Recent technological innovations have enabled the proliferation of new educational tools and created new ways to deliver educational content globally. These technologies are having a profound impact on society by extending access to education and improving the quality of learning. Moreover, they are expected to extend the frontiers of traditional learning methods, prompting innovation in education systems around the world.

Jakob Ravn, Executive Director of Teaching and Learning at Copenhagen Business School, will explain the importance of technology in education, including the impact of technology on learning, and how digital innovation is changing the educational ecosystem. Professor Takehiko Kariya from the University of Oxford will then discuss the limitations of the new approaches, and the necessary preconditions that need to be considered to apply them in the Japanese environment.

About the contributors

Jakob Ravn is Executive Director of Teaching and Learning at Copenhagen Business School. He has been engaged in the development of teaching and learning in higher education for nearly two decades. At present he is working on Copenhagen Business School’s strategic initiative to implement blended learning as the main delivery mode for its programmes. He heads the Teaching & Learning department, a support unit for teaching, academic and infrastructure development. Jakob is also a member of the CBS Board of Directors.

Takehiko Kariya is Professor of Sociology of Japanese Society at the Department of Sociology and the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford. His research interests cover the sociology of education, social stratification and social mobility, social changes in post-war Japan, and social and educational policy. He is one of the leading sociologists on inequality in education in Japan and has published extensively on the topic, as well as on his other research interests, both in Japanese and English.

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