KMD Forum 2022 – Panel Discussion on October 29th (Future of Learning)
2022.10.26
Graduate School of Media Design will hold a special panel discussion by Professor Sandra Okita from Columbia University, Professor Karin Forssell from Stanford University And Professor Keiko Okawa from KMD, on Saturday, October 29th.*
*Admission Free
Panel Discussion Topic: Future of Learning
Time and Date: 14:00~15:00 (JST), October 29th, 2022
Venue: 2F Tokyo Port City Takeshiba, Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center
Hamamatsucho-Kan, 1-7-1,Kaigan,Minato-ku,Tokyo, 105-7501
Language: English only
Link to live broadcast: https://youtu.be/_-hTQkclV6w
Sandra Y. Okita (Columbia University)
Dr. Sandra Okita is an Associate Professor in the Communication, Media, and Learning Technologies Design (CMLTD) Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Okita’s research uses innovative technologies (i.e., conversational AI, pedagogical agents/avatars, robotic systems, games for learning, virtual and mixed reality environments) as a threshold to learning, instruction, and assessment within the K-12 classroom environment and beyond. Okita focuses on the development of learning partnerships between individuals and technological artifacts that enables students to build a peer-like relation with technology.
Karin Forssell (Stanford University)
Dr. Karin Forssell is the director of the Learning Design and Technology (LDT) master’s program and senior lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. Dr. Forssell also directs the GSE Makery, a Stanford maker space where students and faculty learn to make, and make to learn.
Keiko Okawa (KMD)
Research on “the internet and higher education” at United Nations University, Institute of Advanced Studies in 1996 and Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus from 1997. Leads the SOI Asia Project, and since joining KMD in 2008, also leads the Global Education Project in collaboration with UNESCO and partner schools and universities throughout Asia. Teaches the class “Global Society”. Project theme is “Global Education for Global Issues”.
