Slow Learning

Discover the story behind the slow learning concept, the slow learning bill of rights, a series of literary and visual reflections, and 10 slow tools you can adopt today to better live and learn.

• Roots of a slow movement
  
  In the 1980s, Carlo Petrini and a group of activists demonstrated at the Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy where a McDonald’s was intended to open. This kicked off the opposition to fast food, starting the slow food and wider slow movement.
• The birth of slow learning
  
  The ITCILO Learning Innovation Programme witnessed the conscious construction of time through one of the few 400-year-old crafts: violin making in Cremona, Italy. This starts to shift the narrative around what slow learning means.
• Mindful vs. Mind Full
  
  Over 1,900 global artists contributed to the Mindful vs. Mind Full Posterheroes competition to create visualizations of slow learning to serve as communication tools for exhibits, calendars, and publications.
• The slow learning book
  
  Over 20 slow learning advocates came together to write the slow learning bill of rights, contribute to a reflective essay, and build the slow tools repository all featured in the publication, “Slow learning: A path to a meaningful and mindful future of learning”.

In a fast-paced world driven by rapid technological advancements and constant pressure to reskill, Slow Learning offers a refreshing alternative—a meaningful and mindful approach to learning that values depth over speed. Drawing inspiration from the slow movement's roots, this Keynote delves into the origins, principles, and tools of slow learning, including the slow learning bill of rights, reflective essays, and practical strategies to adopt today.

This Keynote is ideal for lifelong learners curious about how slowing down can improve focus, sharpen thoughts, and boost productivity. It also serves trainers and facilitators who want to curate meaningful and mindful experiences, online and offline.

Delphine Dall'Agata, from the United States, has worked in the Learning Innovation Programme for the past 5 years focusing on the design and facilitation of online and in-person innovative learning events in over 10 countries. As a UN Innovation Fellow, she actively advocates for forward-thinking experimentation and co-creative solutions.

Education

Delphine holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Dickinson College (United States) and a Master’s Degree from the Turin School of Development (Italy).

Experience

Delphine currently acts as an Associate Programme Officer at the International Training Centre of the ILO (ITCILO). In 2023, she was nominated as one of the 30 Under 30 members of the Learning Technologies Exhibition & Conference, which spotlights the next generation of global leaders in the learning and development field. Before joining the ITCILO she was a Fulbright Grantee for the United States.-Italy Fulbright Commission, where she researched and coordinated urban agriculture initiatives.

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