Introduction of

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• Introduction of
• the National Science Technology Program for
  e-Learning
• Gwo-Dong Chen
• National Science Technology Program Office for
  e-Learning

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Ideas of the e-learning program
Expert Participation, Standard Promotion and
Quality Insurance

• Purposes
• Develop Industry
• Reinforce RD
• Domestic Welfare

1. Enhance citizens ability in profession, art and
   culture
2. Enlarge Market Size
3. Cultivate Government e-learning ability

1. Network Science Park
2. Assist and Award
3. Market Expansion

Innovation Technology Manpower
Research Development
E-Learning for Everyone
Industry Application
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Purposes Governmental participators
National Palace Museum, Council for Cultural
Affairs Council of Labor Affairs, Department of
Health Ministry of Education Council for Hakka
Affairs, Council of Indigenous People
E-Learning for Everyone
Industry Application
Ministry of Economic Affairs Industrial
Development Bureau
National Science Council Ministry of Economic
Affairs Dep. of Industrial Technology
Research Development
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NPM e-Learning Course by National Palace Museum
E-Learning for Everyone
http//elearning.npm.gov.tw/
An hollowed out elephant tooth ball
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History of Ancient Architecture (Council for
Cultural Affairs)
E-Learning for Everyone
http//case.cca.gov.tw/case3/
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Residential safety e-Learning for Labor
E-Learning for Everyone
Council of Labor Affairs http//cla.hilearning.hin
et.net/
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Some websites produced by Council of Labor Affairs
E-Learning for Everyone
Learning Portal http//www.cla.gov.tw Websites
E-learning for labor education
httpt//cla.hilearning.hinet.net Safety and
Sanitation http//www.iosh.gov.tw/laboredue.htm
Training for work http//el.evta.gov.tw
Instant Skill Certification http//etest.org.tw/e
vta/pm E-Learning website for labors
http//openstudy.evta.gov.tw E-Learning
coupons http//www.et.nat.gov.tw
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Courses made by Department of Health
E-Learning for Everyone
cirrhosis (of the liver), diabetes,
ophthalmology, high blood pressure, apoplexy,
asthma, rheumatic Spirit problem, kidney problem,
fat, lost mind
http//fms.cto.doh.gov.tw/DOH/index2.jsp
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Industry Development

• Strategies
• Demand Side Driven
• Industry-Government-Academia Cooperation
• Standards
• Quality Certifications
• Best Practices
• Network Science Park
• Learning Portal
• Knowledge Forum

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Industrial Results

• Average CAGR is 67 in Taiwan, above the IDC
  prediction of global CAGR (26.6)

• Data Source IDC worldwide Corporate eLearning,
  P.7(2004, December)

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In Standard

1. Cooperate with ADL, form Taiwan Partnership
   Co-Lab
2. An International standard organization, IMS,
   invited us join the definition of Chinese
   e-learning standard
3. SCORM is a common consensus of standard in Taiwan

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In Quality Insurance

• Domestic experts help define, review and enhance
  e-learning qualities
• Define three level qualities, labeled A AA
  AAA
• Becoming ISO C36
• Products got certificated, got popular in
  Domestic and International Market

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E-Learning Software DevelopmentStandard
Editorial Tools for Teaching Materials for
Citizen Education-Course Go!
Follow SCORM 2004/TWLOM Standard

• Awards Credits
• 2005-SCORM 2004 International Certification
• 2006-Ministry of Education adopted Course Go! as
  production tools for e-Learning teaching
  materials for elementary and secondary schools
  nationwide.
• Jan 2006-was invited by ADL to participate in The
  2006 International Conference on SCORM 2004
• 2007-helps with the construction of distributed
  courseware management system for TKB
• Technical Transfer Companies
• 2004-TAIWAN ONLINE PLUS, INC. ,BEST WISE
  INTERNATIONAL COMPUTING CO.,LTD.
• 2005-Kang Hsuan Educational Publishing Group,
  Interserv international Inc.
• 2006-Taiwan Knowledge Bank (TKB)
• 2007-KH MFG. CO., LTD.

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Building e-Learning Industry Value Chain

• Help Administer?K12?e-Learning Industry Value
  Chain Integration Project
• Lower managerial cost by 50 for domestic
  e-Learning companies.
• Integrate upstream and downstream companies to
  improve international competitiveness
• Put industry investment at 1.04 NT billions,
  output value estimated 6.4 NT billions by 2010?
• Feedback project initial investment in
  e-Learning worth of one billion to alleviate the
  deficiency of educational resource in remote areas

e-Learning Industry Value Chain for K12 education

Content Provider
Digitalizer
Platform Constructor
Hardware Constructor
Kang Hsuan
Interserv
SUN NET
Micro-Star

• Kang Hsuan Technical TransferEditorial
  Technology of Adaptive Teaching Materials
• Interserv Technical TransferProduction Tools for
  Teaching Materials-Simulated Teaching Objects
  Package Technology
• SUN NET Technical TransferB2B Objects Trading
  Technology

