Mission
Activities
Project Team
MISSION
The Global Learning Portal (www.glp.net) is a multilingual learning network for educators worldwide. More than 5,500 members in over 130 countries share teaching materials and quality educational resources through user-friendly portal tools. GLP supports country-level and regional education projects to link teachers, ministries, and educational organizations by creating online content libraries, space for virtual collaboration, and distance learning modules. GLP members can store and share resources, and participate in online learning and communities of practice. GLP is a global alliance composed of regional groups, international organizations, private-sector entities, and non-governmental organizations.
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ACTIVITIES
RECENT COUNTRY AND REGION ACTIVITIES
Afghanistan Higher Education Project (HEP): GLP is creating online libraries and supporting professional associations to support teaching faculties across Afghanistan. GLP is also supporting a new Master’s program in education by hosting online courses and other distance learning materials.
Central Asia: GLP conducted teacher trainings and created communities to support educators in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan under the PEAKS program and serve as a repository for materials from PEAKS education projects in the Central Asia.
Kenya: GLP hosts the online Basic Education Professional Development course, designed by George Washington University, for district education officers in education planning and statistics at courses.glp.net. This pilot is part of larger effort by USAID and GLP to provide on-line training capability on all EFA countries.
Mexico: GLP launched an online community at the request of USAID/Mexico and Higher Education for Development (HED) for the Training, Internships, Exchanges, and Scholarships (TIES) Partnership Initiative in August 2006 to bring together more than 100 Mexican and U.S. universities, the private sector on both sides of the border, and local and federal government.
Philippines: Hands-on GLP training was provided to more than 400 teachers in southern Mindanao by Notre Dame of Marbel University, Koronadal, South Cotabato as the first phase of reaching 6,000 educators in the Philippines.
Zambia: As an integral part of the Educational Quality Improvement Program in Zambia, GLP will establish digital education resource libraries and enhance ICT productivity and access to the Internet in the teacher training colleges, improve education sector collaboration and donor harmonization, set up a multi-stakeholder online community for community schools and provide training and support skills development.
CURRENT PARTNER ACTIVITIES
Education International (EI): GLP will create communities to support various EI activities and initiatives.
FTI Secretariat: The Education for All (EFA) Fast Track Initiative (FTI) Secretariat coordinated by the World Bank has used GLP to plan for G-8 education meeting, including technical dialogue on areas such as governance and school fees.
International Reading Association (IRA) and the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA): IRA and IFLA are collaborating via GLP to share ideas about creating cultures of literacy.
UNAIDS Inter-Agency Task Team for Education: GLP provided services and online support for their meeting in May 2007.
UNESCO: GLP and UNESCO signed an MOU in August 2006. Under this agreement, GLP will provide a platform and visibility to support EFA goals and initiatives. GLP is supporting UNESCO’s Higher Education Chairs program.
GLP INITIATIVES
Breakthrough Ideas in Education: The GLP hosted a forum for "Breakthrough Ideas in Education," and submissions came in from around the world. Six promising ideas were awarded $1,000 each at the Comparative and International Education Society conference in February 2007.
Removing Barriers to Accessing Quality Education: Most education policymakers and advocates agree that children must be ensured access to quality learning opportunities; however, how can we help children overcome barriers to accessing quality education? The GLP hosted discussions on this topic in January-February 2007. Over 100 participants worldwide contributed to discussions about the monetary costs of schooling, learning and quality, barriers to basic education, and the School Fees Abolition Initiative.
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GLP TEAM
Rob Schware, Managing Director
Jodi Lis, Director of Partnerships and Content
Steven Ehrenberg, Program Officer
Sonja Hubbard, Technical Officer
Alexandra Draxler, Partner Advisor
Buff Mackenzie, Partner Advisor
Hameeda Hameed, Content Intern
To contact GLP staff, please send an e-mail to info@glp.net.
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