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IITE NEWSLETTER UNESCO INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN EDUCATION No. 3’2004 July-September EDITORIAL Dear readers, The issue offered for your attention is devoted to IITE’s activities for the benefit of the CIS countries and Baltic states. The article of Azat Khan- nanov reports on the main goals and expected outcomes of the UNESCO cross- cutting theme project Open and Distance Learning Know- ledge Base for Decision- Makers (ODLKB). ODLKB regional part for the CIS and Baltic countries is being Opening of the training seminar in Armenia developed by IITE with the partners from Russian Fede- with Special Needs held by based on the training mate- The Ministry of Education ration, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, IITE from 17 to 21 May rials elaborated by IITE spe- and Science of Kazakhstan Belarus, and Lithuania. 2004 in Yerevan, Armenia. cialists in cooperation with and UNESCO Institute for Both events were targeted at leading international experts Information and Com- The article of Boris Kotsik administrators, experts of in the field. The workshop munication Technologies in IITE Training Session on teacher training departments, was held in collaboration Education have held the 3rd Education Quality in Arme- and teachers. The session with the Union of Blind International Forum Infor- nia presents the overview of was organized at the State People (Armenia) and Apple matization of Education of the training seminar Ret- Institute of Skill Advance in IMC. The article describes Kazakhstan and CIS Coun- raining of School Educators Informatics, national focal every stage of ICTs in tries – being hosted annually on ICT Application in Edu- point for cooperation with Education for People with in the city of Almaty – cation and the workshop IITE in Armenia. The pro- Special Needs project devel- about which the article of ICTs in Education for People gramme of the session was opment in detail. Gul Nurgalieva tells. IITE ONLINE NEWS › In 2004 IITE published the analytical survey Information and Communication Technologies in the Teaching and Learning of Foreign Languages: State-of-the-Art, Needs and Perspectives 2 UNESCO Cross-Cutting Theme Now it has become obvi- Ministry of Education and rated and published by IITE. I hope that the materials of ous that with time this event Science. I think it is impossible to the issue will help our readers attracts more and more overestimate the value of this gain a comprehensive vision attention of specialists from The article of Аndrey Tes- publication for the specialists of the processes, which are in the CIS countries, repre- linov, Аnna Chernyavskaya in the field of distance edu- the CIS countries in the field sentatives of large interna- and Sergey Schennikov cation of the CIS countries. of ICT application in educational organizations invo- Regular Trainings for Tutors The course aims at potential tion, as well as of the cooper- lved in applications of info- of Open Vocational Distance tutors and beginners in open ation efforts IITE undertakes rmation technologies in Education gives a brief intro- vocational distance educa- with the systems of education education. IITE plans to duction to the specialized tion, and is structured so that in these countries. continue in every possible training course Development future tutors, while mastering way to promote this initia- of Educational Personnel for it, “ascend the ladder” of Vladimir Kinelev tive of the Kazakhstan Distance Education elabo- competency. Director of IITE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING KNOWLEDGE BASE FOR DECISION-MAKERS IN CIS AND BALTIC COUNTRIES The project Open and The project’s goals will be laboration between pol- resources, but to provide the Distance Learning Knowledge achieved through: icy-makers; users with the original con- Base for Decision-Makers • a knowledge finder to tent. To identify educational (ODLKB) was set up as a • web-based knowledge provide the access to vir- needs of CIS and Baltic citi- UNESCO cross-cutting theme base of regional resources tual libraries on ODL. zens in the field of distance initiative to support decision- to provide storehouses of education as well as the makers and practitioners information dealing with ODLKB for the CIS and capacities of the populations with the access to informa- various aspects of ODL Baltic countries, being devel- to meet the needs via basic tion and tools that will assist tailored to specific needs oped by IITE, aims at the distance education technolo- them in more effective policy of three regions – Asia informational and analytical gies, in the course of the proj- planning, development and and the Pacific, Africa, support of decision- and pol- ect the general monitoring management of open and CIS and Baltic countries; icy-makers of higher educa- approach was worked out. distance learning (ODL) in • an inter-regional decision tion systems. The main goal Special sociological pro- higher education pro- support tool to help pol- of the project is to promote grammes are being carried grammes. The key cross- icy-makers make the practical increase of knowl- out for the following CIS regional focus of the project decision to implement edge necessary for the target countries – Russian Fede- is on the ODL quality to be ODL programmes; groups to elaborate national ration, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, provided in higher education. • virtual advisory group and programmes and action Belarus, as well as for Lithu- Coordinated by UNESCO mailing lists to provide a plans, formulate policies, and ania from the Baltic region. Education Sector, the project platform for discussion; make strategic choices, pri- Based on the results of these involves the following part- • databases to offer primary marily, at national and inter- researches ODLKB for the ners: UNESCO Communi- and secondary informa- national levels. This appro- CIS and Baltic countries will cation and Information tion sources on topics, ach has been supported at provide analytical informa- Sector, UNESCO Institute such as standard-setting the meetings on ODLKB tion, which will be decision- for Information Technolo- instruments/normative project by national focal maker-friendly and will allow gies in Education (IITE), instruments (legislation, points for cooperation with to evaluate the following: UNESCO International In- stitute of Educational Plan- conventions, decrees); IITE in the CIS and Baltic ning (IIEP), UNESCO Asia policies; institutions and countries (10-12 October • status and trends of devel- and Pacific Regional Bureau programmes; quality 2002, Kiev; 18 November opment of aging popula- for Education, UNESCO assurance frameworks; 2003, Moscow). tion in the countries of Harare Cluster Office, South research; experts; and the region in the field of institutional e-readiness; While a number of WWW higher education; No. 3’2004/July-September African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE), Open • capacity building through portals and databases on • interest of the people in University of Malaysia (Ku- workshops to present and ODL already exists in the educational services of ala Lumpur), The Com- enrich the prototype region, ODLKB for the CIS open and distance learning; monwealth of Learning knowledge bases and pro- and Baltic countries is • accessibility of educa- IITE NEWSLETTER (COL). mote interregional col- intended not to duplicate the tional services provided Training Activities 3 with different educational educational needs in the field services will be shown. The put into operation during technologies for the pop- of vocational training and capacities of DE service mar- October – December 2003. ulation of the CIS and interest in distance education ket for each country and the This will allow not only to Baltic countries; (DE) services, accounting for recommendations covering provide the access through • conditions, preferences, such factors as market the needs and capacities of the Internet gate to the origi- and requirements of demand of educational pro- population on the perspective nal higher education potential users of ODL files and levels, social struc- cooperation of CIS countries ODLKB content for the CIS services in the region ture of adult population with in the field of DE develop- and Baltic countries, but to regarding organization actualized educational needs, ment will be given. make important steps to cre- and quality of ODL; readiness for self-education, ate the online virtual com- • market potential of edu- availability of the Internet Three main sub-systems of munity for decision- and cational services of ODL and other technologies, con- ODLKB for the CIS and policy-makers and other in the region; sumer conditions, prefer- Baltic countries – open source ODL professionals (re- • possible social effects of ences and requirements to database, content manage- searchers, educators, etc.) for ODL development pro- DE organization, legal status ment system for ongoing cooperation, communica- grammes in the CIS and of a trainee, methodological information maintenance tion, and help by the special Baltic countries. and technological supply, as (accessible both for editorial editorial team maintaining well as languages of educa- group and registered experts) the accumulated information The users of ODLKB for the tion. Social portraits of with embedded metadata up-to-date and useful. CIS and Baltic countries will potential solvent consumers technology solutions and be supported by detailed and of DE services in the major community building tools regularly updated informa- CIS countries and optimal (set of forums,

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