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U.S. Based organization Curriki receives UNESCO’s 2007 King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize
December, 2008
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Curriki: The Global Education and Learning Community was one of two recipients of the the 2007 King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize in a ceremony held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on Wednesday, 19 December 2007. The prize was presented by the Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura. Curriki Executive Director Barbara Kurshan attended the ceremony and accepted the award on behalf of Curriki. United States Deputy Permanent Delegate to UNESCO Stephen Engelken was also present at the ceremony.
Curriki is an online environment created to support the
development and free distribution of world-class educational materials
to anyone who needs them. Curriki is different from other e-learning sites
in that it focuses on complete curricula and not just a textbook or lesson
plans, and provides easy-to-use tools for creating curriculum packets out
of content available on the site. The 10,000 learning resources available
on Curriki are used regularly by 35,000 people. Current offerings range
from lesson plans, assessments and media clips to complete textbooks, all
available at no cost.
The Curriki Web site is available in English, but educators can post materials in any language. The Web site soon will be available in French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Hindi.
The other organization to receive the prize was the Belgium based Claroline Project. The two organizations were selected by the director-general, on the recommendation of an international jury, and each received an award of $25,000. Competing for the prize were 68 projects from 51 countries and one international non-governmental organization.
Launched in 2005, the UNESCO-King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize aims to reward best practices in using information and communication technologies (ICTs) to enhance learning, teaching and overall educational performance.
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