Briefing Seminar for School Leaders of WiFi 900 Schools

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Briefing Seminar for School Leaders of

WiFi 900 Schools

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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

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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

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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 21^st Century learning skills

- Self-directed learning skills

- Collaborative skills - Problem solving

skills

- Information Literacy

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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

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A learning partner for students

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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

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(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

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 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

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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

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Expression of Interest cum Survey

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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%

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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

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Proposed Funding arrangement

2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20

1^st Batch ^One-off ^Clawback

CITG CITG CITG CITG CITG

Extra-

Recurrent Extra-

Recurrent Extra- Recurrent

2^nd Batch ^One-off ^Clawback

CITG CITG CITG CITG CITG

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

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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

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