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UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize

UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize

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The UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Education is a UNESCO prize which rewards projects and programmes of individuals, institutions, other entities or non-governmental organizations for the creative use of information and communication technologies to enhance learning, teaching and overall education performance.[1][2]

The prize is funded by the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and established in 2005. The prize is conferred annually to two laureates. The Director General of UNESCO selects the two laureates based on the recommendation of an independent international jury.[3] The jury consists of five independent members who are recognized figures in the field of ICT in education selected with equitable geographical distribution and gender. They are appointed by the Director-General for a period of two years.[4]

Every year, the prize has a specific theme and the prize awards USD 25,000 to each laureate as well as a diploma during a ceremony at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.[5] Nominations for the prize can be submitted by Governments of the Member States of UNESCO via National Commissions or an international non-governmental organization (NGO) in official partnership with UNESCO; self-nominations are not accepted.[6]

Prize winners

2019 - The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to innovate education, teaching and learning

  • Letrus Writing Skills Program, Letrus, Brazil[7]
  • Dytective, Spain[8]

2018 - The use of ICT to ensure education for the most vulnerable groups

  • ThingLink visual learning technology, ThingLink, Finland[9]
  • Can’t Wait to Learn, War Child Holland, the Netherlands[10][2]

2017 - The Use of ICTs to Increase Access to Quality Education

  • CLIx (The Connected Learning Initiative), India[11]
  • GENIE, Morocco[12]

2016 - The Use of ICTs in Education for Disadvantaged Groups

  • “Harnessing the Power of ICTs in Higher Education for Refugees” of Kiron Open Higher Education, Germany[13][14]
  • “Online School” of Jaago Foundation, Bangladesh[15][16]

2015 - Pedagogical Innovation in the Use of ICTs in Teaching and Learning

  • “National Program of Educational Informatics” (PRONIE) of the Omar Dengo Foundation, Costa Rica[17]
  • Open Source Physics @ Singapore project of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Singapore[18]

2011 - Education Youth for Responsible Global Citizenship

  • Internet-ABC, Germany
  • Dr Yuhyun Park, Co-Founder and CEO of iZ HERO, Republic of Korea[19][3][4][20]

2010 - Digital Literacy: Preparing Adult Learners for Lifelong Learning and Flexible Employment

2009 - Teaching, learning and e-Pedagogy: Teacher Professional Development for Knowledge Societies

2008 - Digital Opportunities for All: Preparing Students for 21st Century Skills

  • Shanghai TV University, People's Republic of China
  • Dr Hoda Baraka, First Deputy to the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Egypt[31][32]

2007 - Open Education

2006 - Enhancing Teaching and Learning


References

  1. "UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICTs in Education | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  2. Bullough, Joseph (2019-02-27). "Winners from Finland and the Netherlands to receive UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize on ICT Innovation in Education". Flexible Learning Strategies – Education Innovation Lab for Out of School Children. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  3. "NTU wins two UNESCO awards for innovation in education". news.ntu.edu.sg. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  4. "ICT in Education Prize". UNESCO. 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  5. Netherl, Bradutch Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in the; s (2019-03-11). "Dutch project to receive UNESCO Prize on Innovation in Education". BRADUTCH. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  6. "CLIx project receives UNESCO award". MIT News. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  7. "Moroccan Project Wins UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize". The North Africa Post. 2018-03-03. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  8. "Unesco awards Jaago Foundation for innovation in education". Dhaka Tribune. 2017-02-21. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  9. "Serious Games Conference 2014: ISSSG2014 & SGC2014". rpsonline.com.sg. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  10. International, Education. "British and Venezuelan educators win UNESCO technology prize". Education International. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  11. "Dr. Alexei Semenov". www.wise-qatar.org. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  12. "Hoda Baraka". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  13. "Previous laureates of the ICT in Education Prize". UNESCO. 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2019-03-26.

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