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OECD work with G8 for Summit, 6-8 June 2007

01-Jun-2007

At the Summit, G8 leaders asked the OECD, together with the IEA, to act as a platform for dialogue between G8 countries and the major emerging economies of Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa on issues including innovation, freedom of investment, corporate social responsibility and development in Africa, and energy efficiency.

Open Educational Resources bring new opportunities, challenges: OECD

01-Jun-2007

The burgeoning Open Educational Resources (OER) movement is bringing higher education resources within reach of growing numbers of potential users around the world, but education authorities will soon have to grapple with new challenges such as copyright issues and the sustainability of business models, according to a new OECD study.

Open Educational Resources bring new opportunities, challenges

24-May-2007

The burgeoning Open Educational Resources (OER) movement is bringing higher education resources within reach of growing numbers of potential users around the world, but education authorities will soon have to grapple with new challenges such as copyright issues and the sustainability of business models, according to a new OECD study.

New Millennium Learners

05-Apr-2007

The emergence of digital native learners has major potential implications for education. The objective of the NML is to analyse this new generation of learners and understand their expectations and attitudes. The impact of digital technologies on cognitive skills and on learning expectations, and the evolution of social values and lifestyles are important issues.

OECD report urges Switzerland to improve educational R & D

30-Jan-2007

Switzerland needs to improve the organisation and the quality of its educational research and development (R&D) in order to make  these activities more relevant to policy-making and educational practices, according to a new OECD report.

Tom Schuller, Head of CERI, gave a speech at Université Paris Dauphine on 31st January 2007

26-Jan-2007

Tom Schuller, Head of CERI, gave a speech on "Education et formation tout au long de la vie : quelle vision internationale ?" on 31st January 2007 at Université Paris Dauphine (see presentation at: http://www.wcfel.org/).

Teacher Forums on Brain and Learning

15-Mar-2006

Join our interactive brain and learning forums  for teaching practitioners.  Current hot threads are on learning math problems and bilingual/intercultural teaching.

Workshop Inciting the Practitioners Perspective - Brain Research and Learning

16-Jan-2006

Hosted by the Learning Lab Denmark in Copenhagen, the OECD/CERI Learning Sciences and Brain Research project held a workshop bringing together practitioners, neuro-scientists and educational specialists on 22 February 2006. 

Seminar on Education, Cognition and the Brain

19-Oct-2005

This seminar was co-hosted by the Académie des Sciences in Paris on 9-10 November 2005. 




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