Tian Belawati President of ICDE Rector of Universitas Terbuka

1. SHAPING THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION
WORLDWIDE
Tian Belawati
President of ICDE
Rector of Universitas Terbuka
The OCWC Global Conference, Bali, 8 May 2013

2. • The leading global membership organization for open, distance
and online education
• An NGO, official partner of UNESCO: shares the key aim – the
attainment of quality education for all
• 164 Members in all regions of the world

3. Secretariat of ICDE in Oslo
EC, South Africa
EC/President, Indonesia
EC, China
EC, Canada
EC, Argentina
EC, UK

4. Vision
To be the global membership
organization for enhancing the quality
of open, distance, flexible and online
education, including e-learning.

5. To advance the interests of its members, ICDE
works to:
• Promote greater educational opportunity for all in the name of
personal and national development.
• Further the acceptance of a wider range of learning modes.
• Drive best practice and the highest standards of educational
provision.
• Support the development of new methodologies, and use of
new technologies.
• Provide opportunities for professional interaction.
• Encourage and support linguistic groups and networks at
national, regional and global levels.
• Promote intercultural cooperation and understanding.

6. Key Strategic Objectives For ICDE 2013-2016
1. To promote the importance of open, distance, flexible and
online education, including e-learning in educational policy.
2. To encourage quality in open, distance, flexible and online
education, including e-learning.
3. To support the development of new methodologies and
technologies.
4. To facilitate cooperation and networking among members.
5. To strengthen ICDE membership and governance, and
engage members in collaborative activity and
organizational development.

7. Partnership
• In activities, build on
cooperation and partnership
development
– SEAMEO
– UNESCO relations
– COL
– SLOAN-C relations
– OCWC
– African Virtual University
– Regional Associations
Policy
• High Level Policy Forum
• Policy Briefs
• ICDE UNESCO Global
Outlook
Quality
• Quality standards
• Quality reviews
• Best Practice Quality
Assurance
• OER Teacher training in ODL
Key activities

8. Methodologies and
technologies
• Open Praxis
• UNESCO/ICDE OER partnership
• ICDE Chairs in OER and OEP
• Prize of Excellence
• Research and Innovation TF
Collaboration
• ICDE 25 World Conference, Tianjin,
China
• ICDE SCOP 2013, Lisbon, Portugal
• ICDE - MESI 2014, Moscow, Russia
• AVU - Knowledge network
• Developing countries particpation in
events
Promotion
• International Awareness
Campaign
– Communication and marketing
products and services
– Worldwide
DistanceLearningPortal.
– New prizes innovative and
best practice
– Collecting and sharing best
practices
– ICDE’s 75th anniversary

9. OCWC and ICDE shared values and goals
OCWC Vision
• ... a world in which the desire to learn is fully met by the opportunity to
do so anywhere in the world - where everyone, everywhere is able to
access affordable, educationally and culturally appropriate opportunities
to gain whatever knowledge or training they desire.
• this vision is realized by addressing one issue - that of access to
high‐quality educational materials - and by partnering with
organizations addressing related problems that must also be solved to
make this vision a reality.
ICDE Vision
• ... enhancing the quality of open, distance, flexible and online
education, including e-learning.
• ICDE is concerned about accessible quality higher education,
affordable HE, inclusive HE, the needs of the learner as the center, and
education for jobs.

10. 25th ICDE World Conference, Tianjin, China
16-18 October 2013
http://www.tjrtvu.edu.cn/icde/en/index-en.html
"New Strategies for Global Open, Flexible and Distance Learning"
Deadline for abstract submission : 30 May 2013

11. Please visit us at www.icde.org