Gerry White

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Transforming education
Gerry White CEO education.au limited
Asia Education Forum Bangalore
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Background

• I am an educator
• My business is pedagogy
• ie how people learn, method
• I specialise in a space between
• education/training - space internet

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Pedagogy

• Is about
• Learning experiences ie the learner
• Learning environment
• Learning supports
• Engaging the mind (incl memory)
• Engaging feelings

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Beliefs

• We know
• How people learn
• Schools are cash/resources poor
• Internet can transform education
• (provides greater choice)
• Testing is usually for political purposes and
  selection but not to aid learning
• No such thing as elearning

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Planning learning activities

• Content
• Method
• Support resources
• Communication
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Internet

• Has a vast array of digital resources
• Can be accessed anytime
• (device, internet connection)
• Can be accessed anywhere
• Digital resources are free (mostly)
• eg Wikipedia
• Is intuitive

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Learning today

• Interactive
• Visual
• Self-discovery
• Guidance
• Immediate response
• Development research
• Rigorous demanding
• allows curiosity to lead to enquiry and
  imagination

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Australias education and training communities
Learning Institutions
Universities 38
Schools 9,600
Vocational Education and Training
3.5 million Australians involved in education and
training
Registered Training Organisations 4000
82 TAFE Colleges 640 campuses
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Education Network Australia
EdNAs assets and services help teachers to
Discover

• access to over 20,500 evaluated teaching
  resources
• search 1.6 million additional local and global
  quality education resources
• 6 million hits per month - 333 growth in 4
  years

Communicate

• newsletters 16 000 subscribers (reach 150,000)
• 700 mailing lists with 6000 members
• 22 events calendars

Collaborate

• 50 online forums and chats with 4000 registered
  users
• 150 online communities

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Feedback From EdNA Online Users
EdNA is such a highly respected, educational
website leader/resource.
Thank you for helping us link the world.
Keep up the great work! The coverage seems
extensive and the sites are of a high quality.
I thank you whole-heartedly. You have
contributed immeasurably to my research.
Thanks for such a great compilation of items. I
always find something of great interest in your
listings.
Your website is an excellent resource.
Source EdNA Online Webdesk
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The Le_at_rning Federation
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What has been achieved

• Maximised funds - available money by reducing
  duplication of funds
• Efficient national effort by reducing
  duplication of effort
• Leveraged existing infrastructure by building on
  national assets
• Leveraged national expertise
• Maximised national investment through
  interoperability

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Global Summit Scenarios for 2020
The future ?
Hardware is no longer hard
Learner-centric
Lifelong learning
Teachers have become facilitators, learning
guides, mentors
Individual learners needs are paramount
Community and work-based learning
ICT enhances social values and collaboration
Collaborative Global Knowledge Networks
Greater equity and access
International standards
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Building national assets for education and
training using the Internet

• Innovation
• Resources
• Leadership
• Collaboration
• Priorities
• Expertise

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Global Collaboration in Education

• National and international alliances
• British Council Australia
• European Schoolnet
• Kete Ipurangi (TKI)
• Global Exchange Network in Education (GENIE)
• MERLOT (10 000 resources)
• GEM (23 000 resources)
• SMETE (6 300 resources)

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To create tomorrows learning places we need to

• Establish and extend online knowledge networks.
• Reconceive the role of teachers and teaching.
• Leverage resources to enhance online knowledge
  networks.
• Demystify online education.
• Maintain pressure on issues of technology access.
• Develop ICT skills for education and training
  personnel across geographical and organisational
  boundaries.
• Establish a seamless global learning/research
  framework.
• Create greater public awareness of the benefits
  of online knowledge networks.

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Thank You www.educationau.edu.au