In February 2015, UNESCO IITE prepared and published the Russian version of the UNESCO Policy Guidelines for Mobile Learning issued by UNESCO in 2013. The brochure in Russian was printed with the financial support of OJSC VympelKom (the Beeline brand). Read more UNESCO Policy Guidelines for Mobile Learning (in Russian)
UNESCO IITE took a part in UNESCO’s flagship ICT in education event, organized in partnership with UN Women – Mobile Learning Week 2015 (MLW 2015), held at UNESCO’s Headquarters in Paris on 23-27 February 2015. Read more UNESCO IITE at Mobile Learning Week 2015
On 16-18 February 2015 the annual international conference “Innovation Arabia 8” was organized in Dubai (UAE) by the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (HBMSU) under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and President of the HBMSU. Read more UNESCO IITE participated in “Innovation Arabia 8”
On 21-23 January 2015, the Workshop on the development of national teachers ICT competency standards was organized by UNESCO Tashkent (TAS) and Bangkok (BKG) offices in the framework of the Regional Project of the Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau of UNESCO for Education on "Supporting Competency-Based Training Reforms to Facilitate ICT-Pedagogy Integration". Read more UNESCO IITE participated in the regional project “Supporting Competency-Based Teacher Training Reforms to Facilitate ICT-Pedagogy Integration” in Uzbekistan
Within the framework of UNESCO IITE project "Foresight in ICT in Higher Education" a summary brief "Technologies in Higher Education: Mapping the Terrain" was developed on the basis of 28 policy briefs published by UNESCO IITE from 2010 to 2014. Read more UNESCO IITE published a summary brief "Technologies in Higher Education: Mapping the Terrain"
The MOOC created on the basis of results of the UNESCO IITE project "ICT in Primary Education" in cooperation with Institute of Education of the London University and placed on the COURSERA platform https://www.coursera.org/course/ictinprimary (see also UNESCO IITE News here) was included into the list of 50 best courses for professional development of educators accredited for use by teachers of the USA upon the recommendation of the President Obama. Read more MOOC "ICT in Primary Education" has received a recognition in USA on the top political level
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Two books "ICT in Primary Education" within the UNESCO IITE Analytical Surveys series has been out of print. The publications were developed in the framework of the UNESCO IITE three-year project "ICTs in primary education". Read more Two new books "ICT in Primary Education" have been released
The round table "Future of the Russian IT education: new formats of schooling" was held in Moscow on 9 December, 2014. It was organized by the business newspaper Vedomosti published… Read more Round table "Future of the Russian IT education: new formats of schooling"
UNESCO IITE was one of the co-organizers of the VII International Seminar "Dialogue of Cultures in a Single Educational Space: Traditional Values and Innovative Solutions", which was held on December 2-5, 2014 in Moscow as part of a series of workshops "Dialogue of Civilizations and Intercultural Cooperation”. Read more UNESCO IITE at the VII Moscow International Seminar "Dialogue of Cultures in a Single Educational Space"
The III International scientific and practical conference "Innovations in Information Technologies and Education" (ITE – Moscow – 2014) took place on the basis of the Russian State Humanitarian University on December 4 – 5, 2014. Read more III International Conference "Innovations in Information Technologies and Education"
The abstracts and presentataions of the International Conference IITE-2014 “New Challenges for Pedagogy and Quality Education: MOOCs, Clouds and Mobiles” were published at the IITE website. Read more Abstracts of the International Conference IITE-2014 were published at the Conference website