Towards a Collaborative Vision for Redesigning Education for Harmonious and Thriving Educational Futures in Asia and Beyond: Will Seamless IDC Theory lead us there?

Abstract

A framework of future education has been articulated by Asian researchers in the form of the Interest-Driven Creator (IDC) theory. Recent collaborative efforts have attempted to broaden the framework towards visions for future education with the IDC theory still as the basis but now embracing consideration of the ultimate educational goals of education. Such extensions can serve the purpose of further informing the development of the theory, as well as motivating and driving us towards realization of educational futures. The advent of the digital world and its fusion with the real world has also necessitated the bridging of seamless learning and working spaces in the daily lives of the learners. In this panel, we invite scholars to respond to, critique and build on building such visions of educational futures and argue for the role of IDC theory and what it can contribute.