ICT Policy for Education

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ICT Policy for Education
Oct 31, 2006 Washington. D.C., U.S.A
JuSung Jun, Ph.D.Senior Researcher Korea
Education Research Information Service
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Table of contents
National ICT Policy for Education
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Major Policy Issues
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Shared Vision
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National ICT Policy for Education
I
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5.31 Education Reform (1995)
Systematic Approach to Restructure the Entire
System Building an Open Learning Society
Edutopia - Curriculum Reform (the 7th
Curriculum) - Deregulation School Governance
Reform (Hak-Un-Wi) - Increase in
Public Financing (GNP 5) - Incorporation of
ICT into Schools Classrooms
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ICT in Education Master Plan (1996)
Phase Period Focus
1 1996 -2000 Infra building
2 2001-2005 Infra utilization for e-Learning System upgrade
3 2006-2010 supplement public education Lifelong education
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Stages of Applying ICT in Education
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e-Learning Initiatives
Administration
Operation
Support
Major Services

• National Teaching-
• Learning Center/ EDUNET
• Cyber Home
• Learning System
• Digital Library System
• Research Information Service System
• National Education Information System

MOEHRD
KERIS KICE
KEDI KRIVET KISE
Central Government
Oversee policy Provide guideline
Regional Government
16 MPOEs
Regional Educational Institute
Education Training Institute
Develop and supply service
Principle
Research Department
School
Provide service to users
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K-12 schools
School connectivity (97.1 2Mpbs speed)
Buwon u-Learning Model School
Teachers were provided with personal
computer
Teachers trained in ICT integration training
annually
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Current Status of ICT in Education

• Primary secondary education (2006. 08)
• - EDUNET (5.45 million subscribers)
• - Cyber Home Learning System (1.60 million)

• Higher education (2005. 12)
• - 90 of public Univ. 70 of private Univ.
• adopted e-Learning

Rolling-out Stage Growth of e-Learning in
school industry

• Business education (2005. 12)
• - 48.7 of large firms 13.1 of small firms
• adopted e-Learning

• Lifelong education (2005. 12)
• - 17 cyber universities (5,5000)

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Major Policy Issues
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Supplement Reform Public Ed. thru ICT
Supplement Reform Public Education
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HRD through e-Cluster
e-Learning cluster Of Academe, Industry, Research
Support Research Information System

• Universitys e-Learning center
• regional strategic industry
• collaboration to cultivate specialists

• Cooperation between academe
• Industry for R D and specialists
• University-industry collaboration
• through e-Learning centers

• Knowledge in both education IT
• Offer e-Learning related courses
• in graduate level

• Gain competitiveness of universities
• through credit bank system
• Individualized learning through
• e-Learning

Train e-Learning Specialists
Establish e-Teaching Learning System
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Employable Skills through ICT
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Unite Provinces through e-Community
Support the disadvantaged
Form e-Community
Support regional Innovative Industry
e-Lifelong School

• Relate with other
• projects for the
• disadvantaged
• Support alternative
• schools, etc. thru
• e-Learning

• e-lifelong
• learning system
• for the dropout
• Combine with
• offline education

• Develop regional
• e-Learning portal
• Promote regional
• e-Learning
• committee
• To regional
• innovation center
• for education

• National ICT
• Infra.? Learning
• Infra.
• Promote e-Learning
• based lifelong
• learning society

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Six Successful Factors
Capability of Organizations
Monitoring Evaluation System
Firm Support, Involvement Of Top Administrator
Appropriate Budget Allocation
Collaboration Among Institutes
User-oriented Educational Policy
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Shared Vision
III
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Lifelong Learning for ALL through ICT
e-Lifelong Learning Society
Development of National Human Resources through
ICT
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Thank You