Information and Communication Technologies

(ICTs) in TVET

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are becoming increasingly important in education. New information technologies have opened up new potential in learning. ICTs need to be harnessed, e.g. to provide more widespread access to TVET. Yet in many parts of the world, the use of ICTs in TVET is yet very limited. Some of the issues that need to be addressed are capacity development, access and connectivity issues, and localisation, customisation and content development. UNESCO-UNEVOC fosters the development and use of ICTs in TVET through its various activities.

Activities

UNEVOC meeting: "ICTs to strengthen TVET in Georgia", 22-25 November 2010, Bonn, Germany

4th African UNESCO-UNEVOC TVET Summit on the theme “Flexible Learning: from TVET policy to skills training practice”, Lusaka, Zambia, 26 May 2010

Muriel Dunbar visits UNEVOC regarding the Interagency Database of Good Practice in TVET, Bonn, Germany, November 2009

Conference: Challenges of TVET in Arab Countries – Innovation through E-Learning, Amman, Jordan, October 2009

Promoting TVETipedia in Asia, Manila, Philippines, September 2009

International seminar: Advancing TVET in Georgia through the Use of ICTs, Tbilisi, Georgia, September 2009

3rd African UNESCO-UNEVOC TVET Summit on the theme "Access and Inclusion: Improving TVET through ICT-based Information and Learning Solutions", Dakar, Senegal, May 2009

Training seminar: ICT applications in TVET in CIS countries, Minsk, Belarus, 12-13 May 2009

2nd African UNESCO-UNEVOC TVET Summit on the theme "Access and Inclusion: Improving TVET through ICT-based Information and Learning Solutions", Accra, Ghana, May 2008

Consultation on the UNEVOC online services, June 2008

ICT experts visit Zhejiang Province in China, April 2008

Virtual Conference on Educational Issues in Second Life, March 2008

The Virtual World in TVET, March 2008

1st African UNESCO-UNEVOC TVET Summit: Access and Inclusion for TVET in Africa through new ICT based solutions, Nairobi, Kenya, May 2007

International Symposium on Development of Teaching and Learning Methods in TVET Programmes through the Use of Information and Communication Technology, Tunis, November 2006

Knowledge sharing in Southern Africa

Training of Trainers in Use of ICTs and the Application of the COL Technical and Vocational Teacher Training Core Curriculum, Port Louis, Mauritius, April 2005

Links

The future of ICT and learning in the knowledge society (http://www.trainingvillage.gr/etv/news/default.asp?idnews=1429) (CEDEFOP)

Photo: © UNV/J.B. Avril