Educ.ar

Educ.ar is an Argentine educational portal and state-associated organization responsible for the country’s official online education portal. The supplied description identifies it as a state enterprise responsible for carrying out education-sector policies on the integration of information and communication technologies (ICT) into the national education system. Its founding purpose was to improve teaching and learning through the use of ICT, and its work has included educational content, teacher training, school connectivity initiatives, digital learning resources, and technology-related projects. The portal went online in 2000. It serves an education audience that includes teachers, school leaders, students, and the wider educational community. Its current homepage presents materials and activities across areas such as mathematics, literacy, artificial intelligence, national civic education, and classroom planning. Examples include ready-to-use classroom activities, interactive study resources, and subject-specific materials. The portal’s content is intended to support teaching and learning in Argentina, with resources for different educational levels and classroom contexts. Educ.ar’s work has also included multimedia production and teacher professional development, both in person and remotely. From 2008, it was tasked with developing one-to-one computing pilots that preceded the Conectar Igualdad program, and it produced digital learning objects for teachers and students for that initiative. The organization’s scope at different times also encompassed educational television channels: Encuentro was created under its auspices in 2005, and Pakapaka and DeporTV later joined the group of channels associated with it. The supplied history says those channels were transferred to the public media and communications secretariat in 2016. The portal temporarily used the name Seguimos educando during Argentina’s 2020 COVID-19 quarantine period. Its homepage is currently presented as Educ.ar, the educational portal of the Secretaría de Educación. The supplied Wikipedia account describes a 2023 decree that provided for transforming state enterprises, including EDUC.AR, into corporations in connection with a later privatization process, with the matter referred to Congress. The available evidence does not establish the outcome of that process or provide a current corporate ownership structure beyond its official-sector association.

Educ.ar was established in 2000 with support from a donation by Fundación Varsavsky to the Argentine state. The supplied Spanish-language account says the portal went online on 18 September 2000 and describes it as the first ministerial education portal in the region. Its founding objective was to improve teaching and learning through the incorporation of information and communication technologies. Early work was organized around educational content development, teacher training, and school connectivity. The project’s development was disrupted by Argentina’s 2001 economic crisis. The account says that much of the state investment of the donation’s funds had been placed in Argentine debt bonds that later defaulted, affecting the portal’s financial situation. In 2003, with a new administration at the Ministry of Education led by Daniel Filmus, the portal’s mission was redefined. Alejandro Piscitelli took over its direction, and Educ.ar was assigned the role of carrying out ministry policy on integrating ICT into the education system. The account says that role was subsequently affirmed in the National Education Law promulgated in 2006. From 2008, the Ministry of Education tasked Educ.ar with developing pilots of the one-to-one computing model. Those pilots later gave way to the Conectar Igualdad program; Educ.ar produced more than 20,000 digital learning objects for teachers and students for the program, according to the supplied account. The organization’s work also included a growing set of multimedia and audiovisual initiatives. The educational television channel Encuentro was created under Educ.ar in 2005. Pakapaka and DeporTV later became part of the group of channels associated with the organization. In 2016, the channels were transferred to the Secretaría de Medios y Comunicación Pública, according to the supplied history. During Alberto Fernández’s presidency, the described priorities included digital literacy, connecting schools to the internet, distributing devices and digital tools, developing software and virtual training platforms, and creating spaces for technological innovation. During Argentina’s COVID-19 quarantine in 2020, the portal changed its name to Seguimos educando. The name change is described as occurring in the context of the quarantine; the supplied material does not give further detail on its duration or the precise relationship between that initiative and the present portal. In December 2023, following Javier Milei’s assumption of the presidency, a decree reportedly provided for abolishing the state-enterprise regime and transforming state enterprises, including EDUC.AR, into corporations in connection with subsequent privatization. The supplied account says the matter was referred to Congress under the Ley de Bases y Puntos de Partida para la Libertad. It does not establish the final outcome of the proposed transformation or privatization. The same account reports that the website was unavailable for maintenance after the administration change until late January, when it returned with a new logo and without major changes. The supplied current homepage identifies the site as Educ.ar, the educational portal of the Secretaría de Educación, and shows resources for classroom use and learning.

• Founding donation

• Portal goes online

• Mission redefined

• Encuentro created

• National Education Law promulgated

• One-to-one computing pilots

• Educational channels transferred

• Portal uses Seguimos educando name

• Proposed state-enterprise transformation

• Portal returns after maintenance

An official Argentine education portal focused on educational content and the integration of digital technologies into teaching and learning.

• Educ.ar educational portal

  The official education portal offers educational resources and materials for teaching and learning.

• Digital learning objects

  Digital resources produced for teachers and students, including work for Conectar Igualdad.

• Teacher training

  Professional development delivered through in-person and distance-learning formats.

1. 1Inicio | Educ.ar, portal educativo de la Secretaría de Educacióneduc.ar
2. 2Educ.ares.wikipedia.org
3. 3Educ.arwikidata.org