Overcrowded classrooms, inadequate teacher training, lack of professional development during their careers: all these factors have a negative effect on learning. World Teachers’ Day, celebrated annually on 5 October, focuses… Read more World Teachers’ Day: Quality education requires well-trained teachers
The Yidan Prize’s laureates this year are Northwestern University’s Professor Larry Hedges and edX’s founder and CEO, Professor Anant Agarwal. Both of them will be joined by approximately 350 world… Read more The Yidan Prize 2018 Announced Laureates
On September 4-7, 2018, the UNESCO IITE took part in the Regional Meeting of National Coordinators of the UNESCO Associated Schools Network (ASPnet) of Europe and North America. The Regional… Read more UNESCO IITE session on “The Potential of ICT for Intercultural Communication and Education” at the Conference dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the UNESCO ASPnet
The 2018 Dujiangyan International Forum was held on 30-31 August 2018 in Chengdu, China. The Forum was arranged by the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO, Chengdu Municipal People’s Government, and… Read more UNESCO IITE at the Dujiangyan International Forum 2018
Expert working group including the representative of the UNESCO IITE has completed the final document of the International conference “Tangible and Intangible Impact of Information and Communication in the Digital… Read more Ugra declaration “Information and communication in the digital age” has been adopted
At the invitation of the Russian Society “Znanie” and the Committee for Education and Science of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, the UNESCO IITE is engaged in the… Read more UNESCO IITE joined in efforts to develop the occupational standards for digital curator
The importance of fostering media and information literacy as a vital set of competencies was stressed by the participants of the International Policy Dialogue on UNESCO Information for All Programme… Read more Media and Information Literacy was prioritized on the agenda of the International Policy Dialogue on UNESCO IFAP Priority Areas in the BRICS countries
On 17-20 June 2018, the 27th Annual Conference “Exploring the Micro, Meso and Macro – Navigating between Dimensions in the Digital Learning Landscape” was held by the European Distance and… Read more UNESCO IITE at the 27th EDEN Annual Conference
The international conference “Tangible and Intangible Impact of Information and Communication in the Digital Age” was held within the X International IT Forum in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russian Federation on June 4–8,… Read more UNESCO IITE co-organised the conference on tangible and intangible impact of information and communication in the digital age
On 11-13 June 2018, the Asia-Pacific Regional Seminar on MOOCs for Higher Education: Seizing digital opportunities to achieve SDG4 was held in Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China. The regional seminar was co-organized by… Read more UNESCO IITE at the Asia-Pacific Regional Seminar on MOOCs for Higher Education
VII International Conference “Early Childhood Care and Education” (ECCE 2018) – the largest in Russia event in the field of preschool education, took place in Moscow, Russia, on 16-20 May… Read more UNESCO IITE at the International Conference ECCE 2018
On 10-15 May 2018, UNESCO IITE participated in the Russian rehabilitation conference “Gelendzhik 2018” organized by the All-Russian Association of the Blind. More than 70 persons with visual impairments took… Read more UNESCO IITE at the Russian education and rehabilitation conference “Gelendzhik 2018” organized by the All-Russian Association of the Blind