AGORAsia Workshop
Posted under: AGORAsia 2011
“Discover what we can do to build a Sustainable Society”
- Global Distance Co-learning Sessions -
WHAT IS AGORASIA?
AGORAsia is an online environment where university students, lecturers and other audiences gather to listen, discuss, create and share knowledge, from Asia to the world. The name AGORAsia is derived from two words: ‘Agora’ means public “place of assembly” in ancient Greek, and ‘Asia’ represents the origin of this project.
This series of lectures and workshops will explore the students’ opportunities in contributing for sustainable development from these aspects: science and technology, preserving world heritage, and international cooperation. It will promote sustainable development education and nurture sustainable development-focused minds (solve local problems, handle crisis, adapt to change, etc). At the same time, we aim to stimulate communication among students, making the best use of ICT to promote real time multilateral communication and promoting interaction and collaborative works among multisites.
Through the sessions, students are expected to think, discuss and express their thoughts; students can create a video based in what they have got from their experiences participating in the workshops. The films can be submitted to Video Collaboration in CONNECTivity event (details tba).
SPECIAL WORKSHOP 1 (finished)
Date : Monday, December 12, 2011
Time : 11:00 – 12:30 (Jakarta Time)
Featured Topic : Digital Preservation of World Heritage
Featured Heritage : Borobudur Temple (Indonesia)
Featured Speaker : Prof. Hary Gunarto (lecturer in Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan)
SPECIAL WORKSHOP 2
Date : Tuesday, January 30, 2012
Time : 10:30 – 12:30 (Jakarta Time, GMT+7)
Featured Theme : Food Security (joint session with Sustainability Science course)
Featured Speaker : Mr. Anthony R. Chittenden, Hokkaido University
