Sheila Jagannathan

Sheila Jagannathan is a lifelong learner and Head of the Open Learning Campus at the World Bank in Washington D.C..

She is an internationally recognised thought leader, advisor, author, and forward-thinking senior education leader with over 35 years of experience in leading capacity building, knowledge management, data, social learning, and transformation change across public and private organisations.

A recent MOOC designed under her leadership on Future of Work (WDR 2019) was nominated for the prestigious EDX prize for 2020.

Her seminal book, ‘Reimagining Digital Learning for Sustainable Development: How Upskilling, Data Analytics, and Educational Technologies Close the Skills Gap’, by Routledge, New York (2021) is recognised as a landmark in the field of digital capability building and sustainable development, a topic that has now taken centre stage in promoting alternative pathways for jobs and employment among millions of low-income youths in different parts of the developing world.

Sheila Jagannathan was invited to join 15 global leaders for a UN Executive Leadership Programme for Sustainable Development and is currently a UN Master Mind for providing leadership advice to the organisation on sustainable development issues.

At eLearning Africa 2023 Sheila Jagannathan will share her thoughts on the Metaverse as a revolutionary technology that has the power to make education personalised, engaging, and user-centric. For her, the Metaverse entails the future of eLearning as it enhances real-world skilling and improves accessibility for people with disability or for people living in remote areas.

Avide de connaissances, Sheila Jagannathan est responsable du campus d’apprentissage ouvert de la Banque mondiale à Washington. Leader d’opinion, conseillère, auteure, spécialiste senior et avant-gardiste dans le domaine de l’éducation, elle jouit d’une renommée internationale. Et pour cause, elle a 35 ans d’expérience dans le renforcement des capacités, la gestion des connaissances, les données, l’apprentissage social et la gestion des changements dans les organisations publiques et privées.

Conçu sous sa direction, un MOOC récent sur l’avenir du travail (WDR 2019), a été nominé pour le prestigieux prix EDX 2020.

Son livre intitulé Reimagining Digital Learning for Sustainable Development: How Upskilling, Data Analytics, and Educational Technologies Close the Skills Gap est reconnu comme un ouvrage charnière dans le domaine du renforcement des capacités numériques et du développement durable.

Lors de l’édition 2023 d’eLearning Africa, Sheila Jagannathan partagera ses réflexions sur le métavers, une technologie révolutionnaire capable de garantir une éducation personnalisée, attrayante et centrée sur l’utilisateur. Selon elle, le métavers est l’avenir de l’apprentissage en ligne, car il renforce l’acquisition de compétences dans le monde réel et améliore l’accessibilité pour les personnes handicapées ou vivant dans des zones reculées.