UNESCO INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN EDUCATION

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UNESCO INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN
EDUCATION
UNESCO Institutefor Information Technologies
in Education
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IITE Priorities and Tasks for 2000-2001
THE PRIORITIES FOR THE IITE PROGRAMME ACTIVITIES
FOR THE BIENNIUM

• to act as an international clearing house for the
  application of ICTs in education through the
  establishment of a network of national focal
  points for exchange of information and
  experience
• to contribute to the formulation of national
  policies and guidelines concerning the
  application of ICTs in education
• to organize sub-regional workshops and other
  training activities including the preparation and
  testing of training modules.
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  UNESCO Programme and Budget
  2000-2001 (30C/5, p.01440)

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IITE Priorities and Tasks for 2000-2001
THE MAIN RESULTS OF THE IITE PROGRAMME ACTIVITIES
TO BE ACHIEVED BY THE END OF THE BIENNIUM

• training sessions for different categories of
  educational personnel using a set of prepared and
  tested modules
• the international project ICTs in Education
  State-of-the-Art, Needs and Perspectives focused
  on national action plans and policy documents
  launched by setting up an international network
  of national focal points established as an
  interactive system fostering the exchange of
  information and experience
• national pilot projects launched in several
  countries
• IITE Bulletin published.
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  UNESCO Programme and Budget
  2000-2001 (30C/5, p.01443)

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IITE Long-Term Projects

• ICTs in Education State-of-the-Art, Needs and
  Perspectives
• Informatics in Primary Education
• Education via the Internet
• ICTs in Education for People with Special Needs
• Distance Education Structure, Methodology, Staff
  Development and Legal Aspects
• Ethical, Psychological and Legal Problems of the
  Application of ICTs in Education
• Indicators of ICT Application in Education
• ICTs in the Humanities
• Multimedia in Education
• Digital Libraries for Education
• ICTs in Technical and Vocational Education and
  Training
• ICT-assisted Acquipment of Knowledge in Fine Arts
  throughout Education
• Designing Information Environment for Education

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Main Directions of the IITE Activities
Requests of UNESCO Member States
RESEARCH
TRAINING
CLEARING HOUSE
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IITE Functions

• A CATALYST FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
• A LABORATORY OF IDEAS
• A CLEARING HOUSE
• A LEARNING ORGANIZATION
• A CAPACITY-BUILDER IN MEMBER STATES

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Stages of Long-Term Programme Area Development
IITE FUNCTION
Stage I
A CATALYST FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Stage II
A LABORATORY OF IDEAS
Stage III
A CLEARING HOUSE
Stage IV
A LEARNING ORGANIZATION
Stage V
A CAPACITY-BUILDER IN MEMBER STATES
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Stages of Long-Term Programme Area Development
Stage I
Activity
Objective
Outcome
Holding expert meetings, research seminars and
conferences of the representatives of UNESCO
Member States
Recommendations on the implementation of a
programme area within the framework of IITEs
programme activities
Identifying the needs of UNESCO Member States for
the development of a programme area
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UNESCO IITE
Seminars and Workshops
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Research Seminar Teacher Training for Information
Society
UNESCO IITE
21-22 July 2000, Moscow
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Stages of Long-Term Programme Area Development
Stage II
Activity
Objective
Outcome
Preparation of an analytical survey and/or
information materials on ICT usage in the field
of a programme area
Information to UNESCO Member States about
state-of-the-art and possible approaches to ICT
usage in the field of a programme area
Examination of state-of-the-art, needs and
perspectives of ICT usage in the field of a
programme area
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Stages of Long-Term Programme Area Development
Stage III
Activity
Objective
Outcome
Producing and publishing available knowledge and
the best practices on the application of ICTs in
education, holding seminars and workshops for
educators from the Member States on the basis of
prepared analytical survey and/or information
materials
Disseminating the prepared analytical survey
and/or information materials to the UNESCO Member
States, and the utilization of these materials by
UNESCO Member States in their action plans on the
application of ICTs in education
Familiarizing specialists from UNESCO Member
States with the possibilities of ICT usage in the
field of a programme area
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Stages of Long-Term Programme Area Development
Stage IV
Activity
Objective
Outcome
Forming and managing a working team to prepare
and test a training course and a set of
teaching/learning materials in the field of a
programme area
A training course and a set of teaching/learning
materials prepared and tested to train educators
from UNESCO Member States in the field of ICT
application in education
Preparation and testing of a set of
teaching/learning materials to conduct IITE
training activities in the field of a programme
area
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Stages of Long-Term Programme Area Development
Stage V
Activity
Objective
Outcome
Conducting regular IITE training activities and
project development
Reinforcement of the UNESCO Member States
national capacities for the application of ICTs
in their educational systems. Contribution to the
policy formulation and national action plans
concerning ICT usage in education
Training educators from UNESCO Member States in
modern methods of ICT usage in a particular field
of educational activities advisory services and
assistance to UNESCO Member States at their
request
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UNESCO IITE
High-level seminar for decision- and
policy-makers Towards Policies for Integrating
ICTs into EducationIITE, Moscow, from 26 April
to 30 June 2001
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Research and Project Development
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Project Development Stages
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IITE National Pilot Projects

