Six youth education innovators and partner stakeholders from different backgrounds and levels of engagement in EdTech, such as practitioners, creators, advocates, and policymakers will participate in the event.
Guest Speakers
Future Perspectives and UNESCO IESALC are hosting a virtual interactive dialogue with young education innovators in Nigeria, as part of the capacity building component of the United Nations’ Global Youth Initiative. The theme for the event is EdTech for Transforming Education in Nigeria and it will:
Explore how Nigerian youth are adopting EdTech to innovate their own learning paths through higher education and their transition to the labor market.
Discuss how is EdTech being incorporated within Higher Education Institutions and what are the main challenges for its meaningful adoption by learners and teachers.
Analyze how EdTech is contributing or can further contribute to democratize access to higher education.
Analyze how EdTech is contributing or can further contribute to enhance quality of higher education.
Explore the main challenges – social, economic, infrastructural, legal – EdTech innovators face in Nigeria to implement and scale their creations.
Six youth and partner stakeholders from different backgrounds and levels of engagement in EdTech, such as practitioners, creators, advocator, and policymakers will participate in the event.