Global education via satellite and other telecommunication media is the way towards the 21st century Age of Knowledge, laying a social infrastructure for global citizenship of the global village. Extending communications through a global network and sharing ideas and educational opportunities with other locations is of paramount interest. The exchange of knowledge among countries can make major contributions to world peace, helping to ease frictions, promoting joint research and development, and mutual exchange and understanding. Developments in global electronic education can transform education at all levels around the world, and can enrich and transform human society. The time is ripe for global education.
Technology is now available.
What we need now are people who are eager to face the challenges of our time and to forge ahead toward the 21st century education. Its objective is, among others, to provide a channel for the international exchange of information, experience and material in the field of education technology including the new information technologies with particular reference to pre-school, primary, secondary education, to technical and vocational, industrial and commercial training, and to teacher and continuing education. Each participating nation is represented in ICEM through a designated member. In most instances, this individual is affiliated with their nation's Ministry of Education and is responsible for educational technology programs within their country. The U.S. member to ICEM is Dr. Richard Cornell.