• Application of ICTs in Education for People with
  Special Needs (Armenia)
• Distance Learning for Rural Schools (Kazakhstan)
• Distance Learning in the Educational System
  (Kyrgyzstan)
• Training and Re-training of Educational Personnel
  on ICT Application in Education (Republic of
  Moldova)
• Re-training of School Educators in the
  Application of ICTs in Education namely
  Elementary ICT Curriculum for Teacher Training
  (Russian Federation)
• Application of Distance Teaching/Learning Methods
  in Education (Ukraine)
• Base Indicators of ICT Usage in Secondary
  Education in CIS and Baltic States

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International Congress, Conferences-Exhibitions,
Expert Meetings and Research Seminars Held by
IITE in 2000-2001
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International Congress, Conferences-Exhibitions,
Expert Meetings and Research Seminars Held by
IITE in 2000-2001
continuation
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International Congress, Conferences-Exhibitions,
Expert Meetings and Research Seminars Held by
IITE in 2000-2001
continuation
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International Congress, Conferences-Exhibitions,
Expert Meetings and Research Seminars Held by
IITE in 2000-2001
continuation
Total International Congress, 2
conferences-exhibitions, 8 working meetings and
10 expert meetings/ research seminars
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Training Activities
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Structure of the IITE Educational Programme
SPECIALIZED TRAINING COURSES
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2
3
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BASIC COURSE
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• Basic Course
• Elementary ICT curriculum for Teacher Training
  2001
• Specialized Training Courses
• ICTs in Primary Education 2000
• Multimedia in Education 2001
• ICTs in Distance Education 2001
• Internet in Education 2001
• ICTs in Special Education 2003
• ICTs in Language Teaching 2003
• Digital Libraries for Education 2004
• Designing Information Environment for Education
  2004
• Sets of Support Training Materials
• Towards Policies for Integrating ICTs into
  Education 2002
• Re-training of School Educators in the
  Application of ICTs in Education 2002
• Guide and Instruction Book on Preparation of
  Educational Personnel for Distance Education
  2002

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PROGRAMME TARGET GROUPS

• Policy- and decision- makers in educational
  sphere heads of national and regional
  educational systems

• Heads of pre- and in- service teacher training
  institutions trainers of trainers for ICT in
  education

• Teachers, ICT school coordinators and other
  educational personnel

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UNESCO IITE
Seminars and Workshops
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IITE Training Activities Aimed at Assistance to
UNESCO Member States
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IITE Training Activities Aimed at Assistance to
UNESCO Member States
continuation
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IITE Training Activities Aimed at Assistance to
UNESCO Member States
continuation
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IITE Training Activities Aimed at Assistance to
UNESCO Member States
continuation
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IITE Training Activities Aimed at Assistance to
UNESCO Member States
continuation
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IITE Training Activities Aimed at Assistance to
UNESCO Member States
continuation
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IITE Training Activities Aimed at Assistance to
UNESCO Member States
continuation
Total 18 training seminars and workshops for
about 1000 educators
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Clearing House Activities
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Main IITE Publications in 2000-2001

• Proceedings of the Second International
  UNESCO Congress on Education and
  InformaticsCD-version
• Analytical surveys
• The Experience of Internet Usage in Education
• Distance Education for the Information Society
  Policies, Pedagogy and Professional
  Development
• Information and Communication Technology in
  Special Education
• Current Information Systems on Information
  Technologies in Education

