Conectados al Sur - Breakfast of Ideas
ICTs and Education in Latin America
Friday, April 29, 2016, 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University
23 Everett Street, Second Floor, Conference Room
We hope that you can join us for a great talk and networking with Maria de Lourdes Vasquez and Andrés Lombana, analyzing the opportunities and challenges that Latin America countries face as ICTs are implemented in educational systems and new approaches to learning emerge both in school and out-of-school through the TELA Initiative.TELA (Technology and Education in Latin America) is an interdisciplinary research and development initiative that focuses on the relationships between ICTs and education in the region. From the perspective of the Argentinian and Colombian cases, the discussion will explore various questions: What kind of policies have been developed in order to integrate ICTs in the educational systems? What are the major challenges for such implementation? What has been the impact of such policy initiatives?
The Breakfast of Ideas seeks to gather both people from Latin American and individuals who have a sincere interest in Latin American affairs revolving around issues of children and youth, technology, Internet and social media, education technology, and new applications for social changes.
About Digitally Connected and Conectados al Sur
Digitally Connected and the sub-initiative Conectados al Sur for the Latin American and Caribbean regions is a collaborative initiative between UNICEF and the Berkman Center building upon a multi-year partnership for analyzing digital and social media growth and trends among children and youth globally. Our team has at its core a network consisting of academics, practitioners, young people, activists, philanthropists, government officials, and representatives of technology companies from around the world who, together, are addressing the challenges and opportunities children and youth encounter in the digital environment.
About Maria de Lourdes Vasquez
María L. Vazquez is the 2015-16 De Fortabat Visiting Scholar at DRCLAS. She is a Professor of Copyright, Media Law and Internet Policy at the Universidad Católica Argentina. She holds an LL.M. degree from Harvard Law School, and pursued her doctoral studies at the European University Institute in Italy. Her professional background includes serving as in-house counsel in the music industry in London and New York, and as partner for the firm Marval O’Farrell & Mairal in Buenos Aires, with expertise in copyright, and media issues. Recent research topics include the challenges to digital citizenship in Latin America, the music industry in the internet era (“Modifying Spotify?”) and the role of biometrics in Latin American privacy & surveillance policies. Maria also holds a degree in film from the Argentine Centro de Investigación Cinematográfica.
About Andres Lombana
Andres Lombana-Bermudez is an interdisciplinary researcher and designer working at the intersection of digital technology, youth, innovation, and learning. He is a fellow at Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society and a Research Associate with the Connected Learning Research Network. Andres has a doctorate in Media Studies from UT-Austin with concentration in digital literacy and education, a masters in Comparative Media Studies from MIT, and bachelor’s degrees in Political Science and Literature from Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, Colombia.