A collaborative space for the ICDE community to share links to the best available resources and research to support leaders in government, higher education institutions and business, as well as higher education practitioners internationally.
The purpose of the ICDE Knowledge Hub is to identify effective practices, case studies, tools and resources that will facilitate bringing accessible, quality education to all through the application of online, open, flexible, distant and technology enhanced education.
We invite you to help make the ICDE Knowledge Hub as comprehensive and relevant to your work as possible by emailing the Secretariat with your suggestions of items to add or update. To share your contributions contact icde@icde.org.
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DEASA: Draft Policy Brief SADC-ODeL Response to Covid-19
The purpose of the policy brief is to advocate for urgent development of appropriate policies and strategies to fully enable remote online teaching and learning, and to guide the adoption and implementation of open, distance and online learning policies, models and systems for teaching and learning during – and after – the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read MoreWatch the SEAMEO Ministerial Policy e-Forum
During the first virtual gathering of 10 Education Ministers and one Senior High Official of SEAMEO Member Countries participants shared their best practices and their responses to school lockdowns due to COVID-19 Pandemic.
Read MoreUNESCO OER Recommendation ( Available in multiple languages)
The Recommendation on Open Educational Resources was adopted unanimously by UNESCO’s General Conference at its 40th session in November 2019.
Read MoreCape Town Open Education Declaration: Unlocking the promise of open educational resources
The Cape Town Open Education Declaration arises from a small but lively meeting convened in Cape Town in September 2007. The aim of this meeting was to accelerate efforts to promote open resources, technology and teaching practices in education.
Read MoreUNESCO: Draft Recommendation on Open Educational Resources
The UNESCO OER recommendations were adopted by the member countries on 25 November 2019 after intensive work for 4 years of conferences, declarations and consultations.
Read MoreThe UNESCO quality initiative well underway
UNESCO plans for organising the Global conference on Quality Assurance in Higher Education, in Paris, France, 21 – 23 November 2018, indicated target 700 participants by invitation.
Read MoreVisionary Leadership For Digital Transformation, 2017
The event was organized in partnership with ICDE, UNESCO and the project D-Transform, who together took the initiative to mobilise globally for visionary leadership of digital transformation of higher education.
Read MorePolicy Briefs, OER
As Open Educational Resources (OER) move higher on the educational agenda for many countries, the uptake of OER in languages which are less used than world languages (particularly English) is lagging.
Read MoreGlobal Education Monitoring Report launched with urgent call to prioritize education to reach SDGs
In May 2015, the World Education Forum in Incheon (Republic of Korea), brought together 1,600 participants from 160 countries with a single goal in mind: how to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning for all by 2030?
Read MoreCHEA and IIEP-UNESCO Issue Advisory Statement on Combating Corruption in Higher Education
A call to action that highlights the problems posed by academic corruption in higher education and suggests ways that quality assurance bodies, government and higher education institutions around the world can combat corruption.
Read MoreUNESCO presents new finance model that could triple the availability of textbooks
A study by UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM)* proposes an economic model that would help reduce the cost of textbooks and increase their availability to students in schools around the world.
Read MoreEducation 2030 Framework for Action has been adopted
The Education 2030 Framework for Action (FFA) "Towards inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning for all", provides guidance to countries for the implementation of the new Sustainable Development Goal 4, SDG4, Education 2030 agenda.
Read MoreHow online, open and flexible support learning will support a sustainable future - a call for action High Level Policy Forum, Pretoria, 17 October 2015
News release from the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE), UNESCO, Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Open Education Consortium (OEC) and the University of South Africa (UNISA).
Read MoreHigh Level Policy Forum, Pretoria, 17 October 2015
News release from the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE), UNESCO, Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Open Education Consortium (OEC) and the University of South Africa (UNISA).
Read MoreHigh Level Policy Forum, Pretoria, 17 October 2015
The day after the 26th ICDE World Conference in South Africa, 130 leaders from universities, colleges, regional, transnational and international associations as well as global networks gathered together.
Read More26th ICDE World Conference, ICDE Presidents' Summit and High Level Policy Forum (13-17 October 2015, South Africa)
The conference, attended by nearly 1,000 participants from 67 countries across the globe, was a ‘three in one’ event. Three events ran at the same time – the world conference itself, the ICDE Presidents’ Summit and the High Level Policy Forum.
Read MoreParis Message, 2015
The Paris Message has been issued by the Global High Level Policy Forum, organized by UNESCO in partnership with ICDE, held in Paris in June 2015. Over 150 participants – leading policy-makers, experts, senior management and stakeholders from higher education from all regions and more than 55 countries around the world - agreed to carry this message forward to their home countries and regions.
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