Industry Guidelines on Digital Learning
A set of principles and recommendations for developers of EdTech by UNESCO MGIEP.
Description
The High Level Policy Forum at TECH 2018 and the Vizag Declaration on Guidelines for Digital Learning called for the development of draft guidelines, and the need for such guidelines to be flexible and adapted to diverse local contexts and learner needs. The declaration identified the need to ensure a consistent and locally applicable system of features for identifying digital learning applications that would support and assist a range of stakeholders—including developers, designers, students, teachers, parents and administrators—in their efforts to develop or select high-quality, credible, and appropriate gaming and digital learning applications.
Then, these guidelines were created by a group of international experts from the EdTech industry, academia, and civil society. They were launched by Mr. Ramesh Pokhriyal, Hon’ble Union Minister, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India in 2019 at the 40th Session of the UNESCO General Conference in Paris at the Ministerial Roundtable on ‘Media and Information Literacy and Games in the Digital World’. The Roundtable was jointly organized by the Government of Finland and the Government of India, in partnership with UNESCO Headquarters and UNESCO MGIEP.
Files
News and Updates
Launch of the Guidelines at the 40th Session of the UNESCO General Conference
In Paris on Nov 14, 2019.
Press Release: Ministry of Education, India
In Paris on Nov 15, 2019.
Vizag Declaration at TECH 2018
In Vizag on Nov 14, 2018.
Adoption of the Vizag Declaration at TECH 2018
In Vizag on Nov 14, 2018.
Update: High Level Policy Forum at TECH 2018
In Vizag on Nov 21, 2018.
Digital Learning Workshops at TECH 2018
In Vizag on Nov 21, 2018.
Funding and Support
Team Members
- Robin Sharma — Project Coordinator and Program Officer, UNESCO MGIEP
- Zigor Hernandorena — International Consultant, UNESCO MGIEP
- Anamika Gupta — Program Officer, UNESCO MGIEP
- Vignesh Mukund — Program Officer, UNESCO MGIEP
Publications and Presentations
- Sharma, R. (2019, November). UNESCO MGIEP Games Bar. 40th Session of the UNESCO General Conference, Paris. https://youtu.be/NGz7574gTsg (50+ participants)
- Hernandorena, Z., Gupta, A., Sharma, R., Mukund, V., Dubé A, Koivisto, S., & Vatsavayi, V. (2019). Industry Guidelines on Digital Learning: Discussion Draft (p. 52). UNESCO MGIEP. https://bit.ly/3gUbzFn