How to Forge an Equitable Future for Higher Education from Our Present Chaos?

Brian Beatty, Associate Professor, Instructional Technologies, Department of Equity, Leadership Studies, and Instructional Technologies, San Francisco State University, USA
Saouma Boujaoude, Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Rula Diab, Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs, Center for Innovative, Learning, Lebanese American University, Lebanon
Aline Germain-Rutherford, Vice-Provost, Academic Affairs, University of Ottawa , Canada
Patrick Lyons, Director, Teaching and Learning Services, Carleton University, Canada

Following the publication of the white paper: Disruption in and by Centres for Teaching and Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic – Leading the Future of Higher Education, the Chair in Educational Leadership in Innovative Pedagogical Practices in Digital Contexts – National Bank, held by Dr. Nadia Naffi, and the International Observatory on the Societal Impact of AI and Digital Technologies co-organized the online symposium: Leading the Future of Higher Ed – Planning for Sustainability. The objective was to discuss concrete present and future steps given the uncertainty imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic with 18 key experts and decision-makers in higher education from Canada, the USA, the UK, and Lebanon.

This symposium was organized in collaboration with Concordia Research Chair in Maker Culture, and moderated by Dr. Ann-Louise Davidson, Concordia University, Dr. Richard E (Dick) Clark, University of Southern California, Dr. Dawn M. Snyder, Dawn Snyder Associates, Franklin University and The Ohio State University, and Dr. Brian Beatty, San Francisco State University.

À la suite de la publication du Livre-blanc Perturbation dans et par les bureaux de soutien à l’enseignement pendant la pandémie COVID-19 – Innover pour l’avenir de l’enseignement supérieur la Chaire de leadership en enseignement (CLE) sur les pratiques pédagogiques innovantes en contexte numérique – Banque Nationale dont est titulaire la professeure Nadia Naffi et l’OBVIA ont co-organisé le symposium en ligne « Leading the Future of Higher Ed – Planning for Sustainability ». L’objectif était de discuter des mesures concrètes, présentes et futures, compte tenu de l’incertitude imposée par la pandémie COVID-19 avec 18 experts et décideurs clés de l’enseignement supérieur du Canada, des États-Unis, du Royaume-Uni et du Liban.
Cette activité était organisée en collaboration avec la Chaire de recherche « Maker Culture » de l’Université Concordia, et modérée par Ann-Louise Davidson, Université Concordia, Richard E (Dick) Clark, University of Southern California, Dawn M. Snyder, Dawn Snyder Associates, Franklin University et The Ohio State University, et Brian Beatty, San Francisco State University.