ICT IN EDUCATION
ICT in Education Database
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19.07.10 ICTs in Education Prize: call for nominations
Digital Literacy: Preparing Adult Learners for Lifelong Learning and Flexible Employment is the theme of the 2010 UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICTs in Education. Funded by the Kingdom of Bahrain, the...read more >>
19.07.10 Vietnam to develop Next Generation of Teachers
Hanoi National University of Education (HNUE) along with ten other universities and three teacher training colleges in Vietnam participated in the UNESCO Bangkok Curriculum Development Workshop. Thirty-six participants, mostly...read more >>
19.07.10 Nepal develops Master Plan for ICT in Education
I have climbed my mountain, but I must still live my life. – Tenzing NorgayThe general perception is that developing an ICT in Education Master Plan is comparable to climbing Mt. Everest, in that it is a massive and daunting...read more >>
19.07.10 Case studies on the use of ICT in universities in Asia and the Pacific
If universities are to be the centers of learning to produce future leaders and innovators, then it is fair to expect universities to be a forerunner in using cutting edge technologies and tools to educate and train their...read more >>
19.07.10 Philippine Commission on Higher Education consult stakeholders on curriculum revision for Next Generation of Teachers
To begin the process of revising the curriculum to prepare the Next Generation of Teachers, the Philippine Commission on Higher Education (CHED) organized a “Consultative Meeting on the Information Communication Technology (ICT)...read more >>
19.07.10 Symbiosis International Conference on Open & Distance Learning
The First Symbiosis International Conference on Open and Distance Learning will be held from the 21st to the 23rd of February, 2011 at Pune, India. The Conference, organized by Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning (SCDL), is...read more >>
19.07.10 Senior UN, private sector officials define vision for globally connected society
Meeting at a United Nations forum, leaders from the private sector, civil society and the creative world have underscored the critical role played by broadband networks in spurring global development. In a private gathering...read more >>
19.07.10 IT@school Project: Successfully educating Kerala with ICT
IT@School Project is the technology arm of the General Education Department of Government of Kerala, which was setup in the year 2000 for empowering the state school populace by imparting Information Communication Technology...read more >>
19.07.10 Improving child literacy in Africa: Experiments with an automated reading tutor
This paper, written by G. Ayorkor Korsah et.al., describes Project Kan é , a research endeavor aimed at exploring the role that technology can play in improving child literacy in developing communities. An initial pilot study...read more >>
19.07.10 The future of learning institutions in a digital age
In this report, Cathy Davidson and David Theo Goldberg focus on the potential for shared and interactive learning made possible by the Internet. They argue that the single most important characteristic of the Internet is its...read more >>
19.07.10 LibriVox: What volunteers can accomplish
In August 2005, Hugh McGuire set up a blog, and posed this question: “Can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to help bring books in the public domain to life through podcasting?” The response to this was sufficiently positive...read more >>
19.07.10 How to use blogs or digital cameras in teaching?
Over the past 20 years, how technology is used in schools has changed remarkably. Today, many schools aim to provide access to technology across the whole schools and use it across all subjects. The Next Generation Learning site...read more >>
19.07.10 Never stop learning. Come Explore
Explore is a multimedia organization that documents individuals who have dedicated their lives to improving the human condition. They provide an online portal that archives non-profit work, including more than 250 original films...read more >>
25.06.10 Learning beyond the classroom
She has music blasting from her MP3 player almost every waking minute. She spends over seven hours a day on entertainment media. She checks her phone every ten minutes for updates from friends via messages and tweets. She is the...read more >>
25.06.10 Regional seminar on the impact of the economic crisis on higher education and the use of ICT in universities to be held in Bangkok
Bangkok, 30 June - 2 July 2010 Knowledge is power and governments all over the world are eager to develop knowledge-based societies in their countries. Higher education is perceived to be a driving force of the economy and ICT...read more >>