http://www.un-gaid.org/en/node/167 Maximize the effectiveness and sustainability of Education Initiatives. en http://www.un-gaid.org/en/node/2501 <div class="event-nodeapi"><div class="event-start"><label>Start: </label>06/10/2008 - 09:00</div></div> <div class="event-nodeapi"><div class="event-end"><label>End: </label>07/10/2008 - 15:00</div></div> <p>The workshop is a continuing effort of academics representing consortium institutions from Finland, Germany, Sweden, and Jordan collaborating on an EU Tempus funded project. The main objective of the project is to advance the frontiers of knowledge in ICT education as a core driver for Jordan national prosperity. The academics envision a collaborative atmosphere among Jordan and EU institutions for advanced teaching, applied research, staff/student exchange, and development for better quality of ICT education and relevance knowledge in a socio-economic development context.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/en/node/167" class="og_links">ICTs in education</a></li> </ul></div> http://www.un-gaid.org/en/node/2501#comments Best practices and lessons-learned ICT for improving educational systems Teachers Training http://www.un-gaid.org/en/crss/node/2501 ICTs in education Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:28:47 +0000 admin 2501 at http://www.un-gaid.org http://www.un-gaid.org/en/node/2398 <p>As part of IISD's involvement with Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth and the UNESCO Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, this paper presents a brief history, and identifies current uses and trends for deploying ICTs, primarily in the formal Kindergarten to Grade 12 education system, with a focus on the online environment.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/en/node/167" class="og_links">ICTs in education</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.un-gaid.org/en/node/2398">read more</a></p> http://www.un-gaid.org/en/node/2398#comments ICT for improving educational systems http://www.un-gaid.org/en/crss/node/2398 ICTs in education Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:06:21 +0000 admin 2398 at http://www.un-gaid.org http://www.un-gaid.org/en/node/1358 <p>Providing high school students with PCs is seen as a first step to preparing them for a technology-literate future, but in the Philippines many schools cannot afford to provide computing facilities so after a successful deployment of 13,000 Fedora Linux systems from a government grant, plans are underway to roll out another 10,000 based on Ubuntu.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/en/node/167" class="og_links">ICTs in education</a></li> </ul></div> http://www.un-gaid.org/en/node/1358#comments Connectivity and Access Education Youth http://www.un-gaid.org/en/crss/node/1358 ICTs in education Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:04:21 +0000 admin 1358 at http://www.un-gaid.org http://www.un-gaid.org/en/node/1357 <p><span class="inline inline-left"><img class="image image-thumbnail" src="http://www.unesco.org/iiep/hpimages/2008/partnerships_EFAhp.jpg" alt="Book cover - New Partnerships for EFA" height="180" width="125"></span>UNESCO and the World Economic Forum Global Education Initiative have launched a new programme, “Partnerships for Education”(PfE). PfE aims to create a global coalition for multistakeholder partnerships for education, including the private sector, in order to advance progress towards the objectives of Education for All (EFA).<div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/en/node/167" class="og_links">ICTs in education</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.un-gaid.org/en/node/1357">read more</a></p> http://www.un-gaid.org/en/node/1357#comments Education Multi-stakeholder Partnerships and Networks http://www.un-gaid.org/en/crss/node/1357 ICTs in education Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:40:37 +0000 admin 1357 at http://www.un-gaid.org http://www.un-gaid.org/en/node/933 <p>As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), British Airways is to invest 100, 000 pounds (Sh13.5 million) to assist four rural schools of Kenya to establish Information Technology centres.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/en/node/167" class="og_links">ICTs in education</a></li> </ul></div> http://www.un-gaid.org/en/node/933#comments Education Rural Development http://www.un-gaid.org/en/crss/node/933 ICTs in education Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:39:07 +0000 admin 933 at http://www.un-gaid.org http://www.un-gaid.org/en/node/779 <p>UNESCO initiated the SchoolNet project, with the aim of assisting countries in the Asia-Pacific region to harness the Internet’s potential for enhancing education.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/en/node/167" class="og_links">ICTs in education</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.un-gaid.org/en/node/779">read more</a></p> http://www.un-gaid.org/en/node/779#comments Education http://www.un-gaid.org/en/crss/node/779 ICTs in education Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:11:23 +0000 admin 779 at http://www.un-gaid.org http://www.un-gaid.org/en/node/620 <p>In collaboration with UNESCO and other partners, infoDev is pleased to announce the release of version 2.0 of the ICT in Education Toolkit for Policymakers, Planners and Practitioners.</p> <p>The ICT in Education Toolkit for Policymakers, Planners and Practitioners is designed to assist education policy makers, planners and practitioners in the process of harnessing the potential of ICTs to meet educational goals and targets efficiently and effectively.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/en/node/167" class="og_links">ICTs in education</a></li> </ul></div> http://www.un-gaid.org/en/node/620#comments Education http://www.un-gaid.org/en/crss/node/620 ICTs in education Thu, 03 May 2007 11:41:26 +0000 admin 620 at http://www.un-gaid.org http://www.un-gaid.org/en/node/236 <p>This paper was inspired by a recent assignment to support the provision of high speed and affordable connectivity for educational institutions in a southern African country.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/en/node/167" class="og_links">ICTs in education</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.un-gaid.org/en/node/236">read more</a></p> http://www.un-gaid.org/en/node/236#comments Connectivity and Access Education Telecom infrastructure http://www.un-gaid.org/en/crss/node/236 ICTs in education Fri, 23 Feb 2007 21:40:29 +0000 admin 236 at http://www.un-gaid.org http://www.un-gaid.org/en/node/212 <p>This paper suggests that the Community of Experts (CoE) could advocate for the more efficient and effective use of ICTs by focusing on certain key challenges and on knowledge exchange. This would support the overall work of the Global Alliance, support the strengthening of education systems, and ultimately, assist developing countries.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/en/node/167" class="og_links">ICTs in education</a></li> </ul></div> http://www.un-gaid.org/en/node/212#comments Education Teachers Training http://www.un-gaid.org/en/crss/node/212 ICTs in education Tue, 20 Feb 2007 06:20:53 +0000 admin 212 at http://www.un-gaid.org