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image: squares decoration INTERACTIVE FACILITATION MEETING (IFM)
 

Action Line IFM
C7: e-Learning

ICTs and Education

Organised by UNESCO

Tuesday 11 May 2010, 16:00�17:30
Room H

 
   
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It has been comprehensively demonstrated that integrating ICT into education systems can increase the quality of education and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of education delivery. Use of ICT in education also offers the potential to facilitate greater access to information and services by marginalized groups and communities.

This meeting is intended to provide a forum for facilitating discussions on the work carried out in the area of ICTs and Education under Action Line C4/C7 and for fostering international cooperation.

There will be a focus on the transfer and exchange of ideas from multi-stakeholders as well as address issues of knowledge management and capacity-building.

The meeting will explore the brand new methods of learning with online social networks, web 2.0 technologies such as Facebook, YouTube University, iTunes University, learning via mobile phone, and Open Educational Resources (OERs) affect the structures of traditional education.

Speakers will deliver concise presentations and the moderator will be facilitating questions from the audience and stimulating a lively debate.

The meeting will be moderated by Mr. Indrajit Banerjee, UNESCO focal point for ICT in Education.


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*English & French interpretation will be made available.

 
   
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Welcome Remarks: Mr. Indrajit Banerjee, UNESCO focal point for ICT in Education



Keynote
Speaker 1:

H.E. Jos� Fernando Gonz�lez S�nchez, Deputy Minister of Basic Education from the Ministry of Public Education, Mexico, Digital Abilities for all / Habilidades Digitales para Todos (HDT) Educative and technological program for basic schools in Mexico


Speaker 2:

Professor Bruck, Chairman, World Summit Award


Speaker 3:

Tullio Basaglia, Head of Library Services CERN, President of the Association of International Librarians and Information Specialists (AILIS) on behalf of the International Federation of Libraries (IFLA)


Speaker 4:

Susan Schorr, ITU, Connect a School, Connect a Community


Speaker 5:

Mr. Abel Caine, UNESCO, UNESCO Open Educational Resources (OER) Platform


 
   
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For more information, please contact:

Mr. Indrajit Banerjee (i.banerjee@unesco.org) or
Mr. Abel Caine (a.caine@unesco.org)
 

ICT in Education, Science and Culture Section
Information Society Division
Communication and Information (CI) Sector
UNESCO

   
 

 

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