ICT Roles in Systemic Reform

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ICT Roles in Systemic Reform
Date Jan. 16, 2008 Venue Xian, China

• Choi, Eun-Ok
• Director,
• International Education Cooperation Division,
• Ministry of Education and Human Resources
  Development,
• Korea

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Contents
Introduction
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Experiences in Educational Change
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Challenges
3
Theoretical implication
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ICT for systemic reforms in Korea
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Recommendations
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Conclusion
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Introduction
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Experience of Systemic Change in Edo.
Recommendations for Ministers in AEMM 2004
Economies need

• To have effective governance
• To build capacity at the individual, local and
  
• central levels
• To strengthen ties between schools and local
• communities
• To build on local strengths

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Experience of Systemic Change in Edo.
Recommendations for Ministers in AEMM 2004(2)
Economies need

• To ensure appropriate levels of resorting
• To develop life-long learning for all-age groups
• To recognize teachers changing roles
• To pursue excellence while balancing access and
  equity issues

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Experience of ICT Use in Edo.
Recommendations about ICT Use in the AEMM 2004

Economies need

• To establish communities of practice,
• both online and on-site
• To collaborate on research and development (RD)
• Adopt a holistic approach to all aspects of
  education

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What do we have learned?

• More integrative and holistic approach for
  systemic reform
• Optimize the advantage of ICT, convergence

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Experience of ICT Use in Education
Examples of ICT use for Educational Change (1)
(from Reports in EDNET DB)

• Chinese Education and Research Network
• Philippines National Information Technology
  Plan
• Australia Learning in an Online World
• A Schools Education Action Plan for the
  Information Economy
• Thailand ICT for Direct Instruction and
  In-Service Training
• United States Vision 2020 Transforming
  Education and
• Training through Advanced Technology
• Mexico Education Progress Report

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Experience of ICT Use in Education
Examples of ICT use for Educational Change (2)
(from Reports in EDNET DB)

• Hong Kong China IT in Education Way Forward
• E-Japan Priority Plan
• ICT curriculum -Alberta, Canada
• New Zealand's Digital Horizons Learning Through
  ICT
• Curriculum Standards of Singapore
• Challenge of relearning on K-12 in Chinese Taipei
• Korea Adapting Education to the Information Age

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Challenges
Member economies need for
Developing better educational content and
software
Supporting teachers with instructional models in
using ICT
Integrating ICT into the curriculum
  Professional development of teachers and
technicians
Maintaining facilities and systems
 Better coordination between the government and
the private sector in promoting ICT use in schools
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Challenges (2)
Member economies need for
Utilizing or collaborating with non-educational
sectors
Supporting innovation in ICT among schools and
teachers
Reducing the Digital Divide
  Securing and sustaining financial support
Improving ICT access between school and home or
between school and society
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Theoretical Approach for Systemic Reform
Guidance System for Transforming Education
(Regality, 2006)

• Similar process to the Korean Moe's experiences
• of using ICT for systemic reform

Phase I
Initiate a systemic change effort
Phase II
Prepare a starter team
Phase III
Develop a district-wide framework and capacity
Phase IV
Create designs for new schools
Phase V
Implement and evlolve the new system
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ICT for Systemic Reforms in Korea
1. e-Government Service-type government that
clients may access and use easily
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ICT for Systemic Reforms in Korea
2. Administrative Portal System of MOEHRD

• (1) ICT (e-Learning) for K-12
• National teaching learning system (EDUNET,
  1996)
• Digital library system (dls.edunet.net) (2001)
• Educational resources sharing system (2002)
• Cyber home learning system (2004)

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ICT for Systemic Reforms in Korea
2. Administrative Portal System of MOEHRD (2)
(2) NEIS (National Education Information System)

• Established to enhance efficiency in educational
  
• administration (2002)
• Business Process Re/Engineering (BPR) with an
• Internet Service Provider (ISP)
• Connects the entire body of information to
  primary secondary schools

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ICT for Systemic Reforms in Korea
2. Administrative Portal System of MOEHRD (3)
(3) Systems for Educational Reforms

• e-Teaching learning reform system
• Lifelong learning supporting system
• e-Education security net
• Knowledge sharing system
• Promotion of e-Learning globalization
• Development of u-Learning infrastructure

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ICT for Systemic Reforms in Korea
3. Roles of Organizations

• Developing
• Providing
• Managing
• Coordinating

• Developing
• Mobilizing
• Distributing
• Providing

• Developing
• Implementing
• Providing

• Providing
• Developing
• Operating

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Recommendations

• I. Economy Level
• Master plan of informatization
• Legal systems
• Infrastructure
• Content development operation
• Training of teachers
• Administrative system development and operation
• Bridging the digital divide
• Roles of the organization
• - Ministry, school district, and school level

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Recommendations
II. APEC Community Level

• APEC Future School Modeling
• - Expand APEC learning Community
• (e.g., APEC Edutainment Park)
• Sharing the ICT/ learning infrastructure
• APEC-wide LMS/LCMS supporting network
• for each learning unit
• - Classroom, school, district-level

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Recommendations
II. APEC Community Level (2)

• Research development sharable learning
• contents or textbook
• - APEC digital textbook Math, Science,
  Languages
• Collaborative HRD
• - Technology Specialists
• Instructional Designers
• Teacher Trainers
• Corporate Trainers, and
• Performance Technologists

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Conclusion
Think Systemically
Challenge Convention
Collaborate With other members
Become Principle-based (not rule-based)
Blend the activities of Researchers and Practition
ers
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Thank You for your attention!
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Reference
APEC EDNET (2007). Ministers Vision. Reviewed on
Dec. 2nd. 2007 from (http//www.apecneted.org/po
rtal/index.cfm) Ministry of Education HRD,
Korea Education Research and Information Service
(2006). Updating Education to the Information
Age. Korea MoE HRD. Reigeluth, C. M. (2006).
The Guidance System for Transforming Education.
In The Process of Systemic Change. Techtrend,
50(2), 42-51.