WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.040 Morning ladies and gentlemen and welcome. A few housekeeping points first. We're not expecting a fire so any alarm will be real. 00:00:09.740 --> 00:00:20.520 The alarm has two distinct sounds. The alert signal is a single pulsating tone. Whilst the tone remains the same, it is safe to remain where you are. 00:00:20.520 --> 00:00:34.960 The evacuate signal is a two-tone warble. If this sounds, we must leave this part of the building immediately and go to Assembly Point 1, which is the Poets Circle, the Round Theatre, in the Piazza, to await further instructions. 00:00:35.860 --> 00:00:42.320 Please note the location of your nearest fire exit. There is one in each corner of the auditorium and in the foyer. 00:00:43.220 --> 00:00:49.660 Please do not attempt to use the lift or take your belongings with you. Stay calm and walk straight to your nearest exit. 00:00:50.520 --> 00:00:57.520 Finally, after that, let me introduce myself. I'm Bene't Steinberg, the Group Director of Public Affairs at Cambridge Assessment. 00:00:57.520 --> 00:01:02.520 I'm delighted to welcome you here today on behalf of the group. 00:01:02.520 --> 00:01:18.729 Established over 150 years ago we operate and manage the university three exam boards and carry out leading academic and operational research on assessment in education We a not organisation researching and 00:01:18.729 --> 00:01:26.109 developing and delivering educational assessment to 8 million candidates in 170 countries worldwide 00:01:26.109 --> 00:01:32.669 through our three exam boards, Oxford, Cambridge and RSA examinations, Cambridge English Language 00:01:32.669 --> 00:01:40.129 assessment and Cambridge international examinations. Our events exist to provide a forum to debate 00:01:40.129 --> 00:01:46.049 key educational issues because assessment is an integral part of the whole learning 00:01:46.049 --> 00:01:55.069 process. Moving on, some ground rules. Firstly, this is a seminar, not a question and answer 00:01:55.069 --> 00:01:59.309 session. If you want to pick up on a point made by somebody else in the audience, please 00:01:59.309 --> 00:02:05.309 Please do so. If you want to make a statement, not ask a question, do that as well. 00:02:05.309 --> 00:02:12.309 All I ask is you do it through the chair and that you make your points as concisely as this complex issue allows. 00:02:12.309 --> 00:02:18.309 Both chairs of the day will cut you off if they think you've made your point already. 00:02:18.309 --> 00:02:22.949 Secondly, you will know we are filming the discussion and broadcasting it on the web. 00:02:23.047 --> 00:02:24.367 We're live. 00:02:24.967 --> 00:02:28.987 Please ignore the cameras, but make sure, if you're asked to speak, 00:02:29.427 --> 00:02:31.487 that you wait for a microphone to arrive, 00:02:32.007 --> 00:02:34.207 you stand up so the cameras can pick you up, 00:02:34.807 --> 00:02:39.487 and that you give your name and the name of your institution. 00:02:40.787 --> 00:02:43.627 Thirdly, given the theme of the event today, 00:02:43.907 --> 00:02:46.087 we're aiming to fully embrace the use of technology. 00:02:46.887 --> 00:02:50.607 I encourage you to use your smartphone, tablet or laptop 00:02:50.607 --> 00:02:52.547 in silent or vibrate mode, please. 00:02:53.047 --> 00:02:56.547 and follow the live proceedings of the event via our website. 00:02:57.007 --> 00:03:00.627 You'll find details at the bottom of the agenda within your delegate pack. 00:03:01.727 --> 00:03:05.947 You'll also be able to submit questions and comments online, 00:03:06.107 --> 00:03:10.047 and please do so, because that will be fed into this event. 00:03:10.847 --> 00:03:13.607 And then please feel free to follow the debate on Twitter 00:03:13.607 --> 00:03:17.487 using our hashtag, Clouds Schools Debate. 00:03:18.827 --> 00:03:20.727 As experts in assessment, 00:03:20.727 --> 00:03:24.827 we believe it is time for a sensible debate on these issues. 00:03:25.407 --> 00:03:27.847 Some claim the day of the teacher is over. 00:03:28.267 --> 00:03:43.023 Others claim that learning can only take place with a teacher So today we going to look at this in three ways Firstly the extent to which technologies could and should transform the future of face teaching 00:03:43.843 --> 00:03:48.263 Secondly, we'll then see what can actually be done now with the technology available. 00:03:48.903 --> 00:03:52.563 And finally, a panel discussion on the role of technology in education. 00:03:52.563 --> 00:03:56.183 And I'm delighted to introduce our first speaker for today, 00:03:56.183 --> 00:04:01.063 Sagata Mitra, Professor of Educational Technology at the University of Newcastle. 00:04:01.703 --> 00:04:05.923 He is a PhD in physics credited with more than 25 inventions 00:04:05.923 --> 00:04:09.003 in the area of cognitive science and educational technology. 00:04:09.683 --> 00:04:14.803 He's received many prestigious prizes, including the $1 million TED Prize in 2013. 00:04:15.943 --> 00:04:19.423 Professor Mitra is the instigator of the Hole in the Wall experiment, 00:04:19.843 --> 00:04:21.383 which I hope you've all watched online, 00:04:22.003 --> 00:04:25.383 where a computer was embedded within a wall in Indian slum in Delhi 00:04:25.383 --> 00:04:27.443 and children were allowed to freely use it. 00:04:28.003 --> 00:04:32.283 The experiment aimed at proving that children could learn using computers 00:04:32.283 --> 00:04:36.203 very easily without any formal training or teacher. 00:04:37.063 --> 00:04:41.563 Since the 1970s, Cigar's publications and work have resulted in the training 00:04:41.563 --> 00:04:43.843 and development of a million young Indians. 00:04:44.403 --> 00:04:45.043 Professor Mitra.