About

The CERI Innovation Strategy for Education and Training team explores new approaches to equip people with the skills required for innovation and to support radical innovation and continuous improvement in education systems.

Background

Innovation is a driver of growth and wellbeing. Creating an innovation-friendly ecosystem in education is key to the continuous improvement of education. It includes nurturing people’s innovation skills and ensuring that the main drivers of innovation remain active: namely, individual, organisational and system learning.

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Ongoing Projects

1. Smart data and digital technology in education: AI, Learning Analytics and Beyond 
   
   
2. Fostering and assessing creativity and critical thinking in education 
   • Higher education strand

   • Primary and secondary education strand 

3. Measuring Innovation in Education
   

Materials

New publications

Fostering creativity and critical thinking in university teaching and learning

How Learning Continued during the COVID‑19 Pandemic. Global lessons from initiatives to support learners and teachers.

Schooling During a Pandemic. The Experience and Outcomes of Schoolchildren During the First Round of COVID-19 Lockdowns.

EDU today blogs

How governments and universities can support 21st-century skill development

Rethinking examinations in higher education following the coronavirus outbreak.

Coronavirus took school on line, but how digital is the future of education?


TopClass Podcast

How did schools keep students engaged during the pandemic? Stories from the US and Japan (episode 27)

 

Reports and Publications (2009-present)

Teaching rubrics and lesson plans for fostering students’creativity and critical thinking

Newsletter Archives
 

Events

• International conference "Creativity Education Summit: Creative Thinking in Schools" on 17 October 2022 in Paris, France.

• International online event "Fostering 21st Century Skills in Higher Education" on 12-13 January 2022

• International online conference "Digital education for a strong recovery: A forward look" on 8-10 June 2021. 

• International conference "Creativity and Critical Thinking Skills in School: Moving the agenda forward" on 24-25 September 2019 in London, UK.

• Public conference "Innovation in education : What has changed in the classroom in the past decade?” on 28 January 2019 in Paris, France.

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Other strands of the project 

• Innovation in education

• Higher education and innovation

• Education for innovation

Meet the team