Projects: Research and Knowledge-Sharing on ICT in Education in the Asia-Pacific Region
Workshop participants share knowledge/© Tinsiri Siribodhi
Research on ICT use in education in the Asia-Pacific region, and dissemination of research results, lessons-learned and other useful knowledge, is an important component of the UNESCO ICT in Education programme.
A wealth of information has been created and more is published every day about the value of ICT skills and about how specific forms of ICT can be used to enhance the quality of education, as well as about what works or does not, and why.
Generally, however, policy makers, educators, managers and learners lack the time required to sift through the large volume of information to find what they need in order to come to decisions regarding the use of ICT in their local context. Also, there is often little information available that is relevant to the Asia-Pacific region.
Experiences in the use of ICT in education in the Asia-Pacific region have until recently not been adequately documented, compiled, analyzed and disseminated. The result was that best practices and lessons-learned were not being shared and knowledge was not being expanded on how best to use ICT to enhance the reach and quality of teaching and learning. The potential users of this valuable information were therefore unable to gain useful knowledge to enable them to achieve their educational goals.
Faced with this situation, the ICT in Education programme implemented two projects which, as well as providing support for the other projects, provide a means of ensuring that relevant information about the use of ICT in education in the Asia-Pacific region is disseminated widely and lessons-learned are made available to all.
For further information about these projects, please refer to their respective web pages: