Improving Teaching and Learning

As computers and connectivity penetrate the education system, we are able to convert the potential of ICT to the reality of improved teaching and learning.

Center priorities include accelerating teacher training, integrating interactive materials for active student-centered learning, and IT-enriched employability programs for effective transition from school to career.

Examples of Center results in education, training and employability:

Integrate technology to improve the impact of teacher training, accelerate teachers’ computer literacy, train educators to create e-learning support materials, create teacher networks, and provide access to digital educational resources (Mali, Uganda, Jordan, Brazil, Guatemala Morocco, Namibia, India, Democratic Republic of Congo).
Leverage computers and multi-lingual software to enable educators and students to capture and preserve indigenous heritage by creating and disseminating digital educational materials (Guatemala, India).
Create innovative approaches to integrate ICT into youth employability training that includes a comprehensive mix of analytic and social skills as well as IT technical skills (Brazil).
Develop an interactive toolkit to assist senior education policymakers to plan and implement effective integration of IT into education (Worldwide).
Create public-private partnerships to carry out pilot projects and to increase the sustainability of education and employability programs (Brazil, Jordan, Mali, Namibia).
Develop instructional materials, train teachers and develop interactive radio instruction programs for teaching of English as a foreign language in one-room primary schools for girls (Egypt).
Provide online instruction and professional networking to support efforts to professionalize social workers and reform the child welfare system (Romania).
Support the development of online communities of practice to share innovations in teaching practices and enable on-going professional development (Brazil).
Enhance the sustainability of computer clubhouses for after-school programs through business management training and revenue generation strategies (South Africa and Brazil).
Design and develop online learning and instructional resources to supplement classroom instruction in secondary schools (Jordan).
Evaluate ICT in education projects to document results and measure impacts (Haiti, Macedonia).