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Main IITE Publications in 2000-2001
continuation
Methodological and training materials Multimedia
in EducationSpecialized Training Course.
(International working group headed by Prof.
Andresen, Denmark) ICTs in Distance
EducationSpecialized Training Course.
(International working group headed by Prof.
Moore, USA) Informatics for Primary Education.
Recommendations English, French and Russian
versions. (In cooperation with IFIP) Elementary
ICT Curriculum for Teacher Training (In
cooperation with IFIP) Internet in
EducationIntroduction note and curriculum (as a
part of specialized training course on the
subject). CD version. (In cooperation with UNESCO
Training Center of San-Sebastian, Spain) IITE
Newsletter (4 issues a year)
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Other publications 2000-2001

• Distance Education Networking and Staff
  Development. Collected Materials
• Distance Education Structure, Methodology, Staff
  Development and Legal Aspects. Final Report
• Education via the Internet. Meeting of
  Experts and the Workshop. Proceedings
• Internet Usage in Education. Materials of the
  workshop
• Teacher Training for Information Society.
  Materials of the research seminar
• Meeting of Experts of the CIS Countries and
  Countries of Central and Eastern Europe on
  the Problems of ICTs Usage in Education.
  Materials
• New Information Technologies for Education.
  Booklet (in cooperation with Apple Computer Inc.)

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Other publications 2000-2001
continuation

• ICTs in Education Indicators and Information
  System. Final report and materials of the expert
  meeting
• Programme of ICT Application in Education
  Projecting National and Regional Strategies.
  International training seminar. Keynote lecture
  by Prof. S. Papert (USA)
• History Education and New Information
  Technologies.Final report of the expert meeting
• Digital Libraries for Education. Final report
  and collected materials of the expert meeting
• High-Level Seminar for Decision- and
  Policy-MakersTowards Policies for Integrating
  ICTs into Education Subject Outline

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IITE Information System (ISITE) WWW Portal in
2000 - 2001
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IITE Information System WWW Portal in 2000 - 2001
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IT Facilities
2000-2001
Conference Hall
4 floor
Video-
Simultaneous
conference
translation
Laser printer
system
Computerized classrooms
3 floor
Cross
Meeting
2 floor
Video-
Room
conference
Simultaneous
translation
system
Laser printer
1 floor
Cross
fax
Laser printer
Ground
Web Studio
floor
Servers
PBX
WWW
Cross
Matra
News
6501
Mail
MMTS-9
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MTS-5
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Dissemination
PUBLICATIONS ARE DISSEMINATED
through the interactive "Information System
on Information Technologies in Education (ISITE)
that is being created
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Dissemination
PUBLICATIONS ARE DISSEMINATED

• through
• net of focal points for the cooperation with
  IITE
• National Commissions for UNESCO
• UNESCO Field Offices
• educational institutions and organizations

more than 350 addresses all over the world
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Strengthening Capacity-Building in the UNESCO
Regions
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IITE Activities in Cooperation with the European
Countries
continuation
80 experts from 27 countries of the Europe region
involved in the IITEs programme activities. In
2000-2001 IITE held 9 expert meetings/research
seminars and 8 working meetings with
participation of the representatives from 26
countries of the Europe region. More than 100
specialists from 26 countries of the Europe
region participated in them.
Armenia Austria Belarus Canada Czech
Rep. Denmark Estonia
Finland Form.Youg. Rep. Macedonia France Germany G
reece Israel
Italy Latvia Lithuania Moldova Netherlands Norway
Poland
Russia Slovenia Switzerland Ukraine United
Kingdom USA
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IITE Training Activities Aimed at the Assistance
to the European Countries
17 training seminars and workshops were held by
IITE in 2000-2001 About 1000 educators from 12
countries of the Europe region attended these
events
Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Cyprus
Czech Rep. Estonia Lithuania Moldova
Russia Tajikistan Ukraine Uzbekistan
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IITEs National Pilot Projectsfor European
Countries

• Application of ICTs in Education for People with
  Special Needs (Armenia)
• Training and Re-training of Educational Personnel
  on ICT application in Education (Republic of
  Moldova)
• Re-training of School Educators in the
  Application of ICTs in Education (Russian
  Federation)
• Application of Distance Teaching/Learning Methode
  in Education (Ukraine)

