The UNESCO Chair in New Information Technologies in Education for All is functioning at the International Research and Training Center for Information Technologies and Systems (IRTC irtc.org.ua) since 2002.
The UNESCO Chair is catalyzing regional debate on how knowledge, education and learning need to be reimagined in Ukraine while dealing with increasing complexity, uncertainty, and turbulence. Serving as a laboratory of ideas, the UNESCO Chair guides efforts to help all stakeholders understand the role intelligent information technologies can play towards achievement of SDGs.
Director of the IRTC, Oleksandr Volcov is a Chair holder of the UNESCO Chair in New Information Technologies in Education for All (ITEA).
UNESCO CHAIR
UNESCO CHAIR
We use Moodle as a main learning environment. Moodle is a free and open-source learning management system (LMS) written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License.Developed on pedagogical principles, Moodle is used for blended learning, distance education, flipped classroom and other e-learning projects in schools, universities, workplaces and other sectors.
Our learning environment: https://dlearn.org.ua/moodle/
PERSONAL
PERSONAL
The UNESCO Chair considers penetration of ICTs into all spheres of human life and related digital transformations as a vehicle for changes in educational institutions, forms and strategies of teaching and learning, and learning culture as a whole. The UNESCO Chair focuses on the study of the emerging technologies and their impact on educational practice, considers trends and evolution of technologies, analyzes and summarizes the lessons learned capitalizing on the decades of its experience. The purpose of the research is to evaluate the ICT potential to ensure equitable and inclusive lifelong learning opportunities for all. The Chair activities are aimed at support of introduction of innovative technologies in the educational process and include sharing of good practices through research publications, followed by the development of educational programs, organization of training courses, workshops, conferences, and participation in UNESCO webinars.
Objectives
The main objectives of the Chair are development of theory and practice of information technologies use in education and learning, experience sharing and knowledge exchange supported by the international educational and research communities, integration and implementation of national and regional policies and strategies for sustainable development.
ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIES
The UNESCO Chair’s experts are sharing their vision of the future of education, technology transformations, lifelong learning challengies participating in the international and regional events:
Events:
Partnership for Peace Consortium Advance Distributed Learning and Technical Standards Working Group meetings
https://www.pfp-consortium.org/working-groups/advanced-distributed-learning
Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems. International Conference on e-Learning
https://www.elearning-conf.org/
Adamas University Webinar Modern IT for evaluation of Health Risk in extreme environment ( Prof. Irena Yermakova)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVmyq8BOxd4
Publications:
Gritsenko V.I., Kudriavtseva S.P., Synytsya K.M. Learning Task Models in the Context of Education for Sustainable Development. Control Systems and Computers, 2020, N5 (289), P.3-16.
https://doi.org/10.15407/csc.2020.05.003
Gritsenko V., Manako A, Synytsya K. Digital Transformations and Mass-Scale Continuous Learning. Control Systems and Computers, 2018, N5 (277), P.47-61. (ru)
https://doi.org/10.15407/usim.2018.05.047
Gritsenko, V.I., Manako A.F., Synytsya K.M. E-Transformation in Learning. Control Systems and Computers, 2018, N1 (273), P.3-15. https://doi.org/10.15407/usim.2018.01.003 (ru)
Manako A, Synytsya K. Information Technologies in Education. Control Systems and Computers, 2017, N2 (268), P.46-57. https://doi.org/10.15407/usim.2017.02.046 (ru)
Synytsya K. E-learning Models Analysis for Lifelong Learning. A survey // Cybernetics and computer engineering — 2017 — Issue 4 (190) — P.19-32.
https://doi.org/10.15407/kvt190.04.019
Research
Research
Projects
Intelligent Lifelong e-Learning: exploring the ways AI-based and other intelligent technologies can support personal-oriented learning, transformation of learning content and strategies according to individual learning experience
Lifelong e-Learning (LLeL) and Sustainable Development Goals: applying LLL principles and approaches in different contexts
New Formats of Teaching in a Digital Age: introduction to micro-learning, mobile-learning, MOOC, gamification and other emerging use of technologies
The Chair Working Group on Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: engaging the members of the Working Group in online discussions on AI ethics and exploring human-AI as well as drafting of specific parts of the study on Artificial Intelligence.
