Briefing Seminar for School Leaders of
WiFi 900 Schools
Coherent Development of IT in Education Strategies and Curriculum Reform for Fostering Students’ Life-long Learning and Whole-person development
Curriculum guides
& ongoing revision New Academic Structure,
curriculum &
assessment reform
‘Learning to Learn’
reform in basic education
Teacher-centred Student-centred
Curriculum Development
IT in Education 1. Infrastructure 2. e-resources 3. e-leadership 4. Self-directed Learning (with outcomes) in classrooms
Development of ITE
Mobile devices Internet +
Communication Text , Voice, Picture,
Video Social Media
Discussion forums, Blogs, Facebook
Business
On-line shopping Education
E-learning???
Entertainment Games, Music, Films
Digital Transformation
Digital
Transformation Learning
Transformation
Lead to
???
How to make good use of IT to facilitate learning?
Interactive
Adaptable
Accessible
Portable
Effective
Give students access to better content
Improve outcomes
Empower teachers and students
Equip our students with 21st Century learning skills
- Self-directed learning skills
- Collaborative skills - Problem solving
skills
- Information Literacy
Teaching Tool
(Powerpoint, multimedia, simulations,..)
Learning Tool
(e-resources/courses, e-assessment,..)
Learning Partner
(study tool/materials, T/S communication,
collaboration,..)
Emerging use of IT in Education
A learning partner for students
International Society for Technology in Education
ISTE Standards for School Leaders
1. Visionary leadership – Inspire and lead development and implementation of a shared vision
2. Digital age learning culture – create and promote digital-age learning culture
3. Excellence in professional practice – promote professional learning and innovation
4. Systemic improvement – e.g. appropriate use of technology, competent personnel, partnerships, infrastructure
5. Digital citizenship – facilitate understanding of social, ethical and legal issues and responsibilities
http://www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards/standards-for-administrators
Vision
Culture
Profess- ionalism System
Information Literacy
(2) Try-out (3) Initial Implementation
(1) Planning
(4) Extensive Implementation
A typical road map of implementing e-learning in schools
School’s mission and vision; Financial deployment*;
School’s infrastructure; Teacher training*; SDP Support from various stakeholders*; Task group
Start with a few teachers who are more ready to adopt e-learning; Start with 1 - 2 subject(s) in a particular class level or certain activities
More subjects/
teachers involved;
Curriculum planning;
e-resources
Setup LMS/ MDM;
BYOD; Mobile devices;
AUP; e-textbooks; e-assessment;
Parents’ involvement
Learning
Transformation:
Learning to Learn;
Life-long Learning (e.g. SDL, CL, IL)
Adjustment
* On-going tasks
To be accomplished by phases in 3 years starting from 2015/16 school year
Funding:
One-off funding for acquiring mobile learning devices
Recurrent funding for WiFi operation expenditures
Encourage schools to adopt a diversified service model
Support schools in adopting BYOD as a long term strategy in e- Learning
WiFi 900: Enhancing schools’ IT infrastructure
Schedule of WiFi 900 Scheme
Item Date Remarks
EDB CM Feb 12 • Year of implementation and current progress on e-learning
• Survey of e-learning plan Briefing for Schools Mar 5, 6, 9
Acceptance letters to
schools Apr 30
Quotation
procedures and support measures
May – Jun • Briefing for schools and IT industry on technical requirements
• Technical advisory service: Info.
note, sample spec, template for UAT (User Acceptance Test)
• School leaders seminars (June 25, 29) Funding arrangement Jun – Aug • Funding approval from Legco (May 28)
• Informing school of the funding arrangement (early July)
• Release of grants (end July & end Aug) Construction work
and acquisition of mobile devices
Jul – Sep • Ready for use in Sep CD visits, ITE survey • Annual survey
Expression of Interest cum Survey
12
Advocating subscription modes
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450
2015/16 2016/17 2017/18
No. of schools
Year of Implementation
Number of schools opt for subscription
Total Schools WiFi subscription Device subscription
80% adopt WiFi Subscription 40% adopt Device Subscription
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 >10
No. of schools
2015/16
Primary Secondary
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 >10
No. of schools
2016/17
Primary Secondary
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 >10
No. of schools
No. of subjects
2017/18
Primary Secondary
Schools’ plan in adopting e-learning (1)
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
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No. of schools
Subject
Schools’ plan in adopting e-learning (2) – Primary
2015/16 2016/17 2017/18
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
No. of schools
Subject
Schools’ plan in adopting e-learning (3) – Secondary
2015/16 2016/17 2017/18
Teachers’ Readiness
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
2015/16 2016/17 2017/18
Year of Implementation
Percentage of teachers ready for e-learning
Primary Secondary Special Overall
18
Any BYOD Policies? % of
schools Accumulated
%
None 50% 50%
Aware the issue and formulating
policy 31% 81%
Policy formulated but not yet
implemented 7% 88%
Policy formulated and
implemented 8% 96%
Have support measures to facilitate BYOD (e.g. AUP, Single sign-on, charging facilities)
4% 100%
Funding arrangement – amount to be received by each school
Class Range One-off grant Extra recurrent 18 classes or below $69,400 $48,530
19-24 classes $95,430 $66,740
25-30 classes $121,450 $84,940
31-36 classes $147,480 $103,140
37 or more classes $173,510 $121,340
Proposed Funding arrangement
2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20
1st Batch One-off Clawback
CITG CITG CITG CITG CITG
Extra-
Recurrent Extra-
Recurrent Extra-
Recurrent Extra-
Recurrent Extra- Recurrent
2nd Batch One-off Clawback
CITG CITG CITG CITG CITG
Extra-
Recurrent Extra-
Recurrent Extra-
Recurrent Extra- Recurrent
Note:
The one-off grant to be spent over a period of three school years up to end- August 2018. Any unspent balance of the grant has to be clawed back
The extra-recurrent grant
No clawback arrangement - schools can use the unspent balance to meet other operational needs on e-learning
Any deficit has to be met by other sources of funding, e.g. CITG
In the long run, will be subsumed under CITG
Schools will be informed of the detailed funding arrangements in July 2015
Launching of ITE4
ITE4 will be launched at the
commence of 2015/16 school year with the release of the following :
• ITE4 report
• ITE4 website
• Posters
• 2 ETV programme video clips