ICDE Highlights publication
Published 24.02.12ICDE is pleased to announce the publication of its most recent activity report, featuring information about the organization's activities over the twelve months until December 2011.
New host for Open Praxis
Published 10.02.12Following a call for interest for the renewal of its online journal, ICDE is pleased to announce that Inés Gil-Jaurena from Universidad Nacional de Eduación a Distancia (UNED), Spain, has begun a two-year term as editor. The relaunched Open Praxis will demonstrate creative and innovative research and highlight challenges, lessons and achievements in the practice of distance and e-learning.
Latest contributions to ODL online debate
Published 10.02.12Presentations on the status of open and distance learning in India and Brazil are the latest contributions to this ICDE convened online discussion on the UNESCO/ World Bank Group infoDev sponsored Educational Technology Debate portal. Comments have come from countries including Canada, Uganda, Uruguay, Ethiopia and the Nordic countries.
Online debate on open and distance learning
Published 10.02.12ICDE is convening an online debate on open and distance learning on the UNESCO/ World Bank Group infoDev sponsored Educational Technology Debate portal. The debate will feature specific contributions from ICDE members representing the BRIC nations. The dialogue has already begun and input and opinions are eagerly sought.
UNESCO World OER Congress
Published 10.02.12The First World OER Congress will be held 20-22 June 2012 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France. Organized in cooperation with the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), the Congress aims to influence educational planning worldwide and to encourage governments to support the development and use of open educational resources.
UNESCO e-learning tools
Published 24.02.12UNESCO's office in Bangkok has released a collection of e-learning tools aimed at high school students, university students, educators and teacher trainers as part of UNESCO's ICT in Education Teacher Training Series.
New Rector at Universidade Aberta, Portugal
Published 10.02.12ICDE member institution Universidade Aberta, Portugal, recently announced the election of Professor Paulo Dias as Rector for a four-year mandate. Professor Dias formally assumed his new position in a ceremony that took place at the university in December 2011.
AAOU Annual Conference call for papers
Published 10.02.12The 26th Asian Association of Open Universities Annual Conference will be hosted by ICDE member institution The Open University of Japan on 16-18 October 2012.
International Conference on Open and Distance e-Learning: Creating Spaces and Possibilities
Published 05.10.1122 - 24 February 2012
Manila, Philippines
Contact North | Contact Nord joins ICDE
Published 10.02.12Canada’s Contact North | Contact Nord is the distance education and training network serving the province of Ontario - Canada’s economic capital. Contact North | Contact Nord’s 112 online learning centres span the more than one million square kilometres that make up Ontario to provide students with greater access to flexible, quality education and training opportunities through effective collaboration and the innovative use of technologies.
New President appointed for the Commonwealth of Learning
Published 24.02.12ICDE member institution, the Commonwealth of Learning, recently announced the appointment of Asha Kanwar as President. ICDE extends warm congratulations to Professor Kanwar, who will take up her duties on 1 June 2012.
DEANZ conference: Shift Happens
Published 24.02.12ICDE associate member the Distance Education Association of New Zealand (DEANZ) is holding a conference entitled Shift Happens. The conference, which will be held 11-13 April 2012 in Wellington, New Zealand, will look at the three themes, resilience, relevance and reform in the context of education. Registration closes 12 March 2012.