National Chair Professor,
National Central University,
Taiwan
In this talk, I will share some thoughts based on years of ongoing discussions among a group of international researchers.
Given the recent regrettable conflicts around the world, along with the threat of nuclear holocaust, climatechange, societal polarization, depletion of Earth's resources, mass extinction of species, and more, ourworld stands on the brink of peril. For the first time in human history, there is an urgent concern aboutwhether we and our descendants will be able to survive on this planet. What does the future hold forhumankind? As educators, what role do we play in shaping the world of tomorrow?
There is a pressing need to identify the global educational goal, so that its realization through globalcollaborative efforts of researchers and practitioners can fundamentally transform our education system andfoster a future world that we all enjoy living in. For this, we may have a formulation:
global education = (global educational goal, future digital world, design theory)
In this formulation, we propose 'Global Harmony and Wellbeing' (abbreviated as 'Global Harwell') as acandidate for the global educational goal. The term 'candidate' is used to acknowledge that, after thoroughdiscussion, other superior options may emerge for this global educational goal. We also introduce'Seamless AI World' as a candidate concept (or notion) that succinctly and accurately captures the essence of thefuture digital world. Furthermore, we suggest the Seamless Interest-Driven Co-Creator (SIDC) Theory as a candidate theory to inform the design of education that fulfills the global educational goal in the digital future. Thus, we may have:
Global Harwell Education = (Global Harwell, Seamless AI World, SIDC theory)
We warmly invite you to join us in this enriching dialogue. To facilitate this, we are planning to hosta series of forums, which may be conducted online or in person, to discuss the issues mentioned above. Thesewill be held at the website: globalharwellgoal.org. After establishing a satisfactory consensus, we plan toauthor and submit a paper for publication in RPTEL, tentatively titled 'On Global Educational Goal.'' Thispaper may list more than 100 authors in alphabetical order. However, this process will take some time.Therefore, we will maintain the operation of this website for several years, or as long as possible. Thisapproach will enable you and other researchers to exchange ideas and concepts presented in the forums, andyou may cite them in your own work.
For additional details, please refer to the 'Introduction' section at globalharwellgoal.org, which serves asan extended version of this keynote address's abstract.