News: IITE and partners in action

On September 20, 2013 the first event out of the series of open workshops “Ideas. Technology. Education” held by UNESCO IITE in cooperation with Independent Nonprofit Organization “E-Learning for Nanotech Industry (eNano)” , designer of innovative branch educational resources and coordinator of programme “Development of system of e-Learning”, took place at ROSNANO. Read more First event out of the series of open workshops “Ideas. Technology. Education”

The Fourteenth session of the IITE Governing Board was held in Moscow at the Marriot Courtyard Hotel on 13-14 September 2013. Director-General of UNESCO was represented by Mr. Svein Osttveit, UNESCO Director of the Executive Office of Education Sector (EO/ED). Also the guests of honour attended the session: Mr. Amir Bilaletdinov, Deputy Secretary-General of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO and Dr. Evgeniy Ugrinovich, Head of the International Department of the Ministry of Education and Sciences of the Russian Federation. Read more 14th session of the Governing Board

On September 13, 2013, in the framework of the annual session of the UNESCO IITE Governing Board, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. The agenda of the meeting was focused on discussion of the project on promotion of e-learning in the CIS countries though dissemination of massive open online courses (MOOCs). Read more Meeting of the UNESCO IITE Governing Board at the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation

UNESCO IITE Activity Report for the biennium 2012-2013 was prepared and published in English and Russian languages. Read more UNESCO IITE Activity Report 2012-2013

The UNESCO IITE International Master Programme “ICT in Teacher Professional Development” has been out of print. This is an educational programme for Master’s Degree in “Pedagogy” (code 050100). Read more Out of print: UNESCO IITE International Master Programme “ICT in Teacher Professional Development” (in Russian)

UNESCO IITE presented its recent publicationsat the 26th Moscow International Book Fair (MIBF-2013) that was held in the All-Russian Exhibition Centre on 4-9 September 2013. Read more UNESCO IITE participated in Moscow International Book Fair (MIBF-2013)

This is a new edition of the book prepared by the international experts – Mr Bent B. Andresen (Danish University of Education, Denmark) and Ms Katja van den Brink (University of Landau, Germany) – that was initially issued by UNESCO IITE in 2001. Read more Out of print: ‘Multimedia in Education’ Curriculum

The Association of Ethnographers and Anthropologists of Russia jointly with the N.N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology organized the X Congress of Ethnographers and Anthropologists of Russia on 2-6 July 2013 in Moscow. The project “A Networked System of Open Indigenous Knowledge Resources for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Polar Regions” implemented by the UNESCO IITE and the UNESCO Office in Moscow was presented at the Congress section devoted to the analysis of the lifestyle of the indigenous peoples of the North. Read more Presentation of the UNESCO IITE project at the X Congress of Ethnographers and Anthropologists of Russia

XX Anniversary International Conference "Crimea 2013" took place on 10-14 June 2013 in Sudak (Crimea, Ukraine). The conference was organized within the framework of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). Read more XX International Conference "Crimea 2013"

The UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (UNESCO IITE) in partnership with St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation (SUAI) and it’s UNESCO Chair “Distance Education in Engineering” organized an International Conference “UNESCO Chairs Partnership on ICTs use in Education”.  Read more International Conference “UNESCO Chairs Partnership on ICTs use in Education”

V International IT Forum "Information Society for All: Turning goals into actions" took place on 4-5 June 2013 in Khanty-Mansiysk. The Forum was organized by the Government of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra and the Public Chamber of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Yugra, with the support and participation of the World Bank, UNESCO Office in Moscow, the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (UNESCO IITE) and the Insitute for the Information Society. Read more V International IT Forum in Khanty-Mansiysk

It takes place within the XIV International Forum «Modern information society formation – problems, perspectives, innovation approaches» to be held on 2 – 6 June, 2013 in St.-Petersburg, Russian Federation. Read more Upcoming international conference “UNESCO Chairs Partnership on ICTs use in Education”