Vibal
Foundation, the non-profit arm of Vibal Publishing House, Inc., and the Catholic
Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) are inviting educators,
students, scholars, publishers, and policy makers to the forthcoming “The
Future of Education” Conference slated on August 28, 2012.
The conference,
scheduled from 7:30 am to 3 p.m, will be held at the SMX
Convention
Center in the Mall of Asia complex, Pasay City. It has a prestigious roster of
speakers including Department of Education Secretary Bro. Armin Luistro, FSC;
CEAP President Fr. Greg Bañaga, LitWorld Executive Director Dr. Pam Allyn, who
will talk about “Universalizing the US Common Core State Standards”, Philippine
Normal University President Dr. Ester Ogena who will discuss “A New Culture of
Teaching” and Vibal Publishing House President Mr. Gaspar A. Vibal who will
give a presentation on “Life-long Learning”.
This momentous
gathering will discuss the present state and future directions of Philippine
education at the height of global innovations in learning. It is also a
ground-breaking venue for Filipino educators to cull insights, experiences, and
issues relevant to coping with dramatic digital transitions in education around
the world.
Locally, the
latest manifestation pertaining to the digital shift is the adoption of tablet
education and e-textbooks by different major schools all over the
Philippines.
Starting out as a pilot class or experimental program in pioneering schools
like Foundation University in Dumaguete and La Salle Green Hills in
Mandaluyong, the practice has now expanded to full implementation across
different learning institutions, not only within Manila but also in the
provinces.
One of the
purveyors of digital learning is Vibal Publishing House, which has, to date,
deployed 18,000 e-textbooks at the start of the 2012-2013 schoolyear. As an
innovator in the industry, Vibal has produced the latest version of the
etextbook called ePub 3.0, which makes it possible for e-books to come embedded
with audio and video clips and enables true user interactivity. Students can
answer self-scoring quizzes and generally benefit from the enhanced user
experience for more effective learning.
The Future of
Education conference is also a fitting prelude to the CEAP
National
Convention to be held from August 29 to 31, 2012 also at the SMX
Convention
Center.
To register for
the Future of Education conference, please go to
For questions,
please call tel. no.: +63(2) 712-9156 to 59 loc 343 to 344 or fax: +63 (2) 4168460. Email questions and
feedback to
inquire@vibalpublishing.com.
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