Project Outcomes-UNESCO-ICHEI

Capacity Building Seminars

Facilitate the ICT reform in higher education in developing countries, provide practical training to comprehensively improve ICT application skills

Trainees' Comments

Trainee from Burma, 2019 Seminar on ICT Application in Higher Education for Asian and European Countries

"The introduction to IIOE brings me a lot of excitement! I think IIOE will become an integration of open education, distance learning and online learning, which will supplement the curriculum for partner HEIs."

Trainee from Uzbekistan, 2018 Seminar on ICT Application in Higher Education for Asian and European Countries

"I'm very happy to come to China to study and experiene. Online education enterprises have a positive influence on promoting the quality of education in HEIs. China's development experience and approach inpromoting the application of ICT in higher education brings new ideas to its own education reform, and provides comprehensive lessons for other nations to learn from. and offers lessons for other countries to learn from comprehensively. "

Trainee from Cambodia, 2018 Seminar on ICT Application in Higher Education for Asian and European Countries

"We are amazed at the rapid development of China. We hope that Cambodia has more opportunities to participate in seminars and events like this to learn from China's development experiences."

Trainee from Uzbekistan, 2019 Seminar on ICT Application in Higher Education for Asian and European Countries

"As a teacher, I am very interested in the VR equipment for vehicle maintenance and repair because this reflects the application of ICT in teaching. This not only allows students to understand the material better, but also strengthens their mastery of the skills."

Trainee from Zambia, 2018 Seminar on ICT Application in Higher Education for African Countries

"The seminar is very successful. The training and field visits were organized and the staff were friendly and thoughtful. I have learned a lot here and hope to apply these skills in Zambia in the future."

Trainee from Ministry of Higher Education, 2018 Seminar on ICT in Higher Education Management for Chad

"Through 20 days of study, trainees from the Ministry of Higher Education think of this seminar as a focused and high level training in ICT in education. Since the lecturers at the seminar are senior specialists in ICT in education, they were able to introduce frontline content to the trainees. The curriculum planners also set up various experiential lessons so that we can gain hands-on experiences on the application of ICT in China's education."

Trainee from Djibouti, 2019 Seminar on ICT in Higher Education Management for African Countries

"University of Djibouti is using the Moodle platform. I concluded the differences between Moodle and Blackboard with the lectures, and understand the reasons why SUSTech chooses Blackboard."

Trainee from Uganda, 2019 Seminar on ICT in Higher Education Management for African Countries

“It's an honor for me to take part in the Seminar, which helps me to have a good knowledge of ICT application in China's HEIs. This lecture presented by Prof. SHEN is the last one. Her presentation is a summary of what we have seen and learnt during the past 19 days, we have a general idea about China's HE. ”

Media Coverage

Media coverage on the 2018 Seminar on ICT in Higher Education Management for Chad

Trainees from Chad visited the Smart Classroom Cloud Service Center at Createview Edu-tech in Guangzhou, which demonstrates regional ICT application in education and smart campus solutions. Many media outlets reported this event, including China Youth Online and Guangzhou Online.

Media coverage on the 2018 Seminar on ICT Application in Higher Education for African Countries

Namibia University of Science and Technology reported the 2018 Seminar on ICT Application in Higher Education for African Countries. The article suggested Namibia's immigration department to share data with other departments safely, in order to identify possible issues with communication, health and the society before the situation worsens. The police can also utilise big data and visual recognition tools to prevent and solve crimes.

Media coverage on the 2018 Seminar on ICT Application in Higher Education for Asian and European Countries

"The Economy, Trade and Information Committee of Shenzhen Municipality thinks "the hosting of Seminar is an important outcome of international collaboration among government, education agencies, enterprises and other organizations in the field. Within the framework of the foreign aid policy of the Ministry of Commerce, this training is another attempt to provide seminars todeveloping countries in Asia, Europe and Africa, after the successful holding the 2017 Seminar on ICT in Higher Education Innovation for Asian Countries. The Seminar will help foreign trainees have a comprehensive understanding of the development of ICT in HEI, and enhancetheir recognition and confidence in enterprises in Shenzhen to promote cooperation and the building of the Belt and Road Initiative. "

Knowledge Production Past Seminars on ICT Application in Higher Education

2016 ICT in Higher Education: Capacity Building of HEIs

Institution: Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Countries: Egypt, Ethiopia, Botswana, Djibouti, Ghana, Cameroon, Malawi
Number of Trainees: 15
2017 Seminar on ICT in Higher Education Innovation for Asian Countries

Theme: HEI Collaboration and Innovation
Countries: Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Pakistan, Aman
Number of Trainees: 33
2017 Seminar on ICT in Higher Education Innovation for African Countries

Theme: HEI Collaboration and Innovation
Countries: Egypt, Ethiopia, Botswana, Djibouti, Ghana, Cameroon, Malawi
Number of Trainees: 32
2018 Seminar on ICT in Higher Education Management for Chad

Theme: IMS in HEI
Country: Chad
Number of Trainees: 20
2018 Seminar on ICT Application in Higher Education for Asian and European Countries

Theme: Higher Education and MOOC
Countries: Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Lithuania, Czechoslovakia, Serbia, Palestine, Malaysia, Cambodia, Mongolia
Number of Trainees: 38
2018 Seminar on ICT Application in Higher Education for African Countries

Theme: Big Data and Cloud Computing
Countries: Botswana, Djibouti, Egypt, Gambia, Kenya, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
Number of Trainees: 42
2019 Seminar on ICT in Higher Education Management for African Countries

Theme: IMS in HEI
Counties: Djibouti, Uganda, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Egypt, Gambia
Number of Trainees: 32
2019 Seminar on ICT Application in Higher Education for Asian and European Countries

Theme: Big Data and Cloud Computing
Countries: Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Burma
Number of Trainees: 19
2023 Seminar on South-South cooperation for French-speaking African countries

Theme: South-South Cooperation
Countries: Gabon, Central African Republic, Senegal, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Benin, Mali, Mauritius, Republic of the Congo
Number of Trainees: 28
2023 Seminar for Business Leaders

Theme: E-commerce
Countries: Nepal, Myanmar, Lebanon, Latvia, Nigeria, Egypt, Cuba, Peru, Grenada
Number of Trainees: 31
2023 Seminar on Training International Business, Trade and Legal Professionals for Developing Countries

Theme: International Business, Trade and Law
Countries: Bolivia, Grenada, Rwanda, Tunisia, Nigeria, Nepal, Cambodia, Thailand, Uzbekistan
Number of Trainees: 37

Capacity Building Seminars