Speaker: Dr. Keren Naa Abeka Arthur This session engages participants on the concept, goals and activities of the Education Collaborative Research Community of Practice. The Research Community of Practice focuses on two main areas: Researchers (faculty and non-faculty researchers): creating a collaborative environment to hone research collaborations and share best practices for discipline-specific research to […]
Speaker: Dr. Mary Gentile, Creator, Giving Voice to Values, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia Synopsis: The emergence and growth of Giving Voice to Values (GVV) has been a significant development in ethics education over the past two decades. GVV has changed the way ethics are taught, discussed, and practiced in educational, government, private, […]
Speakers: Mary Gentile, Rebecca Awuah The emergence and growth of Giving Voice to Values (GVV) has been a significant development in ethics education over the past two decades. GVV has changed the way ethics are taught, discussed, and practiced in educational, government, private, and non-profit settings around the world. Of particular importance has been the […]
Speakers: Alfred Kitawi, Veronica Ogeto, Leana Kotze The session aims to map out and evaluate the continental discussions around entrepreneurship and how these are translated to regional block conversations and especially within entrepreneurship education. It will examine the discussions from the perspective of critical actors, mechanisms, structures, enablers, disablers, and processes which connect entrepreneurship education […]
Speakers: Ivy Muthoni, Mohammed Khan As the world of work continues to change with technology and other disruptions, there is a need to rethink workplace training for students in HEIs to empower them to be ready for the jobs of today and better prepared for the opportunities of tomorrow. The session introduces a wide array of Work Integrated […]
Speakers: Ivy Muthoni, Mohammed Khan As the world of work continues to change with technology and other disruptions, there is a need to rethink workplace training for students in HEIs to empower them to be ready for the jobs of today and better prepared for the opportunities of tomorrow. The session introduces a wide array of Work Integrated […]
Facilitators: Rebecca Awuah, Faculty, Ashesi University; Rose Dodd, Director, Education Collaborative Synopsis: Are you interested in bringing Giving Voice to Values (GVV) to your school, university or organization but would like to learn more yourself first? Would you like to improve your own competence and confidence in speaking and acting in service of your values—within […]
Synopsis: This session examines the critical ingredients that are necessary for the creation of strong committed relationships and how trust and mutuality can be developed through different mechanisms including how to activate synergistic innovations.
Speakers: Rebecca Awuah, Rose Dodd Are you interested in bringing Giving Voice to Values (GVV) to your school, university or organization but would like to learn more yourself first? Would you like to improve your own competence and confidence speaking and acting in service of your values—within your organization or in other areas of your […]
Speakers: Ludovica Ochieng, Dr. Abena Engmann, Kagonya Awori, Nanko Madu, Mercy Kimalat Examine the critical ingredients for creating synergistic innovative capabilities for entrepreneurship sector actors from collaborations within the entrepreneurship ecosystem. Synergistic innovative capability is defined as a higher-order ability to accumulate and deploy new knowledge or to recombine existing knowledge to create innovations more […]
Speakers: Mary Kiguru, Prof. Flora Fabian, Dr. David Monk, Albert Luswata This session aims to delve deeper into the disconnect that has been widely spoken about with regard to the development of employability skills, skills profiling, outcomes framing, integrating job market dynamics into curricula, curricula innovation, faculty development for outcome-based curricula, among other dynamics associated […]
Speakers: Prof. Angela Owusu Ansah, Rose Dodd This session convenes higher education institutions from West Africa to discuss priority areas and collaborative opportunities to drive innovations in the sub-region. At this first hub meeting, attendees will get the opportunity to discuss the vision of the Education Collaborative, its relevance to West Africa, and share input […]
