ICT in Education Leadership Forum in the Pacific
1-2 May 2012
Sydney, Australia
The Commonwealth of Learning (COL), the Commonwealth Secretariat (ComSec), Microsoft and UNESCO,brought together 34 Education policy leaders and stakeholders, including 2 Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and other senior level officials from across Commonwealth Pacific countries and territories.
The Forum focused on the theme ‘Teachers Creativity and Innovation: a Key to Success in the Pacific’, and explored how the UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers (CFT) has enhanced ICT integration into teaching and learning. Specifically, participants were invited to explore the impacts of the innovative use of technology, including:
The Forum focused on the theme ‘Teachers Creativity and Innovation: a Key to Success in the Pacific’, and explored how the UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers (CFT) has enhanced ICT integration into teaching and learning. Specifically, participants were invited to explore the impacts of the innovative use of technology, including:
- how it influences teacher development approaches that enable capacity building for the future;
- how the use of Open Educational Resources can increase access to quality teaching and learning opportunities and drive down the cost of materials development; and
- how the adoption of the UNESCO ICT CFT can support local educator development.
The Forum was also an opportunity to brief participants about the UNESCO-COL joint project Fostering Governmental Support for Open Educational Resources Internationally, which is being conducted in the run-up to the World Congress on Open Educational Resources that will be held
at UNESCO, Paris on June 20-22, 2012. Participants participated in a session where OER concepts and issues were clariefied and the Draft Paris Declaration was presented and discussed.
Also see: www.ictf2012.org
at UNESCO, Paris on June 20-22, 2012. Participants participated in a session where OER concepts and issues were clariefied and the Draft Paris Declaration was presented and discussed.
Also see: www.ictf2012.org