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UNESCO IITE at International Conference “Media and Information Literacy for Building Culture of Open Government”

13 June 2016

UNESCO IITE participated in the International Conference “Media and Information Literacy for Building Culture of Open Government” which was organized within the UNESCO Information for All Programme  in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia from the 6th to 10th of June 2016 in the framework of the 8th International IT-Forum. Read more UNESCO IITE at International Conference “Media and Information Literacy for Building Culture of Open Government”

UNESCO IITE article on OER in Russia

17 May 2016

The monograph “Open Educational Resources: Policy, Costs, Transformation” is out of press. It was published in English in 2016 by UNESCO and the Commonwealth of Learning. The chapter “Open Access to Educational Resources Through Federal Portals and OER in Russia” was co-authored by Dr. Svetlana Knyazeva (UNESCO IITE), and Mr. Alexey Sigalov. Read more UNESCO IITE article on OER in Russia

UNESCO IITE held a master-class on the use of assistive technologies for students with disabilities

28 April 2016

On April 27, UNESCO IITE held a master-class "Classroom of the 21st century: Selecting and using appropriate assistive technologies for students with disabilities". The invited expert Mr. Paul Thompson, AbleNet, Inc. representative covered the subject of the main stages of the integration of assistive technology in inclusive education and the issues of selection and use of technologies in accordance with the individual needs of students Read more UNESCO IITE held a master-class on the use of assistive technologies for students with disabilities

Round Table of the Expert Council for Information Technologies in Education of the State Duma Committee on Education 

22 April 2016

UNESCO IITE was invited to participate in the round table "E-learning: retraining and improvement of qualification during the crisis" organized by the Expert Council for Information Technologies in Education of the State Duma Committee on Education. Read more Round Table of the Expert Council for Information Technologies in Education of the State Duma Committee on Education 

UNESCO IITE at Open Education Global Conference 2016

22 April 2016

For the first time the UNESCO IITE participated in the Open Education Global Conference 2016 which was held at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, Poland from the 12th to 14th of April 2016. More than 150 participants from Afghanistan, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lithuania, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, The Netherlands, Turkey, United Kingdom and USA attended the Conference. Read more UNESCO IITE at Open Education Global Conference 2016

UNESCO IITE and SAP company signed Partnership Agreement in Education and ICT

21 April 2016

On 20 April 2016, at the Moscow International Education Fair of Education – 2016, UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE) and one of the leaders in the market of corporate applications, SAP company signed Partnership Agreement in the field of dissemination of knowledge and best ICT practices.  Read more UNESCO IITE and SAP company signed Partnership Agreement in Education and ICT