ICT IN EDUCATION
ICT in Education Database
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30.08.10 Project-based learning and tele-collaboration launched in Thai schools
UNESCO Bangkok organized the first Capacity-Building Workshop on Project-Based Learning and Tele-collaboration in Thailand as part of the Facilitating ICT-Pedagogy Integration Project with the collaboration from Burapha...read more >>
30.08.10 Training workshop on new pedagogy and ICT in Samarkand, Uzbekistan
UNESCO Tashkent office in cooperation with the Ministry of Public Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan and INTEL Moscow has launched the first pilot training workshop on introduction of New Pedagogical and Information...read more >>
30.08.10 Many countries unprepared to advance Non Formal Education (NFE) using ICTs
To fill the gap for comprehensive and comparative information about Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and education, infoDev launched its “Survey of ICTs for Education in India & South Asia” on 21 April, 2010,...read more >>
30.08.10 India launches phase-II of African e-network project
India launched the second phase of pan-Africa e-network, adding 12 more countries to the New Delhi-aided long distance education and tele-medicine programme. Speaking to senior ministers of 12 African countries via...read more >>
30.08.10 Education the winner as NICTA and ACS award Australian ICT student prize
NICTA, Australia’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Centre of Excellence and the Australian Computer Society (ACS) have awarded the inaugural Young Aus-Innovators National ICT Prize to a team of high school...read more >>
30.08.10 New UK study looks for ways to spice up IT lessons
Several studies show how numbers of students studying computing are plummeting across the UK. Concerns over these declines and the constraints in the way that computing is taught in school are so great that an unprecedented range...read more >>
30.08.10 Submit your entry for the eLearning Awards 2010 competition today!
Since 2001, the eLearning Awards competition has been run by European Schoolnet and supported by key industry partners. Ten years after its launch, the eLearning Awards remain Europe’s leading competition to reward excellence for...read more >>
30.08.10 Interactive Radio Instruction (IRI) improves Indian student learning
Interactive Radio Instruction (IRI) is the use of radio to bring curriculum and teacher training to classrooms – a tremendous resource for learning and dissemination. IRI, which only requires a radio and an adult facilitator,...read more >>
30.08.10 Technology to the rescue - Can gadgets in the classroom enhance learning?
We sought the opinions of young people in the Asia-Pacific region on how information and communication tools can be used to promote literacy in a more fun and active learning environment. QUEK RI AN, 24 Singaporean, Nanyang...read more >>
30.08.10 Where desert meets technology: Findings from ICT in Education initiatives in rural schools in Mongolia
Where desert meets technology: Findings from ICT in Education initiatives in rural schools in Mongolia This report acknowledges the many factors that influence the teaching and learning environment in schools and the...read more >>
30.08.10 Sustainable ICT in further and higher education
ICT is becoming ever more ubiquitous within further and higher education, for e-learning, in research, e-administration and other ways. This creates many benefits, including ones of direct relevance to sustainable development...read more >>
30.08.10 Global learning community centers for developing countries
This is a vision paper, based on interviews with a variety of domestic and international learning centers. This paper outlines a map to develop a collaborative set of rural and urban, globally connected Community Learning...read more >>
30.08.10 Geocaching makes walking fun for physical education classes
Walking is one of the best exercises for lifetime fitness. But let’s face it – plain old walking can be a boring proposition for students. As a result, the canny physical education teacher will find ways to make a walk more...read more >>
30.08.10 Tate movie
The Tate Movie Project is the first of its kind – an animated film made by and for children. The Tate Movie Project is a uniquely ambitious project using great artworks to inspire 5-13 year olds nationwide to contribute their...read more >>
09.08.10 UNESCO launched project-based learning and telecollaboration in Chinese schools
Another successful workshop by the UNESCO Bangkok ICT in Education Programme under the Facilitating ICT-Pedagogy Integration Project took place in Guangzhou, China during July 27-30, 2010, in collaboration with South China Normal...read more >>