In a few months, the COVID-19 pandemic brought to the educational landscape a transformation that would have otherwise taken years or even decades. During this first day of enlightED2021, we will explore which have been the major shifts in education and how likely they are to last over time.

On this second day of enlightED, we will discuss what exactly students should be learning in the digital age of new technologies and planetary-wide problems like pandemics and climate crises. What are the competencies and skills employers will seek? What constitutes useful and relevant knowledge? How attitudes can be taught and learned effectively in a classroom? In addition, we will explore how to connect vocational training and higher-ed more effectively with the changing demands of our labour markets.

On this third day of enlightED, our speakers will analyze the ways in which the app generation is interacting with digital media and what can we do to help them, to breach the digital divide but also to ensure that technology becomes a force of positive change, to develop meaningful social relations and to contribute to build a better society overall.