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Past GELYDA Events
We are pleased to announce that GELYDA Advisory Board members, education experts from across the globe, will be leading our engaging May webinar, Extended Learning Through STEM Education.
Date: May 14th, 2025
Time: 8:00 – 9:00 AM ET
Location: Online (see registration link below)
The Extended Learning Through STEM Education webinar features the latest research and global perspectives on how extended learning is supporting STEM education and workforce development for thriving communities through both school-based and out-of-school time practices. Panelists from Egypt, Denmark, South Africa, and the United States will examine the importance of developing a STEM mindset in students and growing STEM ecosystems in order to promote social responsibility, sustainability, and workforce development.
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Please register for the event by clicking on the link below. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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Professor Dr. Gil G. Noam of Harvard and the Institute for the Study of Resilience will led our Winter Webinar. He is Co-founder and Chair of GELYDA.​
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Developmental Resilience: An Approach to Extended Education during a Global Youth Mental Health Crisis​​
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In this session, Gil Noam will explore how extended education programs can proactively foster strengths and assets in individuals, families, and communities. In the process extended education as a field can help address post-COVID isolation, depression, suicidality and more. He will discuss the concept of "going upstream" to manage adversity and trauma, highlighting the role of mentoring relationships, engaged learning, and peer group activities in promoting positive mental health. This approach is the most humane and cost-effective as it does not wait for suffering to become chronic or even life-threatening. In no country are there enough trained clinicians who can handle the number of psychological and psychiatric problems that young people and the adults that surround them encounter.
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By adopting the approach, Noam and his team call Developmental Resilience where adversity can lead to strength rather than illness, extended education programs not only enhance youth development but also align with public health objectives, opening avenues for much-needed funding from both educational and health sectors.
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Please register for the event by clicking on the link below. This is a conversation you won’t want to miss! We will send you a certificate of participation from GELYDA, the Global Extended Learning and Youth Development Association.
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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Extended Learning and Youth Development in Times of Crisis
The GELYDA inaugural virtual symposium: The Extended Learning and Youth development in Times of Crisis on May 15th and 16th with Keynote Speaker: Andreas Schleicher, OECD was a great success with over 170 registrants from around the world.
Stay tuned for materials from the event to be posted here and shared. More to come!!!
We are thrilled to share the recording of Andreas Schleicher's engaging keynote address from May 15th, 2024, PISA - Measuring Social and Emotional Outcomes, and his accompanying PowerPoint presentation. For all attendees who joined us for GELYDA's inaugural symposium please be on the lookout for follow-up communications regarding the event. Please visit our membership page if you have not already joined the Association to be a founding member.
GELYDA Presents at theWERA TASK FORCE Global Research in Extended Education Conference
GELYDA was honored to participate in the WERA conference in Brisbane, Australia this month. They hosted a panel September 13th, 2024 entitled, ​​Global Perspectives on Connecting Research, Practice, and Policy in Extended Learning with strong attendance to the session.
GELYDA founders Dr. Kolbrún Þorbjörg Pálsdóttir (Iceland, moderator), Dr. Dale Blyth (USA, discussant), Dr. Sanghoon Bae (South Korea, panelist), Kylie Brannelly (Australia, panelist), Dr. Linda Khanyi (South Africa, panelist) and Dr. Fuyuko Kanefuji (Japan, closing remarks) served as representatives of the association.