Education Sector Group Webinars

via Zoom

ADB's Education Sector Group is organizing two webinars that will highlight major education challenges:

Webinar 1:

Education Priorities in Response to COVID-19 Disruptions - Highlights of the White Paper from “Save Our Future Campaign”

3 February 2021 | 10 a.m. (Manila time)

Speaker: Liesbet Steer, Director Education Commission

Remote Learning in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, 90% of the world's student population is affected by school closures. Governments, development organizations, and private companies mitigate this through remote learning.

Coursera, one of the leading educational technology companies providing massive open online courses, shared its COVID-19 initiative. Panelists from Asian universities presented their experiences as well.

The webinar was jointly organized by ADB's Digital Technology for Development Unit and the Education Sector Group.

Distance and Online Learning for Universities: Supporting Planning for and Implementation of Quality Online Teaching and Learning

This website, an initiative by The Education University of Hong Kong, guides and supports universities and their teaching staff to plan for and implement quality online teaching and learning for their students. Although many of the resource links are from the more developed countries and regions, these resources could be localised and adopted for use by schools and their teaching staff in developing countries and regions.

Udemy for Government

Udemy is working with governments worldwide, through Udemy for Government offering, a curated content collection of more than 3,500 courses, to support and enhance civil service training and in upskilling and reskilling the government workforce.

Richard Qiu

Mr. Qiu is the SVP Global Business Development of Udemy, the largest global online marketplace for learning and teaching. Since joining Udemy in 2014, Mr. Qui has been driving and managing strategic partnerships between Udemy and organizations around the world. He recently launched Udemy for Government, working with a number of government agencies upskilling civil servants and government workforce. He is responsible for the company’s initiatives to expand into new international markets. Mr.