State Department Expands Access to Open Educational Resources in the Middle East and North Africa
The U.S. Department of State is sponsoring a special exchange program on Open Educational Resources (OER) for education leaders in the Middle East and North Africa. Open Educational Resources are publically available course syllabi and materials, modules, textbooks,...
QFI & ISKME lead SEC workshops in Doha
On February 16-17, 2014 in Doha, Qatar, Qatar Foundation International (QFI) and the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME) teamed up with education specialists at Qatar’s Supreme Education Council (SEC) for a two-day Action Collab...
Bringing Innovative Teaching to Math Classrooms in Qatar
On December 9, 2013, QFI’s OER Fellows participated in an International Math Collaboration OER Training put on by ISKME in Half Moon Bay, Calif. The one-day training gave math teachers from the Middle East and US the opportunity to share best practices for innovative...
Three Big Ideas From ISKME’S Big Ideas Fest
Spending four days at the ISKME Big Ideas Fest was the perfect prelude to the New Year with all its resolutions and planning. Big Ideas Fest convenes education stakeholders including teachers, policy makers, researchers, eduprenuers, students, and funders and engages...
Recap: The 2013 Big Ideas Fest
The KIDmob director trifecta took a little road trip down to Half Moon Bay to attend ISKME's (Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management) Big Ideas Fest this year. What a blast! The KIDmob director trifecta took a little road trip down to Half Moon Bay to...