18‐20 Jan 2017
Action 1 : Enhancing infrastructure
2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18
Schools with enhanced WiFi
~ 10%
~ 50%
~ 80%
All completed
WiFi‐100 (100)
WiFi‐900A (411)
WiFi‐900B (293)
WiFi‐900C (180)
Action 2: e‐Learning Resources
e‐Textbook
• There are 38 sets of e‐textbooks on Recommended e‐Textbook List (eRTL), among which 34 sets are from the e‐
Textbook Market Development Scheme
(EMADS)
e‐Resources provided by EDB
• One Stop Portal
HKEdCity
• Go eLearning
• EdBookShelf
• eREAD Scheme
• Student Assessment System (STAR)
• e‐Resources Acquisition Project (eREAP)
• Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) for flipped classroom
Action 2: e‐Learning Resources (con’t)
• On going curriculum review and updating of the Secondary Education Curriculum Guide
• Updating the “Information Literacy for Hong Kong Students” and conducting professional development programmes (PDP) for schools
Action 3: Curriculum and Pedagogies
Category Eight Literacy Areas Effective and Ethical use
of information for lifelong learning
1 Use, provide and communicate information ethically and responsibly
Generic IL 2 Identify and define a need for information 3 Locate and access relevant information
4 Evaluate information and information providers, in terms of authority, credibility and current purpose
5 Extract and organise information and create new ideas
Information World 6 Be able to apply IT skills in order to process information and produce user‐generated content
7 Recognise the roles and functions of information providers (e.g.
libraries, museums, internet) in the society
8 Recognise the conditions under which reliable information could be obtained
School Year No. of PDPs offered by ITE
Section
2014/15 311
2015/16 452 (45% increase)
(A) Professional Development Programmes (PDPs) conducted in 2015/16
PDP conducted in 2015/16
No. of PDPs
No. of participants e‐Leadership series 49 2,100
E‐safety series 25 490
Pedagogical Series 199 5,620 subject‐related series 125 2,800 Technological series 54 1,750
All 452 12,760
• PDPs are very popular, more than 90% were fully enrolled
• In addition, 162 events with 5,500 participants on e‐learning were offered by various CDI sections
Action 4: Capacity Building
(B) ITE Centre of Excellence (CoE) Support Services
2014/15 2015/16
No of school‐based
supports 155
338
(over 100% increase)
CoE On‐site Support Services
School Staff Development Day (69%)
Pedagogical strategies for Individual
Subjects (20%) Technical Support
(9%) SEN (2%)
Action 5: Involving Stakeholders & Parent Education
• Supports in 2015/16 school year:
‐ 8 mini‐conferences by districts
‐ 65 schools’ on‐site seminars
‐ Hotline service provided by Hong Kong Family Welfare Society
‐ 10 training sessions for teachers on parent education
• Supports in 2016/17 school year:
‐ 8 training sessions for teachers on parent education
‐ On‐going hotline support services and on‐site seminars
‐ Information Kit for e‐Learning for parents
Conducting evaluation and collecting information through various channels, including
• Annual survey on ITE in schools (the first survey conducted in June‐Aug 2016)
• Case studies on the impact of e‐learning in
schools by the Centre for Learning Enhancement and Research, CUHK
• School visits, meetings, ….
