Lida Kita posted in Open Space
Turkey begins TV-based distance learning for school students due to pandemic
ANKARA
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-begins-tv-based-distance-learn…
Turkey on March 23 launched 3 TV-based distance learning for around 18 million primary, secondary and high-school students, with Education Minister Ziya Selçuk giving the first lecture as he advised families to create the necessary conditions for their children at home. Distance learning was launched today by airing through three...
Marie Macauley posted in Open Space
Webinar: UNESCO learning cities respond to COVID-19
UNESCO
Date: 24 March 2020
Where: Worldwide (Germany)
Many of the 173 UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) members around the world face severe challenges due to the coronavirus (COVID-19). These challenges include a record number of children and youth who are not in school or university because of temporary or indefinite closures mandated by governments in an attempt to slow the spread of the virus.
In order to exchange...
Franziska Kohn posted in Open Space
We from Unity Effect (http://unityeffect.net) have been thinking about how we can contribute and support our community right now. And seeing as we have gathered a fair bit of experience in both digital facilitation and designing trainings, the answer is… Digital facilitation training!
We will offer a free training on digital facilitation to share with you the practical tips and tricks we’ve learnt through running our online workshops and programs. Join us on Zoom to experience how we run...
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Alastair Macphail commented on Mirjam De Jong's blog post in Open Space
Yes! Strange times. I am now getting messages from the school to say my son is skipping his on-line lessons!
ETF Moderator posted in Open Space
Dear Open Spacers,
On 18th March European Commission has presented new agenda for the Eastern Partnership beyond 2020 (link to the press release` - https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_452).
Launched in 2009 as a joint policy initiative, the Eastern Partnership (EaP) aims to deepen and strengthen relations between the European Union (EU), its Member States, and Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine.
Investment in...
Lida Kita posted in Open Space
World Bank Blog: Managing the impact of COVID-19 on education systems around the world: How countries are preparing, coping, and planning for recovery
KALIOPE AZZI-HUCKTIGRAN SHMIS|MARCH 18, 2020
Managing the impact of COVID-19 on education systems around the world: How countries are preparing, coping, and planning for recovery
https://blogs.worldbank.org/education/managing-impact-covid-19-educatio…
At the end of February as alarm bells began to sound on the growing spread of the COVID-19...
Thank you Lida, very interesting article on the impact of COVID-19 in low-income countries. And even if low-income countries have not be hit yet (hopefully never) by COVID-19, this could be for the World Bank and donors to turn their interventions into digital education and training, bearing in mind that the most common interface will be a smartphone and internet connection using a poor and highly costly mobile network, two relevant constraints.
I think this is a great opportunity to upgrade our educational systems and to weed out all the unnecessary things - I refer mostly to the traditional schooling, also is a good chance to adapt the metrics on how we measure skills and performance in these new circumstances
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