About dot-EDU: Improving Education
During the last decade, information and communication technology has revolutionized education worldwide, and dot-EDU is bringing these benefits to under-served populations, especially girls and women.
With USAID and local partners, dot-EDU designs ICT-based activities to strengthen and expand traditional approaches to education.
Improving Educational Materials
- Access to information, already created materials, and lessons learned about new uses of ICT and education.
- Tailoring pre-existing materials to local contexts, especially indigenous languages, and multi-cultural education.
- New methods of learning and education, using multi-media and interactivity .
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Community Development through Education
- Workforce development applications for students, adults, and out-of-school youth.
- Lifelong learning opportunities at school-based ICT resource centers and local telecenters.
- Teacher resource centers with media production capabilities for local community.
Building Educational Capacity
- School-to-school communication.
- Pre- and in-service teacher and administrator training.
- Virtual communities of educators and teacher-to-teacher networking.
Expanding Access to Education
- Distance learning opportunities via CD-ROM, the Internet, and broadcast media
- ICT used to reach girls and women and other disadvantaged groups
- Educational system promotes ICT usage by disadvantaged and under-served groups
- Education supported in places suffering from physical isolation, civil unrest, natural disasters, and HIV/AIDS
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USAID Funding
Funding is provided by USAID's Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade (Office of Energy and Information Technology, Office of Women in Development, and Human Capacity Development: Basic Education Team), Regional Bureaus, and Missions. Cooperative Agreement: GDG-A-00-01-00011-00
Lead Organization
Core Partners
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Resource Partners
Drawing on over 30 resource partners, including private sector companies, foundations, universities, and U.S.-based and international NGOs, dot-EDU customizes technology applications for particular countries and contexts, adapts ICT packages to supporting infrastructure, and tailors interventions to achieve USAID strategic objectives and results.
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Current Activities
Africa
Asia and Near East
Europe and Eurasia
Latin America and Caribbean
For more information, please contact:
USAID
Stephen Tournas, dot-EDU Project Manager
Email:
Tel: +1 202 712 0154
dot-EDU
William Wright, Program Director, dot-EDU
Email:
Tel: +1 202 572-3700
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