RESEARCH FACILITATION FRAMEWORK

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under the umbrella of UN-GAID
RESEARCH FACILITATION FRAMEWORK FOR ICT IN
EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT
www.gesci.org
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THE GESCI RESEARCH FACILITATION FRAMEWORK FOR ICT
IN EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT

• The Global e-Schools and Communities
  Initiative (GeSCI) was established in December
  2003 by the United Nations ICT Task Force
• Provide assistance to developing countries
  seeking to harness the potential of ICT to
  improve the quality, effectiveness, relevance
  and access levels of their education systems.
• ICT in education presents countries with great
  opportunities but also challenges.
• Many policy makers, planners, managers, and
  practitioners still lack experience, knowledge,
  and judgment capabilities in the ICT integration
  in Education
• The purpose of GeSCIs Research Framework is
  to
• Assist partners to develop an understanding of
  the major challenges of ICT integration in
  their education systems and
• Create new ideas how to integrate ICT in
  education in best ways.

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FIVE THEMATIC AREAS ON ICT EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
AND INNOVATION

• Educational Management and ICT including
  Monitoring and Evaluation
• ICT Infrastructure, Connectivity and
  Accessibility
• Integration of ICT into Teaching and
  Learning
• Teacher Education and ICT
• Educational Content and ICT

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THE GESCI RESEARCH FACILITATION FRAMEWORK

• Interfacing research, policy and practice in
  order to maximize the potential of ICT for
  transformational impact in education systems.
• GeSCI plays a significant role as process
  convener fostering links between the three
  stakeholder groups.

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• RESEARCHERS
• Creating research communities
• Building on our existing and new partnerships we
  aim to create a research community dedicated to
  ICT4E in developing country contexts.
• The emphasis will be on the promotion of
  collaborative knowledge creation and the building
  of research capacity in the south to set the
  research agenda and to lead development research
  and innovation in ICT-Education.

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• POLICYMAKERS
• Facilitating research links to policy
• Research results need a platform from which they
  can be contested, debated and tested again before
  a consensus can be reached on recommendations for
  policy and practice.
• The African Knowledge Exchange (AKE) is a
  strategic multi-country partnership and GeSCIs
  primary vehicle for knowledge sharing among
  Ministries of Education and other relevant
  ministries and institutions in Africa.
• We aim to develop regional research dissemination
  networks in our Asia and Latin America programmes
  that are modelled on our AKE programme.

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• PRACTITIONERS
• Facilitating research links to practice
• Promote innovative research models and
  applications for ICT integration in education
  that are especially suitable for developing
  countries.
• The purpose of our knowledge building and
  research activities is to empower stakeholders in
  the development of innovative solutions on the
  use of technology.
• Innovative practices can be verified and
  generalized through evaluation research and
  development processes in our national and
  regional programmes.

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...to build research and innovation partnerships
with national governments, research institutions,
knowledge intermediaries, and the private sector
to develop new knowledge on ICT4E...
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Collaboration Links

• ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES (AAU)
  RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NETWORKING UNIT (RENU)
• EDUCATION RESEARCH NETWORK FOR WEST AND CENTRAL
  AFRICA (ERNWACA)
• IDRC PANAFRICAN OBSERVATORY PROJECT
• UNESCO - GESCI RESEARCH COLLABORATION ON ICT4E
• WITFOR WORLD INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FORUM WAS
  INITIATED BY THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR
  INFORMATION PROCESSING (IFIP)