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The CELE is actively working to set new standards in construction of physical facilities for
education and research. Its major areas of functions are (OECD, 2011) (OECD, 2011) (OECD,
2011):
Innovation in the design
Evaluating educational facility policies and practices
Management and sustainability of learning environment
The CELE helps members to maximize their benefits from the inputs in educational institutions,
facilities and equipments through better planning, effective design, environment friendly
construction, smart management and continuous evaluation. Today CELE is comprised of twelve
governments and sixteen associate participants from nine countries.
5.2.5.1.4 Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI)
This centre was established in 1968 in order to response and to meet the rapid global changes
and innovation in education systems. To stimulate innovative thinking and culture of research in
the member economies the CERI is engaged in educational research, conceptual innovation and
exploration of new fields in diverse fields that ranges from all level and all ages leaning process
to policy making. CERI is brining extensive expertise, intensive labor and effective
methodologies at one point to promote innovative thinking, responsive learning according to the
societal needs, futuristic educational institutions, and forward-looking research analyses and
syntheses.
5.2.5.1.4.1 CERI, higher education and E-learning
With the advancement of ICTs, e-learning is becoming increasingly important in education at all
levels particularly at higher level. But still all students are not fully exploiting and benefitting
from these technologies. Likewise HEIs, particularly in the less developed countries, are not
properly preparing them for future technologies. Though many universities are gradually
bringing e-learning into the mainstream of their educational programs, a questions arise; will this
trend continue? How can governments and institutions make further progress in e-learning? To
answer these questions, the OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) - E-
learning in Post-Secondary Education and training, in partnership with the UK-
based Observatory on Borderless Higher Education (OBHE), carried out a survey of e-learning
in 19 tertiary education institutions in 13 countries. The qualitative findings of the project were
complemented by an OBHE survey of online learning in Commonwealth universities undertaken