Presentation Panel
Digital Futures and Global Education Trends: Shaping Policy and Practice
Date Thursday, Dec 4 Time – Room: Tiergarten
The future of digital education is being shaped by global trends, rapid technological shifts, and evolving policy agendas. This panel explores how systems can navigate these changes, from long-term scenarios of digital futures to the global trajectory of online learning, and the frameworks that underpin inclusive policy. The discussion highlights how today’s choices in design, strategy, and governance will influence resilience, equity, and innovation in education for decades to come.
Glenda Morgan
Market Analyst, Phil Hill & Associates
Glenda Morgan is a Market Analyst at Phil Hill & Associates and the lead analyst at Morgan EdTech Strategies, helping higher education institutions, vendors and investors navigate the edtech landscape. She brings more than 30 years of experience in higher education, including roles as a faculty member, IT administrator and education analyst at Gartner and Director of Academic Technology Services at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Morgan holds a PhD in political science from the University of Minnesota.
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Gül Akcaova
Lead Futurist, SURF
Gül Akcaova is the lead futurist at SURF - the cooperative for ICT in (higher) education and research in the Netherlands, and the National Education & Research Network. With a keen fascination for IT innovation in education and research, she explores in her role the potential impact of new technologies and emerging concepts on education and research. Her background in management studies provides her with the ability to approach developments from various angles.
Moderator
Gilly Salmon
CEO, Education Alchemists. Ltd
Professor Salmon is the founder and CEO of Education Alchemists Ltd - formed around her life's work including Carpe Diem learning design, pedagogical transformation, online education, technology-enhanced teaching, the 5 stage model, e-tivities, and Education 4.0. Until recently, Professor of Learning Transformation and pro-vice-chancellor at universities in the UK and Australia, she is now based in London with all workshops offered fully digitally and worldwide. She is a well-known keynote speaker and workshop leader. Her books E-moderating and E-tivities are considered seminal texts. https://www.linkedin.com/in/gillysalmon/
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Whose Future Is It Anyway? Charting the Global Trajectory of Online Learning, Glenda Morgan
The pandemic pushed online learning into the spotlight, but its long-term direction remains uncertain. This presentation examines the forces shaping its future—and asks: Whose future is it, and who stands to benefit?
Reimagining Education: Scenarios for a Digital Future, Gül Akcaova
What will education look like in 2040?” - this session explores four alternative futures for digital education, outlined in the report The Future Learner: (Digital) Education Reimagined for 2040. These scenarios range from economic growth and technological transformation to regulatory constraints and societal collapse, offering insights into challenges and opportunities ahead.