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Working meetings on pilot projects launched by
IITE in the Europe region
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Working Meetings on Cooperation with National
Focal Points of the Europe Region
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IITE Activities in Cooperation with UNESCO Member
States from Asia and the Pacific
Total 7 expert meetings/ research seminars with
participation of representatives of 7 countries
of Asia and the Pacific (Australia, China, India,
Japan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan and Thailand) 1
workshop and 1 high-level seminar with
participation of representatives of 2 countries
of the Asia-Pacific region (Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan)
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UNESCO IITE
The Seventh Annual UNESCO-ACEID International
Conference on EducationBangkok, Thailand, 11-14
December 2001
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UNESCO IITE
Expert Meetings, Seminars and Workshops
IITE Round Table The Seventh Annual UNESCO-ACEID
International Conference on EducationBangkok,
Thailand, 11-14 December 2001
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IITE Activities in Cooperation with the African
Countries
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IITE Activities in Cooperation with the African
Countries
continuation
Total 3 expert meetings and 2 workshops with
participation of representatives of 6 countries
in Africa (Kenya, Mauritius, Namibia, Republic
of South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia)
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UNESCO IITE
Expert Meetings, Seminars and Workshops
Expert meeting Distance Higher Education in
Africa Professional and Course
DevelopmentDar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, 20 September
2001
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IITE Activities in Cooperation with the Baltic
Countries
Total 1 expert meetings/ and 1 research
seminar with participation of representatives of
3 countries of Baltic region (Estonia, Latvia,
Lithuania)
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IITE Training Activities Aimed at the Assistance
to the Baltic Countries
Total 1 workshop and 1 high-level seminar with
participation of representatives of 3 countries
of Baltic region (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)
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IITE Activities in Cooperation with the CIS
Countries
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IITE Activities in Cooperation with the CIS
Countries
continuation
Total 9 expert meetings/research seminars and
8 working meetings with participation of
representatives of 9 countries of CIS region
(Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova, Russian
Federation, Tadjikistan, Ukraine)
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IITE Training Activities Aimed at the Assistance
to the CIS Countries
Total 15 training seminars and workshops for
about 1000 educators from 8 countries of CIS
region (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Republic
of Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan,
Ukraine and Uzbekistan)
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IITE Cooperation with UNESCO Headquarters
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IITE Cooperation with UNESCO Headquarters
continuation
COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES WITH THE EDUCATION
SECTOR (ED)
Division of Basic Education (ED/BAS)

• The UNESCO-IFIP panel Elementary ICT Curriculum
  for Teacher Training within the framework of the
  7th World Conference on Computers in Education
  (Copenhagen, July-August 2001)
• Elementary ICT Curriculum for Teacher Training is
  proposed by IITE to ED/BAS for the usage in joint
  training activities

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IITE Cooperation with UNESCO Headquarters
continuation
COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES WITH THE EDUCATION
SECTOR (ED)
Division of Secondary, Technical and Vocational
Education (ED/STV)

• The International Conference Technical and
  Vocational Education and Training of Personnel in
  the CIS Countries, Central and Eastern Europe on
  the Eve of the XXI Century as a sub-regional
  preparatory meeting for the 2nd International
  UNESCO Congress on Technical and Vocational
  Education (March 1999)
• The training seminar The Use of Information
  Technology Across the Curriculum (Multimedia and
  Internet) (Nicosia, Cyprus, January 2002)

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IITE Cooperation with UNESCO Headquarters
continuation
COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES WITH THE EDUCATION
SECTOR (ED)
Division of Secondary, Technical and Vocational
Education (ED/STV)

• The expert meeting on ICTs in TVET (April 2002)
• Preparation of an analytical survey on ICTs in
  TVET (by the end of 2002)
• Preparation of the guidelines ICT Application in
  General Education (by the end of 2002).
• Panel Discussion and presentation of a Position
  Paper on ICTs in Secondary Education within the
  framework of the International Conference
  Secondary Education for a Better Future Trends,
  Challenges and Priority (Oman, December 2002)

