Global Compendium of ICT in Education Networks
In both developed and developing nations, stakeholders have started to exploit the opportunities and benefits offered by learning technologies, whether rich or poor, male or female. Indeed, learning technologies, online cooperation and peer learning have become essential complements to conventional teaching practices. The Compendium of ICT in education networks, published by European Schoolnet, provides stakeholders with a reference, and encourages international exchanges and knowledge sharing between organisations with similar missions. It identifies the networks active in ICT in education on the five continents, and highlights their specific field of skills and priorities at the beginning of the 2010 decade.
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Gavin Dykes is widely experienced in technology and learning, from classroom practice to developing and implementing national e-learning and technology policy. He has over 20 years experience of working with schools, colleges and universities, in government and with industry. His current roles include International Strategy Consultant at Becta and Associate Director of Consulting at Futurelab. In this podcast he explains the currents priorities in Britain regarding peer learning, international cooperation and how learners can best benefit from innovation at school.
Greg Black has been a chief executive in large government agencies in Australia for over 20 years. In this podcast he tells us more about the best way to scale up innovation in education and how Australia has been doing in the past years in this area
Keith R. Krueger is CEO of the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), a U.S. nonprofit organization that serves as the voice of K-12 technology leaders, especially school district CTO’s, who use technology strategically to improve teaching and learning. In this podcast Keith looks at the new perspectives in the US as regards ICT in education, particularly in lights of the new US administration. Keith also talks about the latest developments in the US which can be useful to other international networks.
Ms Nafissatou Mbodj is the Executive Director of Schoolnet Africa, President of "Association Culturelle Sénégal USA" (ACSU) and National Coordinator of World links Sénégal since 2000. In this podcast about International cooperation for education networks, she gives an overview of the situation in Africa and about the 1m computers initiative Schoolnet Africa is currently leading.
Fengchun MIAO is the