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 in Education was instituted in 2005. The prize is awarded yearly and consists of a sum of US$50,000 (a cheque and a diploma), to be equally divided between two laureate
s. The prize is funded by the Kingdom of Bahrain
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The prize is awarded to individuals, institutions, other entities or non-governmental organization
s for excellent models, best practice, and creative use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to enhance learning, teaching and overall educational performance. Candidatures must be presented by the government of a Member State of UNESCO
or an international non-governmental organization, maintaining formal consultative relations with UNESCO and active in the relevant fields covered by the Prize. Each government or international non-governmental organization is entitled to nominate only two candidates per year.
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The second prize (2007) was awarded to The Claroline
Consortium of Belgium, and Curriki
, a U.S.A.-based global education community. Competing for the prize were 68 projects from 51 countries and one international non-governmental organization.
The third winners (2008) were Shanghai TV University for its project Turning the Digital Divide into Digital Opportunity: The Project for Building the Digital Lifelong Learning System in Shanghai. Dr. Hoda Baraka, of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Egypt, was also chosen to receive the Prize for her leadership in the implementation of several national ICT projects in education.
The winners of the fourth prize (2009) were Alexei Semenov, Rector of the Moscow Institute of Open Education, and the Jordan Education Initiative. The prize was focused on "Teaching, Learning and e-Pedagogy: Teacher Professional Development for Knowledge Societies".
The winners of the fifth prize (2010) will be announced on January 11, 2011.
Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah
King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa is the King of Bahrain , having previously been its Emir . He is the son of Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, the previous Emir.-Early life and education:...
Prize for the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Education was instituted in 2005. The prize is awarded yearly and consists of a sum of US$50,000 (a cheque and a diploma), to be equally divided between two laureate
Laureate
In English, the word laureate has come to signify eminence or association with literary or military glory. It is also used for winners of the Nobel Prize.-History:...
s. The prize is funded by the Kingdom of Bahrain
Bahrain
' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...
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The prize is awarded to individuals, institutions, other entities or non-governmental organization
Non-governmental organization
A non-governmental organization is a legally constituted organization created by natural or legal persons that operates independently from any government. The term originated from the United Nations , and is normally used to refer to organizations that do not form part of the government and are...
s for excellent models, best practice, and creative use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to enhance learning, teaching and overall educational performance. Candidatures must be presented by the government of a Member State of UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
or an international non-governmental organization, maintaining formal consultative relations with UNESCO and active in the relevant fields covered by the Prize. Each government or international non-governmental organization is entitled to nominate only two candidates per year.
Laureates
The first laureates (2006) were the Cyber Home Learning System for Primary and Secondary Students, a project of the Korean Ministry of Education and Human Resources and the Korea Education and Research Information Service (KERIS) and the eDegree Programme in Lapland developed by Kemi-Tornio University of Applied SciencesKemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences
Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences is a Finnish Ammattikorkeakoulu located in Kemi and Tornio. It was founded in 1992 as Kemi-Tornio Polytechnic, a merger of several institutes of higher vocational education in the Kemi-Tornio region of Finland....
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The second prize (2007) was awarded to The Claroline
Claroline
Claroline is a collaborative eLearning and eWorking platform released under the GPL Open Source license. It allows hundreds of organizations worldwide ranging from universities to schools and from companies to associations to create and administer courses and collaboration spaces over the web...
Consortium of Belgium, and Curriki
Curriki
Curriki is a nonprofit organization that is building an Internet site for open source curriculum development, to provide universal access to free curricula and instructional materials for students up to the age of 18 . By applying the open source process to education, Curriki empowers educational...
, a U.S.A.-based global education community. Competing for the prize were 68 projects from 51 countries and one international non-governmental organization.
The third winners (2008) were Shanghai TV University for its project Turning the Digital Divide into Digital Opportunity: The Project for Building the Digital Lifelong Learning System in Shanghai. Dr. Hoda Baraka, of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Egypt, was also chosen to receive the Prize for her leadership in the implementation of several national ICT projects in education.
The winners of the fourth prize (2009) were Alexei Semenov, Rector of the Moscow Institute of Open Education, and the Jordan Education Initiative. The prize was focused on "Teaching, Learning and e-Pedagogy: Teacher Professional Development for Knowledge Societies".
The winners of the fifth prize (2010) will be announced on January 11, 2011.