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Harnessing the Potential of ICTs: Literacy and Numeracy Programmes Using Radio, TV, Mobile Phones, Tablets and Computers. Case Studies from the UNESCO Effective Literacy and Numeracy Practices Database (LitBase)
Inspiring Practice

Ulrike Hanemann, Cassandra Scarpino (eds.)

Hamburg: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2nd ed. (2016), 159 pp.

"This publication provides a selection of literacy programmes that use radio, TV, mobile phones, tablets and computers to support the development of literacy, numeracy and language skills. Due to continuous demand, the second edition of the publication has been updated with new case studies. All pro ... more

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Education in Conflict and Crisis: How Can Technology Make a Difference? A Landscape Review

Negin Dahya

Bonn; Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2016), 67 pp.

"ICT have a high potential for education system strengthening, despite the particular obstacles that exist in conflict and crisis settings. Enabling education systems, for example, involves the use of mobile money transfers to ensure teachers receive regular salaries. Two-way communication systems u ... more

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Guidelines for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of MOOCs

Allison Littlejohn, Nina Hood

Burnaby: Commonwealth of Learning (COL) (2016), v, 27 pp.

"Two main factors influence how we might assess the quality of a massive open online course (MOOC): purpose and perspective. By purpose we mean the reason(s) the MOOC has been developed and facilitated. By perspective we mean who is measuring the quality. These two factors are intrinsically linked. ... more

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Radionovena: Florece la vida en territorios de paz

Milton Álvarez

In: Siembras del buen vivir: Entre utopías y dilemas posibles

Quito: Asociación Latinoamericana de Educación Radiofónica (ALER) (2016), pp. 163-170

"Surge el propósito, desde La Esquina Radio [Medellín, Colombia] en aprovechar el interés de las comunidades por la celebración cultural de la novena navideña, y a partir de ese acto, potenciar el encuentro ciudadano y la reflexión ciudadana, sin ningún tinte religioso, realizando una transmi ... more

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A Comparative Study on the Role of Digital Media and Print Media in Enhancing Literacy and Reading Culture in Africa

Working Group on Books and Learning Materials (WGBLM)

Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) (2016), 33 pp.

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Storytelling and Education in the Digital Age: Experiences and Criticisms

Matteo Stocchetti (ed.)

Berlin: Peter Lang (2016), 191 pp.

"While the importance of the role of storytelling can hardly be overestimated, the impact of digitalization on this role is more ambivalent. In this second book-length publication of the programme Media and Education in the Digital Age – MEDA, the authors take a critical stance towards the alleged ... more

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The Scramble for Textbooks in Tanzania

Sonia Languille

African Affairs, volume 115, issue 458 (2016), pp. 73-96

"In 2014, the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) government in Tanzania decided to discontinue the market-based system for textbook provision that was established in the early 1990s and revert to full state control. Drawing on the theory of political settlements and the literature on Tanzania's industrial po ... more

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Inside De Caliphate's Classroom: Textbooks, Guidance Literature, and Indoctrination Methods of the Islamic State

Jacob Olidort

Washington, DC: Washington Institute for Near East Policy (2016), xii, 76 pp.

"The study is divided into three parts, the first of which describes the Islamic State’s publishing house, Maktabat al-Himma, and its activities and offers a rough chronology of when the group published various works. The second part examines the group’s classroom textbooks, drawing comparisons ... more

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Open and Distance Education in Asia, Africa and the Middle East: National Perspectives in a Digital Age

Olaf Zawacki-Richter, Adnan Qayyum (eds.)

Springer (2016), viii, 140 pp.

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Open Learning Guide

rOg agency for open culture & critical transformation (2016), 2 pp.

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Engaged Learning Guidebook for Students: Using ICTs for Community Development

Royal D. Colle

Incheon: Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (APCICT-ESCAP) (2016), vii, 76 pp.

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Cuentos y mitos amazónicos en la construcción de la identidad cultural indígena desde la educomunicación

Mónica Janeth Villanueva Galdos

Barcelona: Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Master en comunicación y desarrollo (2016), 79 pp.

