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sábado, 4 de octubre de 2008
Siete Años de EDUTEKA en el CiberEspacio
viernes, 12 de septiembre de 2008
GKP Through The Looking Glass Series: An Interview with UNESCO's Abdul Waheed Khan
Hoy compartimos la entrevista realizada por el Global Knowledge Partnership a Abdul Waheed Khan, Director General Auxiliar de la Oficina de Comunicaciones e Información de la UNESCO.
Through The Looking Glass is the GKP [Global Knowledge Partnership] Network’s active channel for soliciting insights from prominent individuals on knowledge and ICT for development.
GKP is pleased to share this exclusive interview with Abdul Waheed Khan in which he shares his insights and experiences on education and learning with focus on the role of ICT and its importance in empowering people for socio-economic development.
Mr. Khan is Assistant Director-General for Communications and Information (CI) of UNESCO, and is a member of the GKP Executive Committee. He has played an instrumental role in the knowledge society movement, particularly in open and distance learning. He was also President and Chief Executive Officer (Vice-Chancellor) of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), one of the largest universities in the world with an enrollment exceeding 1.5 million students.
He was recently awarded the title 'Honorary Fellow' of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in recognition of his outstanding leadership in improving access to quality education and training using new information and communication technologies (ICT).
"If knowledge is the engine of development and technology is the fuel then without the fuel, the engine cannot run. Today the advancement of ICT allows us to look at a paradigm shift in teaching and learning," says Khan.
http://www.globalknowledge.org/gkps_portal/newsmaster.cfm?&menuid=2&action=view&retrieveid=717
Recuerden visitar:
http://egcti.upr.edu ; http://investigacioncreaeinnova.blogspot.com
Saludos cordiales,
Luisa Vigo-Cepeda egctianauprblog@gmail.com
martes, 26 de agosto de 2008
International information literacy logo selected!
| Edgar Luy Pérez The winner of the contest |
25-08-2008 (Paris)
During the UNESCO session of the World Library and Information Congress held in Quebec, Canada, in August 2008, Mr Abdul Waheed Khan, UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, awarded the winner of the international Information Literacy Logo Contest. The winner is a young Cuban designer, Mr Edgar Luy Perez from Havana.
The international Information Literacy Logo Contest supported by UNESCO and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) aimed to create a logo to identify organizations and projects dealing with information literacy and to raise the visibility of those who carry out information literacy work.
The logo was selected by an international jury of information literacy experts among 198 submissions from 36 countries around the world.
The winner was awarded the Prize of US$3,000, and the selected logo has been recognized as an international symbol of information literacy work. The logo is now available free of charge for download and use at www.infolitglobal.info/logo.
“To be information literate, a person must be able to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information. The information literate individuals are those who have learned how to learn”, American Library Association (1998).
About the logo
The book, open and next to the circle, comprises with it a visual metaphor representing those people who have the cognitive tools to reach information in a nimble way, as well as the desire to share this ability."
Edgar Luy Pérez (the winner)
