Category : Videos

The final video interview with the 2011 WISE Awards Winner is now available!

Watch it here and listen to Richard Baraniuk telling us how Connexions, a free and open source platform currently used by 2 million users per month, allows anyone to co-construct and benefit from a customized learning experience. This video also includes comments from Ms. Linda Koch Lorimer and Prof. Asha Singh Kanwar, two of the 2011 Awards Jurors.

You can now view the fifth interview with one of the 2011 WISE Awards Winners!

Listen to Ricardo Rosas explaining the difficulty that the deaf community faces in learning the written language and how SueñaLetras helps bridging it to sign language in a playful way. This video also includes comments from Ms Linda Koch Lorimer and Prof. Lidia Brito, two of the 2011 Awards Jurors.

The last interview of the full series will be posted next week.

Watch the fourth video interview with one of the 2011 WISE Awards Winners!

Listen to Freda Wolfenden explaining how Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa is improving the skills of 400,000 teachers through a free online platform and contents made relevant to each community. This video also includes comments from Prof. Asha Singh Kanwar and Prof. Lidia Brito, two of the 2011 Awards Jurors.

The third interview with one of the 2011 WISE Awards Winners has now been published!

Discover BBC Janala and how its multimedia and cost-effective approach is improving the English language skills of millions of Bangladeshis. This video also includes comments from Mr. Esko Aho and Mr. Rodrigo Baggio, two of the 2011 Awards Jurors.

Stay up to date for the next interview!

Watch the second video interview with one of the 2011 WISE Awards Winners!

Listen to Mhammed Abbad Andaloussi explaining how the business sector is improving the quality of education in 300 Moroccan schools through school management, entrepreneurial know-how and expertise. This video also includes comments from Mr. Rodrigo Baggio, one of the 2011 Awards Jurors.

The third video interview will be posted next week.

The 2011 WISE Awards Winners were interviewed at this year’s WISE Summit in Doha, Qatar. Their commitment and experience offer a practical insight into how innovation in education happens.

Each week, one video interview of the full series will be posted on the blog. View the first video of the series now and listen to Paul Collard explaining how Creative Partnerships works and how creative skills can improve educational outcomes and employability. The video also includes comments from Professor Lidia Brito, one of the 2011 Awards Jurors.

Stay up to date for the upcoming interviews to learn from the pioneers behind the projects; understand the models they created; find out how they achieved results and overcame obstacles, and what they plan for the future.

Applications for the WISE Awards 2011 will be accepted until 31 May 2011 through the WISE website.

Watch the trailer and spread the word to make sure great projects get the recognition they deserve.

WISE Awards 2011 key steps:

Submission period for the preliminary stage                 1 April – 31 May
Pre-Jury evaluation for selection of 20 finalists            June
Finalists to complete detailed submission                    July
Jury evaluation of finalists                                          August
Announcement of winners                                           From mid September
Awards Ceremony                                                       1-3 November