The 2024 World Digital Education Conference took place in Shanghai on 30–31 January 2024. At its closing ceremony, Qin Changwei, Secretary-General of the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO, released the Compilation of International Digital Education Cases.
Global cases and the Chair’s compilation work
The Chinese National Commission for UNESCO led the collection of cases worldwide, with the UNESCO Chair on AI in Education at Beijing Normal University undertaking their compilation. It brought together 55 cases from 35 countries and regions across five continents, covering digital education practices at national, community and school levels.
Among them, 19 cases had received recognition through UNESCO’s prize for ICT in education and the Wenhui Award for Educational Innovation in the Asia-Pacific Region.
Six themes
The cases were organized under six themes:
- Build interconnected public platforms and create smart learning environments.
- Open and share quality resources to narrow the digital divide.
- Deeply integrate digital technology and education to develop a new educational ecosystem.
- Innovate teaching and learning methods and improve teachers’ and learners’ digital literacy.
- Build inclusive digital learning systems and strengthen education’s resilience to crises.
- Safeguard the right to education of the most marginalized groups and ensure equitable access to digital education.
The original report described the compilation as reflecting the diversity of participants in digital education, inclusive value creation, technological innovation and extensive exchange and cooperation. It recorded practices in advancing digital education and offered reference material for countries developing their own approaches.
Archive and sources
Archive note: the original 1 February 2024 publication date, Chinese title and URL are retained. The text is checked against the China.org.cn report carried by the Ministry of Education that day. The illustration is China Education Release bulletin issue 10 of 31 January, rather than the cover of the case-study book. The complete 1080×1800 original of the same bulletin was obtained from CIT’s conference materials to replace the previous 640×1067 version, retaining all content and historical QR codes. The figures 55, 35 and 19 describe the compilation as released in 2024.
Sources and credits: the China.org.cn report carried by the Ministry of Education and printed page 14 of CIT’s conference materials (PDF page 20). The materials were assembled by the Smart Learning Institute of Beijing Normal University. The original article credits photographer Zhang Jinsong.
Related reporting and inclusive resources
Related content: the meeting on education governance digitalization and digital education governance, and special and inclusive education resources. The themes on inclusive learning systems and the right to education of the most marginalized groups show the compilation’s attention to inclusion and equity.
Original link: https://aiedchair.bnu.edu.cn/news-6548-en/