Action 6: Evaluation and Research
Typical road map of e‐learning in schools
Annual survey 2016
Schools under Scheme of: Return rate
WiFi 100 (73) 73%
WiFi 900A (294) 71.5%
WiFi 900B (76) 25.6%
WiFi 900C (40) 26.3%
Total (483) 50.2%
79%
21%
Yes
No
School Development Plan with ITE Elements
School areas covered with WiFi (WiFi 100 and WiFi 900A)
26%
46%
28%
0% 20% 40% 60%
All classrooms only All classrooms including
special rooms
The whole school
campus
0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0 100.0 120.0
WiFi100 WiFi900A WiFi900B WiFi900C
106.4
76.1
38.3
18.1
Number of mobile devices
1.7%
26.7%
53.3%
18.3%
0.0% 0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
WiFi 100 Schools
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7jfqv0tglf7vhj2/Summary%20of%20other%20comments_WiFi.docx?dl=0
2.5%
28.0%
51.0%
18.1%
0.0% 0.4%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
WiFi 900A schools
Comments on the services by WiFi provider
96%
4%
WiFi 900A schools
Yes No
100%
0%
WiFi 100 schools
Yes No
Positive impact of installing WiFi on
e-learning
50.2% 50.2%
55.4%
79.6%
64.3%
59.9%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6
Primary Schools
80.6%
64.0%
59.5%
65.7%
55.4%
43.8%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6
Secondary Schools
% of school respondents
Levels
Using e‐textbooks and e‐resources (2015/16)
% of school respondents
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Chi Eng Math GS Comp / IT
Mus VA PTH RS Library PE
Using e‐textbooks & e‐learning resources across subjects in primary schools
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6
% of school respondents
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Chi Eng Math LS IH C.Hist Hist IS Geog Comp VA Mus RS PTH DT HE PE Phy Chem Bio Econ BAFS
F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6
Using e‐textbooks & e‐learning resources across subjects in secondary schools
% of school respondents
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Computer lessons
Library lessons
Integrating into various
subjects
Lessons of a specific subject 92.1%
17.6%
48.6%
7.1%
Promotion of Information Literacy
School Curriculum
http://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/applicable-to-primary-secondary/it-in-edu/IL%20for%20HK%20Student%202016%20(Draft)_e_2016May.pdf
10%0%
20%30%
40%50%
60%
No plan Issue
identified and to be
considered
Policy being formulated
Policy formulated
and
implemented with support
measures
57.0%
24.4%
7.5% 11.1%
% of school
Schools’ implementation of
Bring‐your‐own device(BYOD)
Schools’ needs
Wider adoption of e‐
learning using mobile device
More mobile device /
BYOD
Technical Support Service/staff Learning
Management System
Promote personalized
learning using mobile device
One‐off Information Technology Grant (OITG)
Additional funding for schools joining the WiFi schemes to enhance support in the practice of e‐
learning
OITG will be disbursed in
• Jan 2017 for schools joining WiFi‐100, WiFi‐
900A, WiFi‐900B
• 2017/18 s.y. for schools joining WiFi‐900C,
together with the one‐off grant under the ITE4
Arrangement
EDBCM No. 185/2016
Amount of OITG
Approved No. of Teaching Classes
Amount of OITG
18 or below $145,050
19 to 24 $199,450
25 to 30 $253,850
31 to 36 $308,250
37 or above $362,640
On average $200,000 per school
Ambit
• acquire mobile computing devices for use by students
• hire or subscribe additional manpower to enhance technical support for mobile
computing devices
• acquire or subscribe e‐learning resources, software or platforms for supporting e‐
learning, e.g. learning management systems
CITG
Recurrent
‐ IT‐related consumables
‐ digital resource materials
‐ Internet fee
‐ employment/hire of TSS
‐ opening for school's IT facilities
‐ Maintenance, upgrading and replacement of IT facilities.
Funding for ITE4
One off: $100,000
‐ WiFi 900A (2015/16) WiFi 900B (2016/17) WiFi 900C (2017/18)
‐ Mobile device Recurrent: $70,000
‐ WiFi fee
‐ maintenance/
replacement of mobile devices
OITG
One off: $200,000
‐ Mobile device
‐ employment/hire of additional TSS
‐ e‐resource/
platform
Overview of ITE grants
Financial Arrangement
For WiF‐100, WiFi‐900A&B schools
• keep separate ledger accounts
• balance can be carried forward to the 2018/19 school year until 31 August 2019
• unspent balance as at 31 August 2019 based on schools’ annual audited accounts will be
clawbacked
(for government schools ‐ unspent balance as at 31 August 2019 will lapse)
For WiFi‐900C schools
• will be informed of the details in due course
Reporting
Schools will be requested to report their use of the
OITG through the ITE4 annual surveys to review
the effectiveness of this funding.
Enquiry
IT in Education Section: 3698 3606
