IITE UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education

IITE UNESCO INFORMATION SYSTEM ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN EDUCATION (ISITE) IITE Programme specialist Azat Khannanov 2001 CLEARING HOUSE WORKSHOP November 2001

Establishment of IITE Recommendation of the Second International UNESCO Congress on Education and Informatics (1996) Resolution 6 adopted by the UNESCO General Conference at its 29 th session (1997) Second International UNESCO Congress EDUCATION AND INFORMATICS Agreement between UNESCO and the Government of the Russian Federation concerning IITE signed on July 21, 1998 in Moscow (came into operation since September 15, 1998).

IITE Network Cross Servers WWW News Mail Video - conference PBX Matra 6501 Web Studio 1 floor 2 floor 3 floor 4 floor Meeting Room Conference Hall fax Video- conference MMTS-9 30 Telephone lines to MGTS MTS-5 Laser printer Simultaneous translation system Ground floor Computerized classrooms Simultaneous translation system

IITE Telecommunication Infrastructure Russian Space Communication Company, Shabolovka М-9 OKB MEI МEI 8хЕ1 Comcor IITE FR 512 kbps Paris, UNESCO IZUM Slovenija SCC "Bear’s Lakes" Bauman MSTU RELARN INT Fiber Optic lines Radio Relay links Leased copper links Satellite links Chisinau 8хЕ1 CIAN Exist links Planned links Switching centers Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA, USA) Russian Space Science Internet (RSSI) RAS Network Point OPU MSU ROSTELECOM МТS-5 ROSNET SITEK RELARN-IP Free Net COMSTAR IP-XChange IITE Teleport State University of Moldova Telecom Center, Ostankino RELARN Up to 622 Mbps International communication services Internet

DEMANDS FOR ISITE Governing Board Projects Development and Applied Research Educational and Training Activities Information and Dissemination Administration and Finance IITE Director Documentation Centre Publishing House Web Studio

DEMANDS FOR ISITE IITE NATIONAL FOCAL POINTS IN 34 COUNTRIES PARTNERS FROM MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

PRIORITY THEMATIC TYPES TERMS OF REFERENCE Policy papers & national action plans Legislation, curricula and standards Organization, administration & financing Teacher training Research & development and statistics Technologies Learning process

ISITE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN decision support (including guiding search) document access (with document workflow, reference tools) knowledge acquisition (best practices and case studies) communication (points of contact, threaded discussion, frequently asked questions) evaluation and monitoring (indicators subsystem) training and instruction (both instructor led and stand alone) ISITE SUBSYSTEMS

WHY DISTRIBUTED? ISITE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN Thousands of thematic websites Million or more addressable pages on the SIS Permanent modification of data and addresses High user’s expectations conflicting with primitive tools and mechanisms Uncertain quality, integrity, trust

ISITE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN Distributed architecture Value added processes (organizing and analyzing) Extended indexation and query tools Multilingual interoperability Document administration and rights management Quality of information support System of indicators Interaction environment Common taxonomy and metadata approach ISITE FUNDAMENTALS

ISITE IMPLEMENTATION CURRENT POSITION Project& Research Dissemination Training IITE Directions HTTP SERVER «ICTs state-of-the-art» Web- site Teleconferencing and training sub-system IITE Web-site DATABASE National action plans and policy papers Legislation, curricula and standards Organization, administration and financing Internet in education Multimedia in education ICTs in distance education ICTs in special needs education ICTs in educational management Specialized IS Catalogue N Focal Points IITE NETWORK

ISITE IMPLEMENTATION CURRENT POSITION InterBase database Open source network XML compatible robot Dynamic HTML\XML compatible Web server Interface to the database with remote site administration tools and documentation Multilevel access control software with identification and tracking tools Technological basis

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