UNESCO and Restless Development held the European Consultation for the 2024 Youth Report on Technology in Education on 17th January where some of the recommendations from last year’s report were discussed.
Michael Jemetz was able to attend the online meeting and discuss the requirements for and challenges in the way of a successful, inclusive, and sustainable integration of modern technology into education with various experts from all over Europe.
Topics included determining the relevance of digital content and tools, sensibly connecting technology and content, (collaboratively) creating and finding culturally sensitive materials and Open Educational Resources. Furthermore, the importance of bottom-up decision making and participation of learners and educators, self-regulated learning and work as well as the support needed for them were discussed.
The GEM Report 2023 can be found here: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000385723