Public Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea
• Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO

Congratulatory address: H. E. Khondker Mohammad Talha, Ambassador, Permanent Delegation of Bangladesh to UNESCO; Group of Friends for Solidarity and Inclusion with GCED 

Welcoming address: Hyun Mook Lim, Director, APCEIU

Moderator: Jeongmin Eom, Head, Office of Research and Development, APCEIU

Moderated Conversation: The digital transformation and the future of GCED

Moderator: Soon-Yong Pak, Professor, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea

Speakers:

• Neil Selwyn, Professor, School of Education Culture & Society, Monash University, Australia
• Shamah Bulangis, Co-chair, Transform Education hosted by UNGEI, Philippines 
• Elisa Guerra, Teacher and Founder, Colegio Valle de Filadelfia, Mexico; Member of UNESCO's International Commission on the Futures of Education

PART I. Digital transformation recaptured by GCED - What are significant issues, possibilities and challenges brought by the digital transformation from the perspective of GCED?

Plenary Session 1. GCED in the digital world that connects and divides

Moderator: Dylan Wray, Director, Center for Learning, Human Responsibility Accelerator

Speakers:

• Janice Richardson, International Advisor, Insight SA
• Alton Grizzle, Programme Specialist, Section for Media and Information Literacy and Media Development, UNESCO
• Peck Cho, Chair-Professor, Institute of General Education, Korea University, Republic of Korea
• Lisa van Wyk, Global Communications Manager, World Wide Web Foundation

Concurrent Sessions 1

Session 1.1. Addressing emerging issues: digital divide, polarization, and the emergence of new ethics and digital citizenship

Moderator: Kevin Kester, Associate Professor, Department of Education, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea

Speakers:

• 'Gbenga Sesan, Executive Director, Paradigm Initiative, Nigeria
• Sunyong Byun, Professor, Department of Ethics Education, Seoul National University of Education, Republic of Korea
• Diego Manrique, Coordinator, Core Team, GCED Youth Network

Discussant: Rachel Parker, Senior Research Fellow, Education and Development, Australian Council for Education Research (ACER)

Session 1.2. Building up digital citizenship and media and information literacy (MIL)

Moderator: Lisa van Wyk, Global Communications Manager, World Wide Web Foundation

Speakers:

• Cecilia Barbieri, Chief of Section for Global Citizenship and Peace Education, Division for Peace and Sustainable Development, Education Sector, UNESCO 
• Josaphat Tjiho, Acting-Director, MiLLi Trust, Namibia
• Bushra Ebadi, Social Innovator; Co-Founder, HILA Alliance

Special Concurrent Session. Street dialogue: Empowering youth, empowered by youth

Co-Moderators:

• Tina Trdin, Coordinator, Association Lojtra
• Bastien Fillon, President, Officine Cittadine

Speakers:

• Project introduction: Jihong Lee, Head, Office of Education and Training, APCEIU
• Case Presentations

[Day 2]

PART II. Futures of GCED: Digital transformation and beyond

Introduction 

Concurrent Sessions 2 

Session 2.1. Policy and advocacy

Moderator: Neil Selwyn, Professor, School of Education Culture & Society, Monash University, Australia

Panelists:

• Ethel Agnes Pascua-Valenzuela, Director, Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Secretariat
• Marco Pasqualini, Education Programme Specialist, UNESCO Regional Bureau for Education in the Arab States
• Phinith Chanthalangsy, Unit Head of Social and Human Sciences Sector, UNESCO Regional Office for Southern Africa
• Md Walid Bin Quashem, First Secretary, Permanent Delegation of Bangladesh to UNESCO

Session 2.2. Curriculum, pedagogy and practice 

Moderator: Shamah Bulangis, Co-chair, Transform Education hosted by UNGEI, Philippines

Panelists:

• Dylan Wray, Director, Center for Learning, Human Responsibility Accelerator 
• Rowena Hibanada, Director, Community Partnership and Extension Office, Philippine Normal University, Philippines 
• Jihong Lee, Head, Office of Education and Training, APCEIU

Session 2.3. Monitoring 

Panelists:

• Chair: Esther Care, Professorial Fellow, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne, Australia
• Roshan Bajracharya, Senior Regional Advisor for Asia and the Pacific, UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
• Ralph Carstens, Senior Research Advisor, International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA)
• Rachel Parker, Senior Research Fellow, Education and Development, Australian Council for Education Research (ACER)
• Hwanbo Park, Associate Professor, Department of Education, Chungnam National University, Republic of Korea & Daehoon Jho, Professor, Department of Social Studies Education, College of Education, Sungshin Women’s University, Republic of Korea

Plenary Session 2. Wrap-up & Recommendations for action

Moderator: Elisa Guerra, Teacher and Founder, Colegio Valle de Filadelfia, Mexico; Member of UNESCO's International Commission on the Futures of Education

Presentations from each session:

• 2.1. Policy and advocacy:  Neil Selwyn, Professor, School of Education Culture & Society, Monash University, Australia
• 2.2. Curriculum, pedagogy and practice: Shamah Bulangis, Co-chair, Transform Education hosted by UNGEI, Philippines
• 2.3. Monitoring: Esther Care, Professorial Fellow, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne, Australia

Discussants:

• Carolyn Wilson, Executive Director, McLuhan Foundation; Lecturer, Faculty of Education, University of Western Ontario, Canada; Former Chair of the UNESCO MIL Alliance
• Antonia Wulff, Director, Research, Policy and Advocacy Unit, Education International (EI)

Special Session. Sharing the Progress on the Revision of the 1974 Recommendation concerning Education for International Understanding, Cooperation and Peace and Education relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

Presentation by UNESCO: Lydia Ruprecht, Team Leader for Global Citizenship Education, Section for Global Citizenship and Peace Education, Education Sector, UNESCO

Panelists:

• H. E. Khondker Mohammad Talha, Ambassador, Permanent Delegation of Bangladesh to UNESCO; Group of Friends for Solidarity and Inclusion with GCED 
• Ama Serwah Nerquaye-Tetteh, Secretary-General, Ghana National Commission for UNESCO
• Rilli Lappalainen, Chair and Founder, Bridge 47 
• Daehoon Jho, Professor, Department of Social Studies Education, College of Education, Sungshin Women’s University, Republic of Korea

Co-Moderators:

• Hyun Mook Lim, Director, APCEIU 
• Lydia Ruprecht, Team Leader for Global Citizenship Education, Section for Global Citizenship and Peace Education, Education Sector, UNESCO

Closing

Concluding remarks: 

• Cecilia Barbieri, Chief of Section for Global Citizenship and Peace Education, Division for Peace and Sustainable Development, Education Sector, UNESCO 
• Hyun Mook Lim, Director, APCEIU 

Moderator: Jeehyeon Kim, Senior Programme Specialist, APCEIU