To promote the innovative integration of intelligent technology and education and identify the promise of futures of education, BNU convened the Global Smart Education Conference 2021 (GSE2021) in conjunction with international organizations, universities and research institutions on 18th-20thAugust2021. The theme of this conference is “Smart Learning and Futures of Education”. GSE2021 is organized by Beijing Normal University, co-organized by UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education, and jointly hosted by the National Engineering Research Center of Cyberlearning and Intelligent Technology, China Institute of Education and Social Development, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Assessment for Basic Education Quality, Smart Learning Institute of Beijing Normal University, Educational Informatization Strategy Research Base of the Ministry of Education (Beijing), etc.
GSE2021 featured by 9 thematic forums. They are the Opening Ceremony & Forum on AI and Futures of Education, Forum on Smart Education and Digital Resources. Forum on The New Ecology of Regional Smart Education, Forum on Smart Village and Ecological Civilization, Forum on AI and Social Governance, Forum on Big Data in Education and Learning Analytics, Forum on Open Educational Practices and Teachers’ Capacity Building, Forum on Smart Education Empowered by 5G Technology, High-Level Dialogue on New Normal and Sustainable Development for Education & Closing Ceremony.
Forum participants included government ministers, representatives of international organizations, and academic institutions. Experts and scholars from the fields of education and technology were also invited to discuss new theories, emerging technologies, latest achievements and trends in smart education, share relevant cases, build platforms for communication and establish alliances for cooperation. Altogether more than 150 Chinese and overseas speakers attended our conference. GSE2021 provided three participant modes, namely, live streaming, main venue and ZOOM meeting. The live streaming of the GSE2021 was watched by more than 5,000,000 viewers.
GSE2021 released the Joint Project on Rethinking and Redesigning National Smart Education Strategy, Project of Teacher Capacity Building with AI and Digital Technologies: E-library for Teachers, Global Competition on Design for Future Education Registration Notice, “Campus for Children” Information Plat form, Evaluation Report on Educational Mobile Application - Evaluation Platform, and A CloudPlatform for Test and Analysis of Cyberlearning Products. The book An Overview of Education Development in the Arab Region: Insights and Recommendations Towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the Promotion Ceremony of China Mobile Smart Education Products were also released.