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Future Applications Chinese Learning Service
Platform
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Standard Courses
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Real-Time Interpreter
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In Collaboration with Educational Institutions to
Promote Last Mile Project
Ming-hsin University of Science and Technology
Department of Information Management, Department
of Computer Science, 12 courses,684 visitors
Lunghwa University of Technology  and
Science Department of Computer Science 3
courses,178 visitors
Ling Tung University Department of Information
Management 4courses, 256 visitors
Chia Nan University of Pharmacy Science
Department of Information Management 15
courses, 662 visitors
There are 5 institutions, 6 departments in total
participating in this project. 37 courses are
being offered and the student number mount to
1,916 persons. 60.4 of trainees, which is 1,158
students took ITE test. 364 people passed the
exam and the passing rate is 31.4?
Meiho Institute of Technology Department of
Information Management 3 courses, 136 visitors
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Expansion of Knowledge Net in Alignment with
e-Learning 2.0Learning environments shift from
course centric to knowledge centric, and through
the insertion of instructional activities, the
learning platforms are more user-oriented.
Course centric
Knowledge centric
Beyond E-learning,ASTD International
Conference-Dallas, May 7 and 8, 2006, Marc
J.Rosenberg
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Program effects before and after
Categories Pre-Implementation After 4-year Implementation
Learning Service Insufficient business expansion Low quality, low production More successful e-learning business More than 6 billion output value
Teaching Materials Only 1 e-learning material industry No ability to make international level e-learning teaching materials Quality certificate - 14 e-learning material manufacturers Get order from global companies and sell products to U.S.A., Japan, Korea, Thailand, India, South America, Europe, etc.
Application No model for e-learning service Difficult to introduce e-learning ASP service 2 companies Facilitate more than 100 enterprises to use ASP
Entry Websites No enterprise manages entry websites Entry websites management 5 companies No. of courses 3500 Members up to 320,000 people
Network Platforms Lack of platform standards Chaos marketing SCORM standardization Form industry value chain
Marketing No model for the center of e-learning business management E-learning centers 81 Gold silver medal 8 centers
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Academia Development in Taiwan

• 80s Computer-supported education initiated by
  National Science Council (NSC) Ministry of
  Education
• 90s NSC established research groups about
  information education encouraged publication
  in well-known international journals.
• 2000s Conduct large-scale e-learning relevant
  research activities

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Executive Strategies

1. Enlarge research topics
2. Enlarge research teams
3. Enhance collaboration with international top
   research teams
4. Enhance academia-industry collaboration and
   technology transfer

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Academia Status in Taiwan

• Six SSCI e-learning Journals
• Computers Education
• Journal of Computer Assisted Learning
• Educational Technology Society
• ETRD-Educational Technology Research and
  Development
• Innovations in Education and Teaching
  International
• British Journal of Educational Technology

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2001.1-2006.12 Papers by country
Data Source ISI web of science
No.1 No.2 No.3 No.4 No.5
CE England(101) USA(61) Taiwan(35) Australia(17) Greece(16)
JCAL England(90) Taiwan(46) USA(24) Netherlands(18) Australia(17)
ETS USA(60) Netherlands(19) Greece(18) Taiwan(18) England(17)
ETRD Taiwan(1)No.22 USA(126) Netherlands(14) South Korea(6) Canada(5) Mauritius(4)
IETI England(79) Australia(16) Taiwan(13) Scotland(11) USA(10)
BJET Taiwan(22)No.7 England(182) USA(67) Australia(59) Scotland(47) Netherlands(30)
Total England(470) USA(203) Taiwan(135) Australia(121) Netherlands(99)
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2001.1-2006.12 Paper Citations
Data Source ISI web of science
No.1 No.2 No.3 No.4 No.5
CE USA(61) Citation110 England(101) 90 Taiwan(35)69 Greece(16) 44 Australia(17) 6
JCAL England(90)110 Taiwan(46) 94 USA(24)38 Netherlands(18)24 Australia(17) 25
ETS Netherlands(19)27 England(17) 16 Greece(18)14 USA(60)12 Taiwan(18)5
ETRD Taiwan(1)0 USA(126) 209 Netherlands(14) 33 South Korea(6) 9 Canada(5) 1 Mauritius(4) 2
IETI England(79)25 Australia(16)2 Taiwan(13)12 Scotland(11) 3 USA(10)3
BJET Taiwan(22)31 England(182) 159 USA(67)41 Australia(59) 29 Scotland(47) Netherlands(30)14
Total USA(203) Citation413 England(470) 400 Taiwan(135) 211 Netherlands(99)145 Australia(121) 65
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Pioneer Research in Taiwan

• Learning companion
• (Tak-Wai Chan)
• Web-based portfolio studies
• (Gwo-Dong Chen)
• Internet literacy and ethics studies
• (Chien Chou)
• Networked concept mapping
• (Kuo-En Chang)
• Epistemology in networked learning
• (Chin-Chung Tsai)

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Pioneer Research in Taiwan (Cont.)

• Mobile informal learning
• (Jin-Ping Sheu, Yao-Ting Sung)
• Technology enhanced classroom learning
• (Cheng-Chung Liu Tak-Wai Chan)
• Large online learning communities
• (Shelley Young)
• Authoring tools for teachers
• (Yao-Ting Sung)
• Learning by posing questions
• (Fu-Yun Yu)
• Digital language learning and distributed
  cognition
• (David Wible Chin-Hwa Kuo)

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Future work

• Enlarge the academia impact on education and
  industry development
• Form some famous International companies and
  products
• Establish the overseas e-learning services
• Target Chinese as second language e-learning
• Cooperate with digital archive, and international
  partners

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