ICT in Education Database
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21.05.12: ICT in Education, Resources
Developing and deploying OERs in sub-Saharan Africa: Building on the present
Open educational resources (OERs) have the potential to reduce costs, improve quality, and increase access to educational opportunities. OER development and...
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21.05.12: ICT in Education, Resources
Open Access to scientific information: Policy guidelines released
Addressing a major concern of Member States, UNESCO has released a new publication entitled Policy Guidelines for the Development and Promotion of Open Access...
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21.05.12: ICT in Education, Resources
Open Educational Resources in the People’s Republic of China: Achievements, challenges and prospects for development
UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE) has published a new analytical survey “Open Educational Resources in the People’s Republic...
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21.05.12: ICT in Education, Resources
Online courseware from Yale University
Open Yale Courses provides lectures and other materials from selected Yale College courses to the public free of charge via the internet. The aim of the...
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21.05.12: ICT in Education, Resources
Open Culture - high-quality cultural & educational media for the worldwide lifelong learning community
“The best free cultural & educational media on the web”, Open Culture does live up to its descriptive title. Over the years, Open Culture has...
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21.05.12: ICT in Education, Resources
Technology and child development: Evidence from the One Laptop per Child Program (OLPC)
Although many countries are implementing the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) program, there is a lack of empirical evidence on its effects. This paper written by...
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16.04.12: ICT in Education, Resources
Beyond Textbooks – Report on findings from phase 1
In November 2009, the Virginia Department of Education in USA launched a project to explore the implications of introducing traditional textbook alternatives...
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16.04.12: ICT in Education, Resources
Graduate employability in Asia
In a rapidly changing world with diverse demands, universities face the challenge to produce human resources with the right capacities, skills and knowledge to...
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16.04.12: ICT in Education, Resources
New challenges in Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) teacher education
Prof. Shyamal Majumdar, Ph.D.Head, UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre, Bonn, GermanyFormer Director General, Colombo Plan Staff College (CPSC)
The...
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16.04.12: ICT in Education, Resources
Teaching with wikis: improving staff development through action research
This paper published by Robyn Benson, Charlotte Brack and Gayani Samarwickrema reports on the use of action research in a case study involving two iterations...
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16.04.12: ICT in Education, Resources
Interactivate - exploration in science and mathematics
Interactivate is a set of free, online courseware, structured around collections of activities, lessons, and discussions with the goals of creation,...
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16.03.12: ICT in Education, Resources
Use of ICTs in non-formal education
This essay on the use of ICTs in non-formal education (NFE) provides a perspective on how ICTs are increasingly being used in the community in general to make...
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16.03.12: ICT in Education, Resources
PISA: Are boys and girls ready for the digital age?
This brief 'PISA in Focus' report compares the performance of 15-year-old girls and boys in digital reading tests.
Summarized, the findings of the study...
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16.03.12: ICT in Education, Resources
NMC Horizon Report > 2012 Higher Education Edition
The NMC Horizon Report > 2012 Higher Education Edition is a collaborative effort between the NMC (New Media Consortium) and the EDUCAUSE Learning...
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16.03.12: ICT in Education, Resources
Fast Car: Travelling safely around the world
The Fast Car: Travelling Safely around the World, a racing game that helps the game players to learn about HIV and AIDS prevention and takes them on a tour of...
