April 1st, 2007 by Jorge Goncalves
Open Training Platform. ‘UNESCO facilitates a collaborative access to existing free training courses and promotes open licensed resources to specialized groups and local communities for development. The objective behind this platform is to empower trainers or/and trainees with free resources, offer them a structured collaborative space to share their training but also to promote and [...]
October 5th, 2006 by Jorge Goncalves
The Literacy Project. ‘A resource for teachers, literacy organisations and anyone interested in reading and education, created in collaboration with LitCam, Google, and UNESCO’s Institute for Lifelong Learning. Find books, articles and videos about literacy, or start your own literacy or reading group!’
August 9th, 2006 by Jorge Goncalves
UNESCO Free & Open Source Software Portal. ‘The UNESCO Free Software Portal gives access to documents and websites which are references for the Free Software/Open Source Technology movement. It is also a gateway to resources related to Free Software. With the Free Software Portal, UNESCO provides a single interactive access point to pertinent information for [...]
July 2nd, 2006 by Jorge Goncalves
Teachers’ role and needs in the ICT environment. ‘There is an ongoing debate as to whether teachers are becoming redundant as a consequence of the use of ICT in education or whether a teacherless classroom is just a myth. In fact, new educational technologies do not curb the need for teachers but they call for [...]
June 24th, 2006 by Jorge Goncalves
Arriving at the Electronic Frontier. ‘Achieving universal primary education in countries jumpstarts secondary education. However, many regions find themselves without the resources needed to meet this demand. A UNESCO program using Open and Distance Learning (ODL) systems is giving secondary school students access to the world of learning. “This situation urgently calls for the development [...]
May 29th, 2006 by Jorge Goncalves
UNESCO at 60: Focus on Distance Learning. ‘UNESCO is celebrating its 60th anniversary over 60 weeks, with each week devoted to a theme. The week of 29 May-4 June is dedicated to Distance Learning.’
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May 1st, 2006 by Jorge Goncalves
Teacher shortages threaten quality Education For All. ‘Countries across the world will need to recruit more than 18 million teachers over the next decade. The greatest challenge lies in sub-Saharan Africa, which will need to expand its teaching force by 68% over this period. By 2015, countries like Chad will need almost four times as [...]