"Frente a la ausencia de material educativo elaborado desde los valores y la cosmovisión de los pueblos indígenas de la Amazonía, este proyecto presenta una serie de cuentos y mitos amazónicos, al servicio de los procesos educativos interculturales -formales y no formales- en la ciudad de Lima-P ... more

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Open Educational Resources: Policy, Costs and Transformation

Fengchun Miao, Sanjaya Mishra, Rory McGreal (eds.)

Paris; Burnaby: UNESCO;Commonwealth of Learning (COL) (2016), 231 pp.

"Open Educational Resources (OER) — teaching, learning and research materials that their owners make free for others to use, revise and share — offer a powerful means of expanding the reach and effectiveness of worldwide education. The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and UNESCO co-organised the W ... more

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Guide to Developing Open Textbooks

Andrew Moore, Neil Butcher

Burnaby: Commonwealth of Learning (COL) (2016), 62 pp.

"The Guide to Developing Open Textbooks has been developed to assist teachers, teaching support personnel and educational technology administrators to: 1. understand the value of open education, OER and open textbooks for teaching and learning; 2. appreciate the potential value of developing an open ... more

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Using Entertainment-Education for Distance Education
Key Guidance

Esta de Fossard, Michael Bailey

New Dehli et al.: Sage, 2nd ed. (2015), xvii, 290 pp.

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A Basic Guide to Open Educational Resources (OER)

Neil Butcher

Paris; Vancouver: UNESCO;Commonwealth of Learning (COL) (2015), iv, 133 pp.

"This Guide comprises three sections. The first – a summary of the key issues – is presented in the form of a set of ‘Frequently Asked Questions’. Its purpose is to provide readers with a quick and user-friendly introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER) and some of the key issues to t ... more

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Quality Models in Online and Open Education Around the Globe: State of the Art and Recommendations

Ebba Ossiannilsson, Keith Williams, Anthony F. Camilleri, Mark Brown

Oslo: International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) (2015), 52 pp.

"The report provides the first global overview of quality models in online and open education, an overview which is very timely, delivered as it is for Global Education 2030, the new global educational agenda which replaces Education For All, EFA. The report paints with a broad brush the landscape o ... more

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East Meets West: Innovative Literacy Learning Concepts

Karin Plötz, Holger Volland (eds.)

Frankfurt am Main: Litcam;Frankfurt Book Fair (2015), 37 pp.

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"Wir wollen die Gesellschaft verändern"

Ina Rottscheid

Blickpunkt Lateinamerika (Adveniat), issue 3 (2015), pp. 6-13

"Immer noch liegt die Analphabetenrate in Guatemala bei rund 30 Prozent, der Zugang zu Bildung ist nicht für jeden selbstverständlich. Daher kam einem Jesuiten in den 1970er Jahren eine einfache, aber umso wirkungsvollere Idee: »Wenn der Schüler nicht in die Schule kommt, muss der Lehrer zum Sch ... more

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Click! Using YouTube as a Training Tool

Rod MacLeod

INTRAC (2015), 15 pp.

"This praxis note suggests some possible ways to harness YouTube in support of civil society development. Firstly, it examines the ways in which YouTube might be used. Secondly, there are suggestions of particular clips that INTRAC staff and others have found useful." (Page 2)

Harnessing the Potential of ICTs: Literacy and Numeracy Programmes Using Radio, TV, Mobile Phones, Tablets and Computers. Case Studies from the UNESCO Effective Literacy and Numeracy Practices Database (LitBase) Inspiring Practice

Using Entertainment-Education for Distance Education Key Guidance

Harnessing the Potential of ICTs: Literacy and Numeracy Programmes Using Radio, TV, Mobile Phones, Tablets and Computers. Case Studies from the UNESCO Effective Literacy and Numeracy Practices Database (LitBase)
Inspiring Practice

Using Entertainment-Education for Distance Education
Key Guidance