IITE-UNESCO asks professionals to make their voice heard in a project on the future of education
IITE-UNESCO asks professionals to make their voice heard in a project on the future of education
The UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE) is implementing the project Access, Equity and Quality: Envisioning the Sustainable Future of Postsecondary Education in a Digital Age, in collaboration with UNESCO Headquarters. The project aims at determining the future[…]
Wide Open Spaces: the Pros and Cons of Open Education
The infographic was suggested to us by the company Value Colleges. Believing that educational field is in need of more agencies and more new players, we are posting this view of Open Education. Your comments are welcome, as always.[…]
Art Schools Go MOOC, With a New Online Platform
Teaching free courses in the arts as MOOCs had bee tried before via Coursera, but it did not work out well, so its authors frustrated by limitations of the Coursera platform, just left it –[…]
UNESCO launches a fundraising campaign to bring relief to Nepal
On April 25 and May 12, Nepal was hit hard by two earthquakes that brought about awful consequences to the country and its citizens. The first earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.8-8.1, killed more than[…]
Catalan UNESCO Chairs call attention to the Government with the Palau Robert Manifesto
The Catalan UNESCO Chairs held a meeting on May 6 in Barcelona to discuss the challenges Catalan UNESCO Chairs face in the economic crisis. A paper was presented summarizing the activities of Chairs in research,[…]
What Will Next Generation Learning Environments Look Like?
“Next Generation Digital Learning Environment”, a report released by EDUCAUSE, points out that current tools applied by Learning Management Systems (LMS) do not meet the changing needs of higher education. Therefore, we observe the love-hate relationship[…]
Fake Diplomas, Real Money
An Insight into the Scam of Diploma Mills “Very little in this virtual realm is real”. This is how New York Times describes the network of alleged education institutions offering fake accreditations run by Axact,[…]
Education For All Report Presented in Barcelona
Aaron Benavot, director de of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2000-2015, presented the achievements and challenges of Education worldwide yesterday in Barcelona. All through the event, organized by the UNESCO Center of Catalonia and[…]
Call for applications to undertake postdoctoral research studies
The UOC’s UNESCO Chair is a center for the promotion of research, learning and information resources in the intensive use of ICTs in education for social transformation. As a further step toward fostering meaningful[…]
The state of MOOCs in Europe analyzed
The report “Institutional MOOC Strategies in Europe” is part of the European Union-funded HOME project (Higher Education Online: MOOCs the European Way) led by EADTU. Released a few weeks ago, it presents data on the[…]