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IITE Cooperation with UNESCO Headquarters
continuation
COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES WITH THE EDUCATION
SECTOR (ED)
The research seminar Teacher Training for the
Information Society (July 2000) The UNESCO panel
organized within the framework of the 12th World
Conference on Open Learning and Distance
Education (Dusseldorf, Germany, April 2001) was
held by ED/HED and IITE The research seminar
Ethical, Psychological and Legal Aspects of the
Application of ICTs in Education (July 2001) The
panel Elementary ICT Curriculum for Teacher
Training organized within the framework of the
7th World Conference of Computers in Education
(Copenhagen, July-August 2001) was devoted to the
discussion of the materials prepared by IITE and
IFIP and included into the IITE educational
programme
Division of Higher Education (ED/HED)
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IITE Cooperation with UNESCO Headquarters
continuation
COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES WITH THE EDUCATION
SECTOR (ED)
Division of Higher Education (ED/HED)
Analysis of Information Needs of Decision-Makers
in the Area of Higher Education Open and Distance
Learning accomplished by IITE in
September-December 2001 was incorporated into the
general report serving as a basis for the CCT
Project Higher Education, Open and Distance
Learning Knowledge Base for Decision-Makers.
IITE participates in the development of the
UNESCO CCT project Higher Education, Open and
Distance Learning Knowledge Base for
Decision-Makers (31 C/5, p. 01423) IITE
participates in the implementation of the Main
line of action 4 Improving teacher education and
the status of teachers (31 C/5, p. 01224)
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IITE Cooperation with UNESCO Headquarters
continuation
COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES WITH THE EDUCATION
SECTOR (ED)
Division of Educational Policies and Strategies
(ED/EPS)
The IITE proposals on the activities in
South-Eastern Europe were made and presented to
the Division.
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IITE Cooperation with UNESCO Headquarters
COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES WITH THE COMMUNICATION
AND INFORMATION SECTOR (CI)

• On the request of CI, IITE started in 1999 the
  project Education via the Internet. Within its
  framework
• The analytical survey Experience of the Internet
  Usage in Education was prepared by IITE under the
  contract with CI
• The expert meeting on the Internet usage in
  education was organized by IITE in partnership
  with CI and held in Minsk (Belarus) in March
  2000
• The expert meeting was followed by the workshop
  Internet Usage in Education.

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IITE Cooperation with UNESCO Headquarters
continuation
COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES WITH THE COMMUNICATION
AND INFORMATION SECTOR (CI)

• As a follow-up to joint undertaking with CI, IITE
  prolonged the project Education via the Internet
  and accomplished the following activities
• The International Congress Internet in
  Education, Economics and Art (Congress on New
  Information Technologies) (January 2000)
• The expert meeting Internet Usage in
  Teaching/Learning Foreign Languages (October
  2001)
• The specialized training course Internet in
  Education is under preparation, including the
  educational resource Education via the Internet
  (CD version, April 2002).

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International Cooperation
NATIONAL FOCAL POINTS FOR COOPERATION WITH IITE
IN 34 MEMBER STATES
COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS FROM MORE THAN 60 COUNTRIES
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The Priorities of the IITE Programme Activities
for 2002-2003

• harmonization of IITE orientations and activities
  with the relevant strategic objectives and
  strategies of the Education Programme
• reinforcement of national capacities in Member
  States for the applications of ICTs in their
  educational systems
• launching national, regional and subregional
  training programmes on the use of ICTs in
  education in collaboration with the ministries of
  education and UNESCO field offices
• undertaking research and studies aimed at the
  development and upgrading of the IITE information
  system for facilitating the exchange of
  experience and information on ICT usage in
  education among UNESCO Member States
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  UNESCO Programme
  and Budget 2002-2003 (31C/5, p.01340)

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The Main Results of the IITE Programme Activities
to be Achieved by the End of the Biennium

• National capacities in UNESCO Member States for
  applying ICTs in education strengthened through
  training of educational personnel, including
  decision-makers, researchers and teachers
• Educational personnel trained during three
  regular training sessions at IITE in specialized
  aspects of ICTs in education
• Support to Member States for policy formulation
  and elaboration/updating national action plans
  related to the application of ICTs in education
• Sharing of data and knowledge bases among Member
  States through the IITE clearing house and the
  international network of national focal points
• Training materials on distance education, and
  related aspects
• Dissemination of IITE publications to a wide
  audience with a view to raising awareness and
  influencing policy formulation
• Initiation of cross-cutting projects on ICTs
  involving education, science and culture
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  UNESCO
  Programme and Budget 2002-2003 (31C/5, p.01343)

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