On 11 February 2017, Mr. Tao Zhan was appointed to the post of Director of the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education by the Director-General of UNESCO. Read more Mr. Tao Zhan has been appointed Director of the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education
The conference "Education 2030" of the Ural-Siberian Federation of UNESCO Clubs, Centres and Associations took place on 27 January, 2017, in Yekaterinburg. Read more UNESCO IITE at the conference on "Education 2030"
A new publication UNESCO IITE publication “Future for Higher Education and ICT: Changes Due to the Use of Open Content” is fresh from the press. The publication summarizes the results of the Institute’s project “Access, Equity and Quality: Envisioning the Future of Higher Education in a Digital Age” implemented in Education (UNESCO IITE) in 2014-2016. The project was aimed to identify the current trends related to the use of open and online education and to bring evidence to the debate about the future changes expected due to the use of new approaches to teaching and learning, new technologies and new forms of content developed for higher education. Read more New UNESCO IITE publication is out of press
The training workshops with the iPad for teachers of UNESCO Associated Schools organized by IITE in partnershipwith Apple Professional Development (APD) and re:Storetook place on its premises on 15-16 December, 2016. Read more Training workshops with the iPad for teachers of UNESCO Associated Schools
The 2016 Global Education Monitoring Report was presented at the IX International seminar "Education, citizenship and interethnic harmony: the interaction of society and the school" which was held on 29 November – 2 December 2016 in Moscow. Read more IITE at the IX International Seminar "Education, citizenship and interethnic harmony: the interaction of society and the school"
UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (UNESCO IITE) invites all interested specialists to view the video featuring the lectures delivered by leading international experts in the area of open education and use of ICT in education. The video materials were recorded within the Series of Open Lectures "ICT in Education and Sustainable Development Goals: Innovation for Quality, Openness and Inclusion" held by UNESCO IITE in cooperation with the St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation. Read more UNESCO IITE Open Lectures videos are now available online
The Round Table “Russian State Language Policy and the Present Status of the Russian Language in the World” was held in the framework of the V St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum on December 2, 2016. The event was organised by the Russian Committee for the UNESCO Information for All Programme, Interregional Library Cooperation Center, St. Petersburg Branch of the Russian Book Union and the Mayakovski St. Petersburg City Library under financial support of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. Read more UNESCO IITE at the V St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum
UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education and Institute for Strategy of Education Development of the Russian Academy of Education signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on 1 November 2016 Read more UNESCO IITE and Institute for Strategy of Education Development of the Russian Academy of Education signed a Memorandum of Cooperation
More than 400 policy makers, educators, science and culture stakeholders from eight CIS countries met at the IV Congress of Teachers and Educators from the Commonwealth of Independent States held on October 3-4, 2016 in Moscow. The main subject of the Congress was innovations of the modern educational environment of CIS countries aimed at increasing the quality and access to education. Read more UNESCO IITE participated in the IV Congress of Teachers and Educators from CIS countries
The Round Table on the modern linguistic policy of the Russian Federation and promotion of the Russian language through digital educational resources was held in Dagomys (Russian Federation) in the framework of XX Annual Mass Media Festival Vsia Rossia on 27-28 September 2016. Read more Round Table for the Promotion of Russian language through Open Educational Resources
From 26 to 27 September 2016, the LangOER (Enhance Teaching and Learning of Less Used Languages through OER/OEP) project, in cooperation with the Educational Repositories Network (EdReNe), held its conference titled ‘Open Education: Promoting Diversity for European Languages’ in Brussels, Belgium. Read more UNESCO IITE at LangOER Conference
28 September has become one of the most important dates in the calendars of freedom of information advocates worldwide. The proclamation of the International Day for Universal Access to Information will draw greater attention to the issue of the right to information and its fundamental importance for human existence. Read more The celebration of the first International Day for Universal Access to Information on 28 September 2016