Standards for technology enabled learning
Education is a fundamental human right. It is critical to our development as individuals and societies, and it helps pave the way to a successful and productive future. Universal primary education is...
View ArticleThe impact of broadband on global access to education
By Doreen Bogdan According to UNESCO, in 2010, 61 million childrenof primary-school age, and a further 71 million of lower secondary-school age, were not in school. Research also indicates that 1.7...
View Article‘Investing in teenage girls’ on World Population Day #WPD2016
By Lucy Spencer Access to ICTs can facilitate generational change, exposing young women to new ideas and connections, engaging them in the digital economy, and promoting gender equality. Yet, women are...
View ArticleOpen Innovation and Open Education Promote Women in ICTs
Ayesha Dawood- There is global recognition that our digital world must address the needs of all people – but the digital gender gap remains a fundamental challenge. To promote women’s equal...
View ArticleBalancing rights and safety online
Amanda Third- In more and more parts of the world, today’s young people are the first generation to have lived their whole lives in a digitally connected world. Growing up with the internet provides...
View ArticleCoding bootcamps: the answer to youth unemployment?
By ITU News- On 12 August, ITU News looks at how learning to code can help boost youth employment and close the ICT skills gap. The technology industry is facing a problem: there is a shortage of...
View ArticleHow ICT education fuels sustainable development
By Leon Strous- When it comes to improving the quality of life for developing nations, education has a huge role to play. This is why the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) –...
View ArticleICT as an Enabler for Quality Education
By Josh Choi: I first visited the small town of Mănăstirea in rural Romania in 2010. Around 5,000 people lived in the underdeveloped community with poor sanitation, transport infrastructure and high...
View ArticleHow ‘Tawasol’ project leverages ICTs to expand STEM education in Tunisia
By Meher Bnouni Tunisia may be geographically small, but it is historically big. Its 3,000 years of history have been filled with several milestones shaping the country into what it is today. Now,...
View ArticleSchoolApply startup uses AI to drive access to education
By ITU News A mother was on the phone, crying. She could not contain her gratitude: her son had just been accepted to university thanks, in part, to a new startup called SchoolApply. “We really want to...
View ArticleMobile learning week: 3 projects mobilizing technology to empower refugees
By Theadora Mills (@TheadoraMills) In Ritsona refugee camp in Greece, a Syrian refugee types in the Arabic words for “phone credit” into a free translation app on his smart phone. Instantly, the...
View ArticleCan we turn the digital revolution into a development revolution?
By Irina Bokova Today, 3.9 billion people – more than half of the world’s population – do not have access to Internet. This is unacceptable. It deepens existing social and economic divides while...
View ArticleSingapore’s Lab on Wheels makes tech fun
By ITU News Sitting in pairs in an air-conditioned bus, young students giggle as a mini robot they programmed slides across a small table, changing its LED light colour each time it alters course....
View ArticleDigital skills: ITU and ILO launch global campaign to train 5 million youths
By Brahima Sanou ITU and ILO have launched a joint “Digital Skills for Decent Jobs for Youth Campaign” to train 5 million young people globally with job-ready digital skills by 2030. The goal of our...
View ArticleCan tech heroes become the new princesses?
By Mara Lecocq Let’s be honest. There’s something about princesses that even the most cynical feminist finds appealing. Do you remember that tingling sensation when Princess Jasmine, as castle guards...
View ArticleGSMA and Yonsei University partner to train future policymakers and regulators
By Belinda Exelby The original article was first published in ITU Telecom World Blog. Views expressed are the author’s own. With over 5 billion mobile users worldwide today and 700 million more...
View ArticleNext leader in AI? Hong Kong is set to unlock the potential of young innovators
By Dr. Winnie Tang Starting from September this year, secondary and tertiary education – and even primary school curricula – in mainland China are expected to include studies related to artificial...
View ArticleNew ITU standard to support customized e-learning in future networks
By ITU News Online learning is unlocking the potential of students across the world thanks to customized programs that help them learn in the style that comes most naturally. And a new ITU standard...
View ArticleThe future workforce: do you have the skills to survive?
By Lucy Spencer At the Web Summit in Lisbon, the popular debate rages about the future of jobs and many are wondering: what skills are needed to survive in the coming technological revolution? “Our...
View ArticleEducation for the 4th Industrial Revolution? Look inside the Republic of...
By Jeong Rang Kim The 4th Industrial Revolution has begun. The changes are likely to be fast and revolutionary, affecting whole societies as a result of the fusion of intelligent information...
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