Exploring the Potential of Digital Technologies to Innovate Education and Training Practices: A Conversation with the European Commission - Part II

<p>Today, you are listening to a conversation between Yves Punie, Senior Scientist and Deputy Head of Unit at the European Commission Joint Research Centre in Seville, Unit Human Capital and Employment, and Cristobal Cobo, Senior Education Technology Specialist at the World Bank, about the potential of digital technologies to innovate education and training practices in the European context. This is Part II of a two-part conversation. Part I of the conversation focuses on the potential of digital technologies to innovate education and training practices and improve access to lifelong learning for employment, personal development and social inclusion.&nbsp;</p> <p>Yves Punie is senior scientist and Deputy Head of Unit at the European Commission Joint Research Centre in Seville, Unit Human Capital and Employment. He is leading its research and policy activities on "Digital Learning and Skills". The research area started in 2005 with the aim to provide evidence-based policy support to the European Commission on harnessing the potential of digital technologies to innovate education and training practices, improve access to lifelong learning and to deal with the rise of new (digital) skills and competences needed for employment, personal development and social inclusion.</p> <p>Recent work on capacity building for the digital transformation of education and learning, and for the changing requirements for skills and competences has focussed on the development of digital competence frameworks for citizens (<a href="https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/digcomp" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DigComp</a>), educators (<a href="https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/digcompteach" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DigCompEdu</a>), educational organisations (<a href="https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/digcomporg" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DigCompOrg</a>) as well as frameworks on Personal, Social and Learning to Learn (<a href="https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/lifecomp" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_bla