The UOC UNESCO Chair in e-Learning was created in 2002 to promote research, learning, information and documentation in the intensive use of ICTs in education. The Chair closely watches world trends in e-Learning, and the trend-setting experts and institutions in this field. Tha Chair makes diffusion of the acquired knowledge to the communities of educators and practitioners in related fields, nationally and globally, with special focus on disadvantaged and information-needy social groups. The Chair focuses its activities in the following areas: - Creation and Dissemination of Knowledge through its annual International Seminar, roundtables, participation in social networks and other activities. - Research applied to the fields of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Gender & Technology. - Training Workshops specialising in relevant subjects of e-learning. - Attendance of and participation in Congresses, Conferences and National and International Forums. The UNESCO spirit can be seen in all of the Chair’s activities, giving voice to institutions and individuals, engaged into educational practice by promoting the intensive use of technology for the public benefit and development.
Defining High-quality Education: A Critical Analysis of National Trends, Measurement and Outcomes
Defining High-quality Education: A Critical Analysis of National Trends, Measurement and Outcomes
In February 1, 2011 the UNESCO Chair in en e-Learning held a Roundtable on Teacher Training . Diana Laurillard , professor from the Open University (UK), will be with leaded the roundtable and shared her experiences with all the attendees.
In November 29, 2010 the Chair organized a Roundtable on Gender & ICts and invited Mrs. Chat Garcia Ramilo, from Association for Progressive Communications (APC). Here you can listen to the full rundtable an look ; at some photos of the session.
This UNESCO Chair in e-Learning had the privilege of sharing knowledge with Howard Rheingold last December. The American sociologist and writer, author of the so-famous book Smart Mobs and creator of the ‘virtual community’ term, chaired a roundtable that took place at UOC on December 11th.This video is a teaser of the complete video, to be published on Februay 18th. Although Howard Rheingold didn’t take part in UOC UNESCO Chair in E-Learning Fifth International Seminar, we also wanted to reco...
This video was recorded during Sugata Mitra’s conference at UOC UNESCO Chair in e-Learning Fifth International Seminar: Fighting the Digital Divide Though Education.
UOC UNESCO Chair in e-Learning is proud to start the dissemination of its audiovisual knowledge campaign. Sugata Mitra is the first character of a series of videos that will be published monthly. Today’s piece is just a short preview of the two full length videos that will be out on Friday january 30th. From now on, we will be able to watch a teaser before enjoying a 10-15 minutes version of each conference plus the complete recording done during the chair’s Fifth International Seminar, held i...