Human & tech

In a world where technology is evolving (from micro learning to massive learning, from VR to AI), the role of learning facilitators is more important than ever. Discover how to integrate tools into your learning design to unlock human connection, foster engagement and fuel inspiration.

• Humanity First
  
  The most transformative learning does not come from having the perfect content or the latest technology. It comes from real conversations, the ones that challenge your thinking. While technology is evolving rapidly, it's crucial to maintain a balance between technological use, human engagement, and the spaces where learning and relationships occur.
• Gamification
  
  Learning is about building relationships, fostering creativity, managing negativity, and creating incentives. One powerful approach to achieving this is gamification, which not only drives motivation but also encourages collaboration and engagement. Gamification, as an approach to learning, integrates game-like elements into educational or professional settings to foster creativity, strengthen relationships, and enhance problem-solving skills.
• The Blended and Hybrid Learning Space
  
  With rapidly evolving technology and societal changes, learning becomes a multidimensional experience. How might you enable inclusive and equal participation between online and face-to-face participants?
• Essential Digital Skills for Capacity-development
  
  In a world where technology is in continuous evolution, the demand is shifting toward professionals who can create learning experiences that truly engage people, connect them, and help building relationships. The rising role of learning facilitators is key to creating opportunities for contribution, reflection, and collective silence.
• Inspiring KPIs
  
  While organisations need metrics to measure value and success, the key to success in learning is to "Keep People Inspired". This approach ensures sustained engagement and achievement.

This Keynote will delve into emerging trends in digital learning, the evolving role of facilitators, the role of gamification in engaging learners through technology and the transformation of learning spaces for hybrid environments. It emphasizes the importance of inspiring people over merely focusing on metrics.

Capacity-development professionals, trainers, HR professionals, IT specialists, project managers and university students will discover strategies for fostering human connections, creating impactful learning experiences, and integrating human-centred designs, with practical applications for education and workplace development.

Alessia Messuti, from Italy, oversees capacity-development initiatives and advisory services, emphasising digital transformation for the ILO, UN agencies, development banks, international organisations, and NGOs. She advocates for a human-centred approach to technology, stressing that despite the rapid evolution and obsolescence of technologies, the focus should constantly be on the individuals using them.

Education

Alessia studied at Universidad de Salamanca, Università degli Studi di Torino (M.A. in International Communication), University Institute of European Studies, the International Training Centre of the ILO, and the University of Michigan.

Experience

Alessia currently acts as Digital Learning Lead at the International Training Centre of the ILO (ITCILO). Her work in the Learning Innovation Programme for the past 10 years focuses on e-Learning Programme design, quality assurance and facilitation of learning events, conferences and workshops in Africa, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. She is currently responsible for the thematic cluster on Learning Technologies by ensuring the Centre has in-house capacity to use and mainstream learning technologies in capacity development projects.

Before joining the ITCILO, she conducted applied research on mobile learning in workplace settings in collaboration with the Open University of the Netherlands. Her work culminated in the publication of a paper presented at the International Mobile Learning Conference in 2014.

At UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Training and Research), Alessia co-authored the institutional e-learning quality assurance framework and guidelines for the training department.

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