The TDLC Teams up with Kitasato University to Launch New Blended Learning Program
The TDLC and Kitasato University have teamed up to launch an ambitious blended learning program to train mother and child health care specialists in Mongolia. Working with the Mongolian Nursing Association, local practitioners working at universities, hospitals and medical care centers will participate in lectures via GDLN videoconference, fieldwork, and create a new textbook based on course material to meet local needs. A Mongolian version of the mother and child handbooks that are popularly used in Japan will also be created for public use.
Session 1 (April 30th) Highlights
On the eve of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV),
the TDLC, World Bank Tokyo Office and UNICEF will hold a TICAD IV Youth Dialogue via videoconference connecting youths in Africa and Asia. African youths, who are the leaders of the future, will make their voice heard on how they hope to achieve a vibrant Africa through experience sharing with Asian counterparts. The session will be webcast in real time on May 26th, 17:00 – 19:30 Tokyo time.
http://www.jointokyo.org/en/programs/catalogue/ticad_youth/
What are the implications of high and volatile oil prices on the global economy? What are the policy options? These issues will be discussed in a timely new GDLN blended learning program “Oil Price Volatility, Economic Impacts and Risk Management in Asia” offered by the TDLC and the World Bank Institute (WBI) in cooperation with the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ). The session is based on the Global Finance Forum held in Washington DC in March 2008 organized by WBI and George Washington University. Government officials, executives, analysts and practitioners in energy-related sectors are invited to the first videoconference session on June 4, 2008 connecting Tokyo, Bangkok, Beijing, Jakarta and Washington. This is a fee-based program.
http://www.jointokyo.org/en/programs/catalogue/oil_prices/
On-line Registration (closing date: May 30th)
The Microfinance Training of Trainers Course is a unique blended learning program which incorporates CD-ROMs, web-based discussion and videoconference. Since 2005, 224 “graduates” from 28 countries have been accredited as certified microfinance distance learning course trainers. MFToT 5 will be given from July - October 2008.
http://www.jointokyo.org/en/programs/catalogue/mftot/
Teachers and instructors across Asia sat in a virtual classroom to learn how ICTs can be incorporated to enhance multicultural education through 5 sessions given from December 2007 to April 2008. Developed by the TDLC to accompany KIDS INITIATIVE, a program which enables children to conduct exchanges with counterparts via videoconference, the training course attracted strong interest from teachers across borders who seek new methods of education to prepare children to meet the challenges of globalization.
Kids Initiative Teachers Training Course Program Page
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