UNESCO Bangkok
Asia and Pacific
Regional Bureau of Education
UNESCO ICT in Education Programme
Key Players’ Meeting on ICT in Education
Army Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam
16 March 2012
Jonghwi Park
Programme Specialist, ICT in Education
Asia-Pacific Educational Innovation for Development (APEID)
UNESCO Asia-Pacific
• Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education
– Located in Bangkok, Thailand
– Serves 46 member states and 2 associate
members
– Vietnam is served by BKK (cluster) and Hanoi
(national) Offices
• http://www.unescobkk.org/asia-pacific/inthis-region/unesco-offices/
UNESCO Bangkok
Asia and Pacific
Regional Bureau of
Education
UNESCO & ICT in Education
Policy Development
Capacity Building
Clearing Houses for Resources
Catalyst for International
Cooperation
UNESCO Bangkok
Asia and Pacific
Regional Bureau of
Education
POLICY DEVELOPMENT
ICT in Ed Policy Development
• Provide an overall assessment of
the education system
• Organized 17 workshops for 27
countries between 2005-2012
• Government requests for 2012:
Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia
• New project: Policy Guideline for
M-Learning
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Asia and Pacific
Regional Bureau of
Education
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ICT in ED Policy Project
• ICT in Education Toolkit: www.ictinedtoolkit.org
• Long-term assistance in helping Bangladesh, Cambodia and
Sri Lanka develop National ICT in Education Master Plans
UNESCO Bangkok
Asia and Pacific
Regional Bureau of
Education
Innovative Practices in Teaching and Learning: A Regional Seminar
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ICT Competency Framework for Teachers
• Launched in General Conference in November 2011
• Available at
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002134/213475e.
pdf
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Asia and Pacific
Regional Bureau of
Education
Innovative Practices in Teaching and Learning: A Regional Seminar
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CAPACITY BUILDING
Teacher Education for ICT in Ed
Curriculum
Development
Teacher
Capacity
Building
UNESCO Bangkok
Asia and Pacific
Regional Bureau of
Education
• Curriculum development for ICTintegrated curriculum for preservice teachers
• Facilitating ICT-Pedagogy
Integration for in-service teachers
(2010-2012)
Leadership:
Deans Forum
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Current
UNESCO’s
Work: project
Capacity Building for In-service Teachers
Facilitating ICT-Pedagogy Integration (Funded by
Korea Funds-in-Trust)
Three-year project (2010-2012)
Beneficiary countries: Bangladesh, China, Malaysia, Philippines,
Thailand and Viet Nam
Networking with Teacher Education Institutions and training
teachers how to plan and implement project-based learning
supported by ICT
A web Portal for international projects to be implemented in June
2011
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Asia and Pacific
Regional Bureau of
Education
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PBL-Telecollaboration Workshops
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Penang, Malaysia, 23-25 February 2010
Manila, Philippines, 31 May – 3 June 2010
Guangzhou, China, 27-30 July 2010
Shanghai, China, 9-12 August 2010
Chonburi, Thailand, 17-20 August 2010
Mindanao, Philippines, 15-18 February, 2011
Chiang Mai, Thailand, 13-17 March, 2011
Dhaka, Bangladesh, 17-19 June, 2011 (with British Council)
Hanoi, Vietnam, 23-27 August, 2011
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UNESCO Bangkok
Asia and Pacific
Regional Bureau of
Education
Dhaka, Bangladesh, 26-29 January 2012
Hanoi, Vietnam 14-17 March, 2012
Johor, Malaysia 12-16 May, 2012
International School Project, on-going, 2012
Regional seminar, October 2012
Innovative Practices in Teaching and Learning: A Regional Seminar
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CLEARING HOUSE
Laboratory and Clearinghouse for Ideas and Resources
ICT in
Education
Website
e-Newsletters
Print
publications
and CD-ROMs
Online
Community
For more info: http://www.unescobkk.org/education/ict/online-resources/elibrary/key-resources/
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South South Cooperation Project
• 25 Resource Distribution Centers
• Training workshops for RDC (July 2012,
Bangkok)
UNESCO Bangkok
Asia and Pacific
Regional Bureau of
Education
CATALYST FOR INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION
Catalyst for International Cooperation
• Provide a platform for policy makers and
different stakeholders in education to share
lessons and experiences in ICT in Education
– Annual Asia-Pacific Ministerial Forum
– Central Asia Symposium on ICT in Education
– Regional Seminars for TEIs
• For more info:
http://www.unescobkk.org/education/ict/events/u
pcoming-events/
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Asia and Pacific
Regional Bureau of
Education
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POTENTIAL AREAS OF
COLLABORATION
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Our Partners
UNESCO Bangkok
Asia and Pacific
Regional Bureau of
Education
• Seeking collaboration with public / private
sectors to support ICT-enhanced Education for
All (EFA)
- Right ICT application for better access to reach the
unreached (M-Learning, T-Learning)
- Innovative measurement of new learning
outcomes
- Online Child Safety
• Co-organizing regional/international events
UNESCO Bangkok
Asia and Pacific
Regional Bureau of
Education
THANK YOU!
j.park@unesco.org
http://www.unescobkk.org/ict