Role and use of ICT 1 Abdul Waheed Khan Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information UNESCO March 2006 Tele-Conference with WHO 13 March 2006 ICTs in Education & Health Proposed Collaboration Areas

Role and use of ICT 2 Education Poverty Reduction Human Capitals and Productivity Reduced Poverty Macro Economic Growth and Development Family Health and Nutrition Personal Development Societal Development Education

Role and use of ICT 3 ICT and Education: Open Distance Learning Characteristics of ICT enhanced learning:  Learning any time anywhere,  Wider Access to education (mass-education),  Access to an ever-growing education resources and services,  Learning on demand (Continued learning),  Peer group teaching and learning through distance learning (collaborative modes),

Role and use of ICT 4 ICT and Education: Open Distance Learning Characteristics of ICT enhanced learning:  Choice of learning style or modality,  Customized learning materials and services,  Individual tracking of learning processes,  Self assessment and monitoring,  Interactive communication between learners and educators.

Role and use of ICT 5 Target Groups concerned by ICT In-service and pre-service Teacher training  ICT for education and ICT in Education  Capacity-Building for Educators Communication and information professionals  Information Literacy  Societal impacts of ICT  Dissemination and use of Information Disabled Citizens

Role and use of ICT 6 Sectors concerned by ICT Science, Culture and Health  Scientific and Cultural information  Tele-Medicine  Digital libraries  Data Mining  Digital Experimentation  Virtual representation of phenomena and objects  Preservation of Natural & Digital Heritage

Role and use of ICT 7 Cooperation and Partnership UN System and Agencies  WSIS, MDGs, EFA, UN ICT TF: policy development  WB, ITU, WHO, UNDP, ESCWA, FAO IGOs  OECD, European Commission, ESA Private sector  Microsoft, Intel, Cisco, HP NGOs  IFLA, ICDE

Role and use of ICT 8 Seeds for Thought.. Proposed Areas Use of e-learning for health education, Tele-Medicine applications, Preservation of medical documentary heritage (e.g. UNESCO & WHO in Cairo), Integration of WHO training material into UNESCO’s portal for open educational resources, AIDS Prevention screensaver to be used in UNESCO’s CMC’s (e.g. in Africa), Expansion of WHO’s project: “An e-learning solution for long term hospitalized kids on refurbished laptops” to UNESCO’s network of beneficiaries.

Role and use of ICT 9 Thank you for your attention