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Aims and introduction to the event

Document Aims
The aims of the meeting are (a) to consider, through discussion and dialogue, strategic issues related to the future of knowledge acquisition and sharing and (b) to identify, through a creative effort, the changes that such strategies might necessitate.
Folder Eight key question areas
(1) The impact of emerging technology on models of learning (2) Teachers' future roles (3) Future models of assessment (4) Future of classical educational structures (5) The concept of universal "knowledge norms" (6) Role of IT private sector in learning (7) Future of e-education (8) Impact of technology on the evolution of knowledge societies
Document Expectations of the participants
In short, consider the question areas, identify relevant ones, optionally prepare a podcast or statement, contribute to a final collective statement.
Document Outcomes
In short, an expert statement, an evaluation report, a plan for sustaining the process, some podcasts.
Document Arriving at the questions – the process
In preparation for the event, UNESCO commissioned expert authors to propose questions for the participants to address.
Document The perspective of the individual learner
A quotation from John Dewey inspires an analysis of knowledge acquisition and learning from the learner's perspective, captured in a diagram.
Image Knowledge Acquisition and Sharing from an Individual Perspective
A diagram analysing learning from the perspective of the individual learner.
Folder Timetable
 
Topic Events
Site Events
Topic News
Site News
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News Item Knowledge acquisition is changing radically, UNESCO Declaration states
Knowledge acquisition and sharing will increasingly be technology mediated, and traditional educational processes will be revolutionized, said experts at a UNESCO organized event in Kronberg, Germany, recently.
File Kronberg Declaration
The “Kronberg Declaration” summarizes the discussions at the meeting of a UNESCO High Level Group that took place from 22 to 23 June 2007 in Kronberg, Germany. The event was jointly organised by UNESCO and the German Commission for UNESCO, and was sponsored by BASF.
Folder Making more videos
Some resources to help with making more videos
Document About Knowledge Acquisition and Sharing
This is a website developed by Core UK to support the meeting of a UNESCO High Level Group of Visionaries in Kronberg, Germany, 22-23 June 2007, sponsored by The German Commission to UNESCO and BASF
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Quotation

"As for the future, your task is not to foresee, but to enable it."
 -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Wisdom of the Sands