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UNITWIN/UNESCO
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Progress
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Period of activity:
January 1st – December 31st, 2010
Title of the
UNESCO Chair or Network: Global
e-Learning with applications to multiple domains
Report
established by: Tapio Varis
Function /
Title: Professor and Chair,
Vocational education with particular reference to global learning
environments
To be sent by electronic mail to both: s.bahri@unesco.org and
i.nichanian@unesco.org
or to UNESCO, Division of Higher Education
7, place Fontenoy – 75352 Paris 07 SP
Fax: 33 1 45 68 56 26/27/28
Summary
(Not exceeding 300 words, outcomes/results/impact)
The activities of the Chair have been positively reflected in the
cooperation with the Finnish National Commission of Unesco,
UNESCO-UNEVOC cooperation, UNESCO-IITE cooperation and research work
with the European Commission and the Alliance of Civilizations movement
of the United Nations.
The Chair has been globally visible with 8 keynote speeches in Brazil,
Europe, and Russia. The cooperation with other Unesco Chairs in China,
Spain, Russia, and Brazil are developing very actively. The Chair was
instrumental for the creation of the UNESCO Chair in technical and
Vocational Education and Training and Lifelong Learning in the Hong
Kong Institute of Education.
The Chair has emphasized global cooperation in ICT for vocational
education and training as well as the importance of new literacies for
the 21st century. The research agenda has included work on media
literacy and new humanism with the support of Unesco Institute of
Technology for Education in Moscow .
I. Address and Contact
Address of the
Host Institution
Address of the
Chairholder
(or coordinator)
Other contact person
Name TapioVaris
Function/Title Professor and Chair, Vocational Education with
particular reference to global learning environments
University/Institution University of Tampere
Faculty/Department/Centre Faculty of Education/ Research Centre for
Vocational Education
P.O.Box 229, FIN-13101 Hameenlinna, Finland
Street
Postal Code FIN-13101 Hameenlinna, Finland
City Hameenlinna
Province
Country Finland
Phone +358 3 3551 3608
Fax +358 3 3551 3611
E-mail tapio.varis@uta.fi
Website of UNESCO Chair or UNITWIN Network
Website of Host Institution
http://www.globaluniversitysystem.info
http://www.uta.fi
University of Tampere,
P.O.Box 229
FIN-13101 Hameenlinna
Finland
University of Tampere,
P.O.Box 229
FIN-13101 Hameenlinna
Finland
II.
Available resources
For each type of resource placed at the disposal of the Chair/Network,
please specify its source (cf. Annex 1)
1. Human resources
¬ Status of the Chair in the organizational structure
of the Institution (number of posts contributing to the Chair):
integrated in the full professorship
¬ Number of academic staff (full time and part time),
full professors, researchers, lecturers: one full time professor
¬ Number of visiting staff: a few short term visitors
¬ If there are other staff or groups contributing to
the Chair or Network, please indicate their number and status
(postgraduate students, advisors, consultants, experts, NGOs, etc): NGO
Vice-President for Global University System (and network)
¬ Number of administrative staff: integrated with
regular administration
2. Other resources
Financial contributions (indicate amount, source and purpose): full
time professor salary for the coordinators basic work
UNESCO-UNEVOC Centre, specific contracts
UNESCO-IITE Institute, specific contracts & Board Member
European Union, Research and Expert work
Material resources (indicate their nature and use):
for specific purposes/projects
Space placed at the disposal of the Chair or
Network University office room
To facilitate easy handily of data, for each type of resources listed
above, please provide the amount whenever available or an estimate sum
in US Dollars or Euros
III. Activities
(Please, provide short information for each activity)
1. Academic activities
Education (leading to certification)
• Title and expected results for
each courses, workshop, etc.
Doctoral seminar and lecture course in master programme, University of
Tampere, Finland
Course on Media Education, University of Tampere, Finland
Course on Global Changes in Society and Vocational Education,
University of Tampere, Finland
Course on “Intercultural and global communication (in English),”
University of Helsinki, Finland
Training (short term)
• Title and expected results for
training activity
• Duration
• Target groups (cf. Annex 2)
• Geographical coverage for
partners and participants (cf. Annex 3)
Research
Media Literacy and New Humanism, sponsored by Unesco/IITE
(International Institute of Technology for Education)
2. Conferences/ Meetings
Media Literacy Expert Group, Brussels 12. January:: Finland -
Assessment Criteria for Media Literacy Levels
ITK Workshops, Hämeenlinna, Finland, 22 April Safe Internet
Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 4 May:: Linguas menores e medios de
comunicacion
Sevilla, Spain, 13 May: Retos de la alfabetizacion mediática en un
mundo globalizado – el papel de los medios audiovisuales
St Peterburg Unesco Chair "Engineering distance education" 7-11 June
International Conference IITE-2010 ICTs in Teacher Education:
Policy, Open Educational Resources and Partnership November 15–16, 2010
St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, Towards global education: The need
for the 21st century literacies
University of Vilnius, Lithuania, 2 October: Media Literacy and
New Humanism
Rio Grande do Sul Federal University, Porto Alegre & Santa
Maria,Brazil, 8-9 December: Media Literacy and new Humanism
Varis:
Expert
National Board on Film Clasdsification, Finland, 2006-2010.
Principal research associate. UNESCO/UNEVOC, Finland, 2006-2012.
Governing Board Member, UNESCO-IITE 2009-2012
Expert in Media Literacy. European Commission, Belgium 2004-2010.
International Advisory Board of ILAET (International Laboratory
of Advanced Education Techynologies) 2010 -
Varis, T:
International referee -publications
Understanding Media Literacy, in “Children and Youth in the Digital
Media Culture. From a Nordic Horizon”, edited by Ulla Carlsson,
Nordicom, University of Gothenburg 2010
Domestic referee -publications
5.
Others
IV. Outcomes
V.
Forthcoming activities
1. Cooperation with UNESCO-UNEVOC
2. Coperationwith UNESCO-IITE: Book on Digital
Literacy and New Humanism
3. Cooperation with the UNESCO Chair in Technical and
Vocational Education and Training and lifelong Learning
VI.
Development prospects
Action aimed at obtaining a stable permanent status of the
Chair/Network in the structure of the Institution
Short and medium term: The UNESCO Chair has a permanent status in the
Faculty of Education, University of Tampere. The Research Centre for
Vocational Education was given the status of National UNESCO-UNEVOC
Centre in 2006.
Long term: Institutionalizing the Global University System (GUS) and
promoting UNESCO-UNEVOC training and research activities to become an
international research and educational centre
Expanding activities
Broadening partnerships
Unesco-IITE
Mobilization of resources
Annex 2
Target groups
(Please specify for each category number of male and female)
Target group Male
Female Total
Undergraduate students
Graduate students 6
10 16
Postgraduate students 6
7 13
Academics 5
Public administrators
200
Employees from industry or other private organizations (please,
specify)(lectures for entrepreneurs)
20
Teachers from primary education
Teachers from secondary education
Teachers from technical and vocational education
100
Teachers from adult education
20
Others groups (Please specify)(Keynote lectures in national ICT
conferences for teachers)
1500
Annex 3
Geographical Coverage
• National
�x (Finland)
•
Regional/Interregional/International
�x
Please specify countries and regions
Regions Countries
Africa
Arab States Jordan, Libya
Asia/Pacific China
Eastern and Central Europe Russia, Turkey,
Western Europe and North America Spain
Latin America and the Caribbean Brazil,