OECD Project on New Millennium Learners, presentation by Francesc Pedró, OECD/CERI

29-Apr-2008

At the CERI Governing Board meeting of 22-23 April 2008, Francesc Pedró, OECD/CERI, presented an overview of the main findings, ongoing work and future perspectives of the OECD Project on New Millennium Learners. To view the video clips in this power point presentation click on slide 6,14 and 24: main research questions, it goes beyond safety; and, drawing on evidence.

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.

The new CERI brochure is out!

23-Apr-2007

The brochure on OECD work on research and innovation in education has just been published

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/).

La Conférence internationale CERI/OCDE, Apprendre au XXIe siècle : recherche, innovation et politiques, du 15 au 16 mai 2008

from 15-May-2008 to 16-May-2008

Le Centre de l’OCDE sur la recherche et l’innovation dans l’enseignement (CERI), a présenté un état des lieux en matière d’apprentissages au XXIe siècle.

OECD-France Seminar - The labour market orientation of tertiary education in France and in OECD countries: Assessment and prospects

from 14-Feb-2007 to 15-Feb-2007

This seminar proposes to take stock of the labour market orientation of tertiary education in France and in OECD countries.

International Japan/OECD Seminar on “Futures Thinking for Education: Policy, Leadership and the Teaching Profession”

from 06-Nov-2006 to 08-Oct-2006

This Seminar is in the core CERI work on futures thinking and the Schooling for Tomorrow project. The Seminar will explore and develop as the over-arching seminar theme the connections between futures thinking, on the one hand, and governance, policy formulation and decision-making in education, on the other.

Global Forum on Education - The Challenges for Education in a Global Economy

from 24-Oct-2005 to 25-Oct-2005

The first Forum on the theme of The Challenges for Education in a Global Economy, co-hosted with the Chilean Ministry of Education, was held in Santiago on 24-25 October 2005. This event drew on the networks of education officials and experts established since 1991 through the Directorate for Education’s Programme for Co-operation with non OECD Economies.

Orthographes transparentes vs non-transparentes et apprentissage de la lecture : un atelier OCDE

from 29-Sep-2005 to 30-Sep-2005

Cet atelier été réservé aux experts invités à St John’s College, Cambridge, les 29 et 30 septembre 2005. Il été co-organisé par le Centre des Neurosciences en Éducation de l’Université de Cambridge.

OECD Workshop on Learning to Read: Shallow vs Non-Shallow Orthographies

from 29-Sep-2005 to 30-Sep-2005

This OECD workshop was held at St John's College, Cambridge, on 29-30 September 2005 and was co-hosted by the Centre for Neuroscience in Education at Cambridge University.

Linking Evidence to Practice - International Conference

from 14-Sep-2005 to 15-Sep-2005

On 14 and 15 September 2005, the third OECD-conference on Evidence Based Policy Research took place in The Hague, Netherlands. The conference explored how bridges can be built between researchers, policy makers and educational practitioners by using evidence based research to improve policy making.  Focus was on the role of brokerage agencies (i.e., institutions, programmes, or other mechanisms) designed to improve linkages between research and policy concerns and act as bridges in a national or international context (for example, the EPPI-Centre in the UK).

Conference on E-learning in Post-secondary Education: Policies, Practices and Research

from 26-Jun-2005 to 28-Jun-2005

The OECD/Canada/Alberta Conference on E-Learning in Post-Secondary Education: Policies, Practices, and Research  was held in Calgary, Canada, 26-28 June, 2005.  The conference, jointly organised by the OECD's Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI)  , Industry Canada, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, and Alberta Advanced Education , was intended to: discuss key policy issues in e-learning in post-secondary education; provide a forum for sharing good practices and challenges, and identify opportunities for research and collaboration.

Third Meeting of the Lifelong Learning Network

from 21-Jan-2005 to 22-Feb-2005

The 3rd meeting of the Lifelong Learning network of OECD/CERI’s Learning Sciences and Brain Research project took place at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Wako-Shi, Saitama, Japan on 21-22 January 2005. The meeting brought together some 30 experts, mixing neuroscience and educational researchers with a few practitioners and policymakers. Participants were present from Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, UK and USA.

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