UNESCO LAUNCHES TVETIPEDIA

UNESCO’s International Centre for Technical and Vocational Training (UNESCO-UNEVOC) has launched TVETipedia, an online portal for the exchange of information on technical and vocational education and training (TVET). The portal offers:

• general information on TVET,
• examples of good practices and lessons learned, and
• opportunities to collaborate on TVET projects.
• The aim of TVETipedia is to provide information about TVET, engage stakeholders and increase awareness of the importance of TVET. Anyone involved or interested in education for the world of work can join the TVETipedia online community and contribute information.

www.unevoc.unesco.org/tvetipedia

NIOS ONLINE WINS AWARD

India’s National Institute of Opening Schooling (NIOS) has been awarded the Government of India’s National Award for E-Governance 2008-2009 in the category of Excellence in Government Process Re-Engineering. The award recognises the Ni-On Project (NIOS Online), which involved the use of information and communication technology to transform NIOS into an advanced open distance learning system with greater openness, flexibility, transparency and efficiency. The Ni-On Project was launched in July 2007.

www.nos.org

NEW EDUCATION CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE AT ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY

Through a partnership with Sun Microsystems, Athabasca University in Alberta, Canada is opening a new education centre for excellence. As an open university, Athabasca delivers most of its courses online. The centre will enable academics, students, schools and communities to develop virtual world-style online learning platforms. The digital environments will be built on Sun’s Project Wonderland, an open-source toolkit for creating collaborative 3D virtual worlds, and on Sun’s Project Darkstar platform

www.athabascau.ca