OER planning meeting summary
published 03.03.11At the end of February, the OER Foundation hosted an open planning meeting in Dunedin, New Zealand, for the project Open Educational Resources (OER) for Assessment and Credit for Students. UNESCO supported the online streaming of the meeting which enabled virtual participation by 202 participants from 46 different countries.
UNESCO announces launch of new online OER Community
published 15.02.11UNESCO launches its new online platform, the OER Community, and invites practitioners, researchers, decision and policy-makers, teachers and learners to join and contribute their knowledge on open educational resources. This global social network is committed to supporting the Education for All and Millennium Development Goals through OER.
UNESCO news - digital technology innovators awarded
published 21.02.11The most promising global innovators in digital technologies were recognized at the 4th Netexplorateur Forum on 3-4 February 2011 at UNESCO Headquarters. Their innovations are commended for creating new forms of education, communication, information, solidarity and management around the globe.
Open invitation to OER planning meeting
published 11.02.11Post-secondary institutions concerned with promoting the sharing of knowledge and resources to ensure sustainable learning futures are invited to join an open planning meeting on 23 February, 2011. UNESCO will provide support for streaming the meeting on the Internet to enable virtual participation by education leaders and interested persons worldwide.
UNESCO online courses for educational planning and management
published 01.02.11UNESCO's International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) is offering a range of distance courses on topics related to educational planning and management.
UNESCO - call for participation
published 24.01.11UNESCO invites universities in the Mediterranean region to participate in the Open Digital Space for the Mediterranean (e-Omed) project.
Educational Technology Debate
published 18.01.11Online debates are being held on low-cost information and communication technology (ICT) device initiatives and learning on the UNESCO and infoDev sponsored platform Educational Technology Debate (ETD).
UNESCO-COL OER Policy Forum presentations
published 07.01.11Presentations are now available to download following UNESCO and the Commonwealth of Learning's Policy Forum, 'Taking OER beyond the OER Community', held last month at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France.
Invitation to Policy Forum on OER at UNESCO
published 09.11.10UNESCO and the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) extend an open invitation to attend a Policy Forum on Open Educational Resources (OER) next month in Paris, France, within the framework of the UNESCO-COL initiative, “Taking OER beyond the OER community: Policy and Capacity”.
UNESCO signs mobile technology agreement
published 08.11.10UNESCO and telecommunications company Nokia have recently signed a partnership to use mobile technologies to further the goals of Education For All.
UNESCO online consultation on adult education
published 28.10.10The Belém Framework for Action, adopted by 144 countries at the Sixth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI), elaborates recommendations to improve policy, governance, financing, participation and the quality of adult literacy and adult education in the framework of lifelong learning.
UNESCO OER platform
published 13.10.10UNESCO has announced plans to develop a new Open Educational Resources platform with the aim of providing a strategic opportunity to improve the quality of education as well as to facilitate policy dialogue, knowledge sharing and capacity building.
UNESCO: International Conference IITE-2010
published 11.11.1015-16 November 2010
St. Petersburg, Russia
COL-UNESCO Initiative on OER
published 21.09.10UNESCO and the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) are organizing a series of three online discussion forums on aspects of Open Educational Resources. This is part of a joint COL-UNESCO initiative entitled, 'Taking OER beyond the OER Community: Policy and Capacity'. A summary of the first forum has now been published.
UNESCO's regional ICT guide
published 04.10.10UNESCO’s Bangkok Office has recently released a regional guide on ICT in education, entitled ICT Transforming Education: A Regional Guide. The new publication is aimed at teachers, teacher educators, heads of schools and ICT coordinators in the Asia-Pacific region.
UNESCO ICTs in Education Prize: Call for nominations
published 04.08.10UNESCO has launched a call for nominations for the 2010 UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICTs in Education.
UNESCO: social networking debate
published 21.06.10UNESCO organized a high level debate on social networking at the WSIS Forum 2010 to discuss the issues surrounding the potential and pitfalls of new online tools and applications.
UNESCO and COL promote wider use of OERs
published 24.06.10Taking OERs beyond the OER Community: Policy and Capacity is an initiative designed to increase the understanding of OERs by educational decision makers within governments and institutions, and to encourage the incorporation of the concept of OERs into their policies and strategies.
UNESCO - new book published
published 18.05.10As part of its Reference Works series UNESCO has published a new report entitled Investing in Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue.
UNESCO call for ideas : ten ideas for tomorrow's Africa
published 14.04.10UNESCO has launched a call for ideas for proposals in favour of Africa’s development within the next decade. Proposals are invited by 30 April 2010.
UNESCO teaching effectiveness award
published 28.04.10Education institutions in Pakistan, the Dominican Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo are the first laureates of the new UNESCO Hamdan Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Prize for Outstanding Practice and Performance in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Teachers.
UNESCO Prize for the Use of ICTs in Education
published 12.02.10The 2009 UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Education has been awarded.
ICDE General Delegate at UNESCO re-elected President of International Conference of NGOs
published 04.01.10ICDE congratulates Dr. Bernard Loing on his re-election as President of the International Conference of NGOs at UNESCO for the period 2010-2012. His re-election is a great responsibility and an honour for both Dr. Loing and for ICDE.
Education Ministers’ Round Table
published 25.01.10Financial crisis: education budgets weather the storm – so far
published 25.01.10UNESCO 2009 World Conference on Higher Education
published 28.07.09The UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education was held at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 5-8 July 2009.