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The
Ninth IASTED International Conference on
Computers and Advanced Technology
in Education
~ CATE 2006 ~
October 4-6, 2006
Lima, Peru
ICT-Based
Education:
Caribbean Region Perspectives
Prof.
Valeri Pougatchev
School of Computing & Information Technology,
University of Technology, Jamaica
Consultant on ICT-Based Education,
UNESCO Office for Caribbean Region
In 2004 the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) launched the international project
entitled Caribbean Regional Standards for Information Communication
Technologies in Tertiary Education Institutions in several
countries of the Caribbean Region including Jamaica, Barbados,
Trinidad & Tobago, St. Lucia and Surinam. This UNESCO
project covers various aspects of Primary, Secondary, Tertiary
Education and Vocational Training in designated countries
and is aligned with goals, objectives and main activities
of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Caribbean Area
Network for Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education (CANQUATE),
Caribbean Examination Council (CXC), the Caribbean Knowledge
and Learning Network (CKLN) and Caribbean Association of
National Training Agencies (CANTA).
The presentation
will cover in details 1) project goals, objectives, and
main approaches, 2) collaboration of project team members
-- ministries of education, colleges, schools, universities,
vocational training centers, 3) specific features and characteristics
of local schools, colleges and universities and vocational
centers, 4) a proposed methodology for this study aimed
on development of standards for ICT-based education in the
Caribbean region, 5) a summary of project team activities
and tasks, 6) project main results, findings and outcomes,
7) a list of tangible and intangible benefits of ICT-based
education that are specific for the Caribbean region, and
8) project recommendation and conclusions aimed on significant
improvement of ICT-based education in the Caribbean region.
Project framework,
findings and outcomes, conclusions and recommendations could
be of interest for developers of ICT-based education in
developing countries.
 Prof.
Valeri Pougatchev has been working in the area
of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for about
25 years in Russia, Jamaica, and the United States (including
Silicon Valley area in California and Massachusetts). His
other research areas include but are not limited to software
engineering of enterprise-wide systems, design and development
of assessment and evaluations systems, and information science,
specifically compression of information using interpolation
polynomials and wavelets. He is a recipient of The Best
E-Commerce System - Caribbean Region award at the Microsoft
International Conference in California, USA, 2000. He is
an author of two textbooks on ICT applications in education.
From 2004 Prof. Pougatchev serves as a consultant of the
UNESCO on applications of ICT in Tertiary Education and
Vocational Training (TVET) for the Caribbean Region and
as a co-principal investigator of the UNESCO project on
Standards for ICT-Based Education in the Caribbean Region.
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