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Las políticas de las grandes plataformas sobre discurso de odio durante el Covid-19 Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: UNESCO Montevideo Este documento da cuenta de un aumento de posteos considerados discurso de odio a partir de la llegada de la pandemia COVID-19 en Facebook, Twitter y YouTube. Aunque dispar, ese aumento puede establecerse a partir de los informes de transparencia de las distintas plataformas y los crecimientos registrados en la moderación de esos contenidos a partir de marzo de 2020.Dado que en ese mismo período, y como consecuencia de las medidas de aislamiento tomadas ven la mayoría de los países del mundo, las plataformas tomaron la decisión de aumentar el uso de herramientas de inteligencia artificial en sus procesos de moderación no es posible asegurar a ciencia cierta que ese crecimiento se haya registrado por un aumento en la creación y publicación de mensajes o a partir de un cambio en los sistemas de detección que afectó los resultados entre un año y otro. 
An Ed-Tech Tragedy? Educational Technologies and School Closures in the Time of COVID-19 Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: UNESCO Charting a new course for the transformation of education in a digital age An Ed-Tech Tragedy? is a detailed analysis of what happened when education became largely reliant on connected technology during school closures stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, the largest global disruption to education in history.Many claim that this experience was chiefly one of forced progress and transformations that have, however haltingly, helped propel education into desirable digital futures. Others underline an experience of imperfect salvation – technology saving the day in an emergency and preserving learning continuity for significant numbers of students, even if not all students were helped. But the global evidence reveals a more sombre picture. It exposes the ways unprecedented educational dependence on technology often resulted in unchecked exclusion, staggering inequality, inadvertent harm and the elevation of learning models that place machines and profit before people. This publication examines the promises of educational technologies against the reality of what was delivered during periods of pandemic school closures, which stretched for various durations from early 2020 to the end of 2022. Dedicated sections consider alternate possibilities that had the potential to be more inclusive and equitable.The analysis extracts lessons and recommendations to chart new and more humanistic directions for the development, integration and use of technology in education. 
National Distance Learning Programmes in Response to the COVID-19 Education Disruption: Case Study of the Republic of Korea Year of publication: 2022 Corporate author: UNESCO This document is one of several case studies on national distance learning programmes in response to the COVID-19 education disruptions. The case of the Republic of Korea was drawn from the 2020 edition of Mobile Learning Week, organized online in October 2020 under the theme of 'Beyond Disruption: Technology Enabled Learning Futures'. Envisaged to be a continuously enriched mechanism for knowledge sharing and dissemination, the case studies aim to surface best practices worldwide in leveraging digital technology to build inclusive and crisis-resilient learning systems, and to inform the planning of digital transformation of education towards SDG 4 and the futures of learning. Each case study documents governance and funding mechanisms, needs-driven planning of distance learning solutions, evaluation of digital learning’s effects on mitigating disruptions and ensuring inclusion, and pedagogical innovations to maintain or improve the quality of learning. 
Education in a Post-COVID World: Additional Considerations (In-Progress Reflection; No.43, 2021) Year of publication: 2021 Author: Renato Opertti Corporate author: UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) This discussion document analyses some implications of the ideas proposed in the seminal UNESCO document “Education in a post-COVID world: Nine ideas for public action” (2020). Based on the work of the International Commission on the Futures of Education, the documents’ contributors included prominent figures with a wide range of professional and policy experience who hail from various regions of the world. The set of nine interconnected ideas illuminates the way forward toward the transformation of education and education systems and a reimagined future seen through a progressive lens. On one hand, it reaffirms basic principles, understandings, and commitments with regard to education as a global common good and universal human right; it also articulates the need to both reinvent multilateralism for a new global order and, crucially, to mobilize ideas and funding for transforming education. On the other hand, the document advocates for a comprehensive educational agenda, including the following critical issues: (i) visualizing educators as decision-makers in educational systems; (ii) appreciating students as active actors with rights; (iii) recognizing the value and specificity of the school space; (iv) addressing the dilemmas around technology’s ability to serve as an equalizer of opportunities; and (v) revisiting educational content for the sustainability of younger generations. Educación en un mundo post-COVID: consideraciones adicionales (Reflexiones en Progreso; No.43, 2021) Year of publication: 2021 Author: Renato Opertti Corporate author: UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) Este documento de discusión analiza algunas implicaciones de las ideas propuestas en el documento seminal “Educación en un mundo post-COVID: Nueve ideas para la acción pública” (2020) producido por la Comisión Internacional sobre el Futuro de la Educación. Entre los colaboradores del informe se encuentran destacadas figuras con una amplia experiencia profesional y política procedentes de diversas regiones del mundo. El conjunto de nueve ideas interconectadas ilumina el camino a seguir hacia la transformación de la educación y los sistemas educativos y hacia un futuro reinventado visto a través de una lente progresista. Por un lado, reafirma los principios, entendimientos y compromisos básicos con respecto a la educación como bien común global y derecho humano universal. También, articula la necesidad tanto de reinventar el multilateralismo para un nuevo orden global como, fundamentalmente, de movilizar ideas y financiación para transformar la educación. Por otro lado, el documento aboga por una agenda educativa integral que incluya los siguientes aspectos críticos: (i) visualizar a los educadores como tomadores de decisiones en los sistemas educativos; (ii) valorar a los estudiantes como agentes activos con derechos; (iii) reconocer el valor y la especificidad del espacio escolar; (iv) abordar los dilemas en torno a la capacidad de la tecnología para servir como igualadora de oportunidades; y (v) revisar los contenidos educativos para la sostenibilidad de las generaciones más jóvenes. 
The Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Fundamental Rights and Civic Space Year of publication: 2022 Author: Filip Pazderski | Giada Negri | Chayma Khazzani | Ivana Rosenzweigova | Boglarka Szalma | Luben Panov | Carlotta Besozzi Corporate author: European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) This report was compiled for the European Economic and Social Committee at the request of the Diversity Europe Group by a consortium of four partners - European Civic Forum, Civil Society Europe, European Center for Not-for-Profit Law and the Institute of Public Affairs. It examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the work of civil society organisations (CSOs) across Europe. It also focuses on how solutions implemented in individual EU Member States have impacted CSOs' ability to exercise their fundamental rights and freedoms.The report is based on in-depth analysis of existing studies and reports, a survey, 29 expert interviews and three focus groups. It showcases a number of ways in which the pandemic has affected the functioning of civil society organisations in the EU. The observations emerging from the different stages of the research were characterised by a high degree of consistency, validating the picture depicted. 
Global Vaccines Equity and Solidarity: For a Fair, Equitable and Timely Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccines in Africa; Series #1 Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: UNESCO Harare African populations have been side-lined through the COVID-19 Vaccination roll-out process. A vaccination timeline taking Africa into 2023 would be unethical. African countries need to invest in their own structures and stop relying on colonial structures. There is a moral obligation to safeguard the population through equal distribution. This not only makes moral and ethical sense but also scientific and economic sense as a slow roll out in Africa will impact the rest of the world. First in a series of community engagement and experience sharing workshops launched on 14 April 2021. This fact sheet captures the main discussion outcomes. 
School Closures and Regional Policies to Mitigate Learning Loss due to COVID-19: A Focus on the Asia-Pacific Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Global school closures as a result of COVID-19 have caused learning losses for millions of children despite efforts to deploy remote learning options. Greater economic insecurity among families may also affect school enrolment as many struggle to pay school fees, or require children to work to supplement family income. Ultimately, this will lead to rising dropout rates, estimated to be as much as 4% in a region where 128 million children and young people were already out of school before COVID-19. The largest number of learners at risk reside in South and West Asia.Together, the education and economic fallout from the pandemic threaten progress toward the Sustainable Development Goal for education (SDG 4). Even prior to the COVID-19 disruptions, progress towards SDG 4 was lagging in many countries in the Asia-Pacific and without significant contributions to education finance, the pandemic threatens to push the region even further behind.This report breaks down the effects of school closures. It considers, for example, how many schools were closed, and when, across the Asia-Pacific, and the effects on different levels of education from early childhood education, through to primary and secondary school. The report analyses country efforts to implement remote learning, and strategies to mitigate learning losses as the proportion of students expected to fall below minimum proficiency levels is expected to rise.To achieve SDG 4, all children and young people, and especially those in marginalized groups, need support to get the education they need and deserve. 
한국국제이해교육학회 제21차 국제학술대회: 팬데믹 시대, 세계시민교육의 방향과 사명 Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: 한국국제이해교육학회 | 유네스코 아시아태평양 국제이해교육원 제21차 한국국제이해교육학회 학술대회 자료집으로 ‘팬데믹 시대, 세계시민교육의 방향과 사명’이라는 주제로 팬데믹으로 인한 상황이 더 정의롭고 평화로우며 지속가능한 세상을 만드는데 어떤 새로운 위기를 초래하는지를 점검하고, 그 가운데 교육이 담당해야 할 과제를 다각도로 검토하였다. 
Addressing Educational Challenges In the Era of Pandemics (SangSaeng no.55, 2020) Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: APCEIU With the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, the global crisis has further aggravated various multifaceted challenges to humanity. We are forced to prepare for another paradigm shift or, in other words, a “New Normal.” With this in mind, the 55th edition of SangSaeng focuses on “Addressing Educational Challenges in the Era of Pandemics.” Contents03 Editor’s Note04 Special ColumnTowards Sustainability: Implications of Pandemic and How to Create the Future We All Want / Jae C. Choe 08 FOCUS: Addressing Educational Challenges in the Era of Pandemics08 Rethinking Education in the Shadow of the Pandemic / Edward Vickers12 Reimagining Education System to Reduce Social Inequalities / Paul R. Carr16 Reshaping Kenya for Beyond COVID / Jane Wanjiru Nyaga19 Rethinking Human Rights Education in the Pandemic / Abraham Magendzo K.22 Prioritizing GCED in Recovery of Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities / Romina Kasman 26 Best Practices26 Loxo Yakaar: Hands of Hope / Karima Grant and Chakera McIntosh29 Care for Tomorrow Starts Today / Tina Trdin 32 Special ReportReport on the Round Table: “Next Normal” We Make / IGCED, APCEIU 36 Story TimeHow Do You Paint? / Recka Olasiman 38 Peace in My MemoryGive Me Peace on Earth / Libby Giles 41 Understanding the Asia-Pacific RegionWater Heritage in Southeast Asia / Karen Chin Ai Ying 45 GCED Youth NetworkMeaningful Spaces to Exchange and Learn Together / GCED Youth Network Core Group 48 LetterPromoting GCED in Sri Lanka / Deshamanya A.L.S. Abeywickrama 50 APCEIU in Action