News: IITE and partners in action

The UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE) in close partnership with UNESCO Moscow Office for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Republic of Moldova and the Russian Federation, Saint-Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation and UNESCO Chair “Distance Education in Engineering” of SUAI organizes UNESCO IITE and UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs International Conference “UNESCO Chairs Partnership on ICTs use in Education”. It takes place within the XIII International Forum «Modern information society formation – problems, perspectives, innovation approaches» to be held on 5 – 10 September, 2012. Read more International Conference “UNESCO Chairs Partnership on ICTs use in Education”

The paper on UNESCO IITE project “UNESCO IITE in Non-English-Speaking Countries” was published in the Proceedings of the All-Russian Scientific and Methodological Conference TELEMATICA – 2012 that was held on June 25 – 28 in St. Petersburg by the State Institute of Information Technologies and Telecommunications INFORMIKA and the National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics. Read more UNESCO IITE at TELEMATICA – 2012

The 2012 World Open Educational Resources Congress was held on June 20-22, 2012 at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. Organized in cooperation with the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), the Congress aimed to influence educational policies worldwide and to encourage governments to support the development and use of open educational resources. Read more IITE participated in the UNESCO World OER Congress

A new survey “Educational Portals and Open Educational Resources in the Russian Federation” (authors: Alexey Sigalov and Alexey Skuratov) has been published by IITE. The book provides an up-to-date survey of the current level of development of educational materials and repositories of educational resources in Russia. Read more Recently published "Educational Portals and Open Educational Resources in the Russian Federation"

In June 2012, the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and UNESCO published the monograph “Open Educational Resources and Change in Higher Education: Reflections from Practice”. The monograph includes the chapter “Introducing the Opportunities and Challenges of OER: The Case of the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Baltic” authored by Dendev Badarch and Svetlana Knyazeva (UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education) and Andy Lane (the Open University UK). Read more IITE chapter in UNESCO/COL monograph

In the framework of IITE and UNICEF-Armenia joint project, a training seminar “ICTs for inclusive education” and a workshop “ICTs in education of visually impaired persons” were organized on June 18-21 in Yerevan, Armenia.  Read more IITE/UNICEF-Armenia joint project on ICTs for inclusive education

UNESCO IITE participated in the FIFTH GLOBAL STUDIES CONFERENCE, which was held at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Global Studies, Moscow, on 20-22 June. The Global Studies conference is to be held annually in different locations around the world, each of them will be selected for its particular role in the dynamics of globalization. Read more Fifth Global Studies Conference

UNESCO IITE in cooperation with Cisco Systems, Inc. organized a joint training course “IT Essentials: PC Hardware and Software v4.0” for teachers of the UNESCO Associated schools of Moscow and Moscow Region  Read more UNESCO IITE and Cisco Joint Project

UNICEF Armenia and IITE in the framework of the joint project will organize a training seminar “ICTs for Inclusive Education” and a workshop “Practical use of ICTs for education of visually impaired persons”. Read more UNICEF Armenia and IITE joint project on ICTs for inclusive education

An International Forum “Topical Issues of ICTs in Education: International and Russian Experience”  and, within its framework, an International Seminar “ICT Use in TVET in CIS Countries” were held in the Federal Institute for Education Development (FIRO) on 23-24 May 2012.  Read more International Forum “Topical Issues of ICTs in Education: International and Russian Experience”  

The Joint HP & UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE) Center for Education and Research has officially opened its doors at St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technology, Mechanics and Optics (NRU ITMO) on May 18, 2012. Read more Opening of Joint HP & UNESCO IITE Center for Education and Research at St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technology, Mechanics and Optics