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Category Archives: Education

GFDD and FUNGLODE Launch InteRDom: Internships in Dominican Republic
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), with the collaboration of the Interamerican University (UNIBE for its Spanish initials), and the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (SEESCyT for its Spanish initials), among other partners, launched Interndom: Internships in Dominican Republic.

Entrepreneurial Commitment to Education to be Debated at Virtual Educa Caribe 2006
The Interamerican Forum on New Technologies, Virtual Educa Caribe 2006, part of the Inter-American Summit, organized by Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) and Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), will explore the expanding network of corporations with successful educational projects all across America.

Seminar on Importance of Certification in Education
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), in association with the Ministry of Education of the Dominican Republic (SEE for its Spanish acronyms) and Microsoft, hosted a one-day seminar on the importance of certifications in education.

GFDD Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Virtual Educa
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development, GFDD, and Virtual Educa signed a Memorandum of Understanding.

GFDD and FUNGLODE Launch International Week on Distance Education
Throughout the course of a week workshops and lectures will be offered in which educators from different countries share their experiences on distance education and their insights into the different ways of developing such educational programs.

Dominican Teachers Trained in Quality Teaching
A total of 278 Dominican teachers and professors will be awarded with a diploma for the satisfactory completion of an Organization of the American States (Educational Portal of the Americas) course on line sponsored by Global Foundation for Democracy and Development, GFDD, and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo, FUNGLODE in collaboration with the ministries of Basic and Higher Education, Science and Technology.

More than 200 Teachers Trained in Introductory Computer Usage
“Partners in Learning”, a Microsoft program supported by FUNGLODE/GFDD has been conducting a series of trainings to more than 200 teachers of the Ministry of Education (SEE for its Spanish initials) in order to qualify them to effectively use technology in schools.

Launch of Dominicanaonline.org
Dominicanaonline.org, the new portal of the Dominican Republic , was launched in Santo Domingo at the Vth anniversary celebration of Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo, FUNGLODE.

Regulation and Legislation of Distance Education: The Brazilian Experience
The Minister of Higher Education, Ms. Ligia Amado Melo, opened a three day seminar on “Regulation and Legislation of Distance Education: The Brazilian Experience,” led by two officials of the Brazilian Ministry of Education, Professor Luciane Carneiro, Coordinator for Education, and Dr. Helio Chaves Filho, Director for Policy on Distance Education.

Peer Coaching: Technological Tools to Improve Learning
Thirty teachers from Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic participated in the training workshop opened October 31 that went on until November 4, at Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo, FUNGLODE.