{"id":7121,"date":"2023-12-04T11:33:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T10:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unescochair-ghe.org\/?p=7121"},"modified":"2023-12-04T11:33:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T10:33:28","slug":"webinar-digital-technologies-for-disability-inclusion-all-learners-on-equal-terms-4-december-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unescochair-ghe.org\/fa\/webinar-digital-technologies-for-disability-inclusion-all-learners-on-equal-terms-4-december-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Webinar Digital Technologies for Disability Inclusion: All Learners on Equal Terms – 4 December 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

UNESCO IITE, in cooperation with\u00a0the International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA)<\/a>, hosts\u00a0a webinar\u00a0\u2018Digital Technologies for Disability Inclusion: All Learners on Equal Terms\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3 December).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This event is part of the UNESCO IITE flagship webinar series\u00a0\u201cHarnessing Technology to Transform Education\u201d<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Background and Rationale<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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An \u2018inclusive and equitable\u2019 education lies at the core of the holistic SDG4. While the latter envisions inclusive education as encompassing all children, youth and adults, such education has historically been associated with, and often conceptualized as, education for persons with disabilities. The struggle of people with disabilities has therefore shaped the understanding of inclusion (2020 GEM Report, UNESCO, 2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UNESCO is convinced that ICTs can help mitigate the digital divide and foster the inclusion of persons with disabilities within an educational context as well as within society as a whole. Inclusive and accessible ICTs can be used to address the needs of persons with a variety of disabilities, to the extent that they encourage personalized lifelong learning, employment and social participation (From Exclusion to Empowerment: Role of ICTs for Persons with Disabilities, UNESCO, 2014\/22).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Purpose of the webinar<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The webinar will provide a platform for concerned stakeholders: professional individuals and expert organizations, to highlight and discuss disability-inclusive and accessibility-driven technological improvements in education. During the online session the participants will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n