ICT in Education Database
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21.05.12: ICT in Education, News and Events
Policy Forum for Asia and the Pacific: Policy and Practices in Open Educational Resources
On 23-24 April 2012, UNESCO, the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and the Thai Teachers TV (TTV) co-organized a Policy Forum for Asia and the Pacific on Open...
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21.05.12: ICT in Education, News and Events
Korean Science TV to share programme contents at no cost
Korean education broadcaster YTN Science expressed intentions to create and share free broadcast materials to public Education TV channels in Asia-Pacific...
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21.05.12: ICT in Education, News and Events
Learning in a book-poor, mobile-rich world
Mobile technologies are promoting collaborative learning in science classes in Chile; strengthening communication between principals and teachers in Kenya;...
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21.05.12: ICT in Education, News and Events
UN debate stresses need to break down barriers for girls in technology-related careers
At a United Nations-organized event in New York, education and technology experts from around the world today discussed the need to break down...
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21.05.12: ICT in Education, News and Events
eTwinning for cross-border learning: School projects of the year announced
The eTwinning annual conference was held in Berlin from 29 to 31 March. Over 500 teachers from 31 countries, actively participated in a very lively programme...
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21.05.12: ICT in Education, News and Events
The WISE Awards - Recognizing innovative and transformative projects
Running in parallel with the WISE Prize for Education and a number of annual programs, the WISE Awards are designed to identify, showcase and...
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21.05.12: ICT in Education, News and Events
OER in Asia: Trends and issues
By Ishan Sudeera Abeywardena, Senior Lecturer at the School of Science and Technology, Wawasan Open University, Malaysia
The OERAsia study...
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17.04.12: ICT in Education, News and Events
Digital textbook initiatives in Korea
By Hye-Kyung Yang, KERIS, Korea
In 1995, the Presidential Education Commission drafted an agenda which, for Korean policymakers still serves as the...
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17.04.12: ICT in Education, News and Events, UNESCO Bangkok
Joint-workshop successfully trains educators in Vietnam on PBL and Tele-collaboration
On 14-17 March, VVOB Vietnam, in cooperation with the British Council in Vietnam, and supported by the Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education -...
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17.04.12: ICT in Education, News and Events, UNESCO Bangkok
Key Players' Meeting on ICT in Education in Vietnam
On 16 March more than 30 key players in the field of ICT in education in Vietnam from over 20 different organizations from the public and private sector as...
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17.04.12: ICT in Education, News and Events
UNESCO and NOKIA held workshop on mobile technologies for teachers
Mobile technologies have great potential to helping teachers, both in and out of the classroom. They can provide access to useful curricular materials,...
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17.04.12: ICT in Education, News and Events
Regional ICT Centre in Bahrain organized two high-level workshops on ICT and education
Addressing the opportunities and challenges in effectively integrating digital technologies in 21st century classrooms, the Regional Centre for Information and...
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17.04.12: ICT in Education, News and Events
Brazil hosts Latin America Open Educational Resources Regional Forum
The Latin America Open Educational Resources (OER) Regional Policy Forum was co-organized by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and UNESCO in Rio de Janeiro,...
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17.04.12: ICT in Education, News and Events
eduLab at the Academy of Singapore Teachers helping to bring ideas into practice
Singaporean Teachers will now have a “living lab” to experiment with evolving technologies before trying them out in their schools. Set to transform learning...
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17.04.12: ICT in Education, News and Events
Developing digital textbooks – A publisher’s experience in the Philippines
Adapted from the paper presented by Jose Lloyd Espiritu, Ph D at the Project 2020 Vietnam Digital Books Conference, October 2011
Dr. Lloyd Espiritu of Vibal...
