{"id":1154,"date":"2020-09-30T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2020\/09\/30\/global-leaders-reimagine-education\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T10:03:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T17:03:12","slug":"global-leaders-reimagine-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2020\/09\/global-leaders-reimagine-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Global leaders reimagine education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
On September 23, Microsoft Education held our third Education Transformation Summit, where education leaders shared best practices from the acceleration of digital learning due to the global pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To facilitate this conversation, we brought together 200 education system leaders in two Microsoft Teams live sessions to reflect on progress and talk about their goals and vision for the future. Invited panelists came from across the globe\u2014from Finland to the Philippines, from Canada to Costa Rica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Though each leader\u2019s perspective was unique and based on their specific experience, we\u2019ve identified five key factors that are universally relevant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It’s critical that the constituents are bought in to the vision. And we need a vision that’s more sustainable and longer term than just purchasing and deploying the technology.” \u2013 @AnthonySalcito VP #MicrosoftEdu at ETS Summit<\/a>Click To Tweet<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The disruption of education by COVID-19 can be seen as a catalyst, an invitation not to simply strive to minimize the negative effects of the change, but to improve education models for the future. One of the biggest hurdles for leaders with this goal has been balancing short-term decisions with making longer-term sustainable investments that will impact how students and teachers learn using technology for years to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When wrapping up the panel discussions, Microsoft Vice President of Education Barbara Holzapfel said, \u201cIt\u2019s clear that with continued public-private partnership, education systems around the world will continue to advance the goal of creating personalized, equitable learning enabled by the intentional integration of pedagogy and technology.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n With leaders such as all of those who joined the events as contributors and participants working toward these goals, the transformation of education around the world is underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To hear all of the insights and ideas discussed, you can watch the recording of the full Education Transformation Summit<\/a><\/strong>, which includes more resources and links to research that was discussed at the summit. Continue the conversation throughout October by joining the Sustainable Strategies for Hybrid Learning webinar series<\/a><\/strong>, and identify your school\u2019s next steps in the Education Transformation Framework and Assessment<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read on below for a more in-depth recap of the key points, with quotes and examples from the contributors and panelists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nThe Education Transformation Summit<\/h3>\n\n\n\n