To drive this dynamic
process forward, we intend to focus discussions on selected priority areas, and
include a broad spectrum of expertise, through a series of 4 webinars as
triggering events. In these, researchers, practitioners, and decision-makers
will have their say through a panel discussion and online comment, exchanging
experiences and views on respective thematic areas. All participants will have
the opportunity to join the discussion via moderated chat and Twitter during
the webinars, or comment on issues discussed in a forum afterwards.
In this way, a wide
variety of individuals will be invited to participate in an international
process at various levels. Being a part of an international exchange of
experience on these topics, those involved will offer and receive ideas and
stimuli related to their policy, research or pedagogical practice, consider how
to deal with possible consequences of future technological developments in
their respective social environments and present their situational
perspectives. The webinars will offer the opportunity to establish worldwide
networks through Communities of Interest to enable continuing working together
on particular topics in the future.
The benefit for
society is to build collaboratively and make visible a wide landscape of the
consequences of future technological developments across a wide variety of
social environments. Such a landscape can then be used as a map for different
actors to think about their policy, to strategically orient their practices or
research perspectives, to:
▶️ Gain new theoretical, technical, and didactic insights from the subject areas of the webinars
▶️ Share insights into various practical contexts and examples of implementation in different countries
▶️ Participate in the design of the ZD through synchronous contributions during the webinar (chat, tweets), asynchronous follow-up discussion (forums), or short contributions to the ZD matrix
▶️ Build up networks of researchers, practitioners, decision-makers to promote joint work on thematic projects
▶️ Submit and publish a (co-operative)scientific publication for the Follow-Up Conference
