{"id":534,"date":"2019-12-23T16:58:51","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T14:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asem-education.org\/?p=534"},"modified":"2021-03-24T15:40:42","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T13:40:42","slug":"115-kick-off-meeting-of-the-expert-group-on-digitalisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asem-education.org\/news\/115-kick-off-meeting-of-the-expert-group-on-digitalisation\/","title":{"rendered":"Kick-Off Meeting of the Expert Group on Digitalisation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Policy Background on the establishment of the Expert Group on Digitalisation<\/strong><\/h3>\n

At the last ASEM Education Ministers Meeting (ASEMME7) in May 2019 in Bucharest, Romania, the Ministers have highlighted the\u00a0opportunities of digitalisation for connectivity and collaboration between Asia and Europe<\/strong>\u00a0and have welcomed the approach to more closely align the ASEM Education Process (AEP) with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Hence, digitalisation and \u201cSustainable Development\u201d have been introduced as transversal themes of the AEP.<\/p>\n

In order to engage the ASEM members and stakeholders in a dialogue on how digitalisation can promote connectivity and collaboration between Asia and Europe and in order identify synergies on activities in the field of digital learning and teaching a new\u00a0ASEM Expert Group focusing on digitalisation<\/strong>\u00a0is established.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, during ASEMME7 the Ministers invited the ASEM Senior Officials to develop an ASEM Education Process Vision 2030. As digitalisation is a new transversal theme, the new Expert Group Digitalisation can provide valuable input for this strategy. Hence, this group shall not only foster the dialogue on the challenges and opportunities of digitalisation in (higher) education, but also help work towards a strategy \u2013 a Vision 2030.<\/p>\n

Kick-off meeting in Berlin<\/strong><\/h3>\n

On the 12th of December, the DAAD Germany, have hosted the Kick-Off meeting of the Expert Group in Berlin, back-to-back with the DAAD conference ‘Virtual Exchange \u2013 borderless mobility between the European Higher Education Area and regions beyond’<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Kick-Off meeting of the ASEM Education Standing Working Group.\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0DAAD invited all Partners and Stakeholders to delegate a Digitalisation expert of their country to this Expert group and the following Partners and Stakeholders participated in the meeting: France, India, China, European Commission, Netherlands, Belgium (Flanders), Austria, Romania, Latvia, The Russion Federation, Thailand, ESN, SEAMEO RIHED, EUA, DAAD, ETF, and CEDEFOP.\u00a0\u00a0Each participant presented the current focus of digital developments in higher education and\/ or TVET of their country or institution.<\/p>\n

During group work sessions in the afternoon, the participants where invited to reflect on\u00a0different aspects of the integration of Digitalisation in Education Policies<\/strong>\u00a0such as: Values and Principles, Key Challenges and Opportunities and Fields of action and Key Priorities.
\nThe result of the Experts\u2019 brainstorm is displayed below in the photo gallery.<\/p>\n

The following topics were prevailing in the presentations and discussions.\u00a0 They reflect the opportunities and potential focus areas for digitalisation in education policy in general but also for the ASEM Education Process.<\/p>\n