Promoting the Effective Use of ICT for Enhancing Education in the Arab World

Summary form only given. The Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) has, as its primary responsibility, the promotion and coordination of educational, cultural and scientific activities for Arab countries. In this perspective, a "Plan for the Development of Education in the Arab Countries" (2008-2018) is being implemented by ALECSO. The implementation plan aims at systematically developing the Arab educational system. One of its fundamental dimensions, to be taken into consideration for Educational Improvement, deals with the effective use of ICTs in education to enhance learning/teaching practices. In this talk, we will explore a set of ongoing strategic ICT projects aiming to contribute in the innovation and the development of the educational Arab system: Promoting Open Educational Resources (OERs) for K-12 education in Arab countries, Creating MOOCs for Arabic language learning for native and non-native speakers, Promoting cloud computing technologies for education and research in the Arab world, and the ALECSO Apps store for promoting educational mobile content and apps.