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Drones in Greening the Service Sector

24 November 2016
With the ability to collect vast amounts of data across large areas in a cost-effective manner and track changes over time, drones have a huge potential to promote and advance environmental sustainability. Drones provide knowledge of ground truth by helping confirm data on the ground.

Disruptive Innovation

24 November 2016
Understanding disruptive innovation means taking opportunities that look unattractive to most firms. When confronted with innovation, firms must think about it differently and not in the same way as other innovations. The surest way to kill innovation is to measure it the same way as existing…

Green Technology and Business Innovation

23 November 2016
Consumer demand and purchasing power impacts whether or not niche green businesses and technologies become mainstream. This session features case studies and experiences that shed some light on how to move green businesses from niche to mainstream, and to see an economy where more businesses and…

Innovative ICT Classroom Project

11 November 2016
A project of the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Education and Korea Education Frontier Association, the Innovative ICT-based Pilot Classroom was developed with the aim to build ICT-based classrooms with state-of-the-art ICT equipment for primary and secondary schools.

Shaping the Future of Education with Technology: Comparison of Korea and Singapore for ICT in Education

11 November 2016
The Republic of Korea and Singapore have enacted systemic and systematic policies to bring new forms of teaching and learning practices in schools. ICT has been employed not only as a pedagogical tool but also as a catalyst to prepare the competitive workforce in the knowledge economy.

Information and Communication Technology for Peace and Partnership

11 November 2016
ICT for peace and partnership can promote peace, justice, and strong institutions and strengthen partnerships for the global goals. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 16–17 see to peace and partnership: they mean to promote peace, justice, and strong institutions and strengthen the partnerships…

Trends and Development of ICT in Education Policy

10 November 2016
Despite a countless number of national-level ICT in education policy initiatives in the last decade, cases of successful integration of ICT that have led to enhancing teaching and learning in school still remain an exception than the norm. A suggested practical procedure for developing a national…

MathCloud in the World

10 November 2016
MathCloud is considered as the ultimate solution for students struggling in mathematics. This presentation shows MathCloud's effectiveness in Asia and expansion to other developing member countries. It also shares the effect of MathCloud in US schools and feedback by school administrators.

ICT for Teacher Training

10 November 2016
UNESCO has been providing support to governments of its member states in reforming their current ICT teacher training into a systematic competency-based one. As an envisaged result, teachers’ development in integrating ICT can be systematically guided, supported, assessed, monitored, and tracked at…

New Challenges in Smart Education Era

9 November 2016
The Korea Educational Broadcasting System (EBS) is a major educational television and radio network contributing greatly to improve and develop lifelong and democratic education in the Republic of Korea. This presentation discusses the platform that EBS uses and the content it produces. EBS’…