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Australia
Kathryn MoyleAssociate Professor
University of CanberraSecretariat Director
Australian ICT in Education Committee
Digital Education Revolution
Australian Government priorities• National Secondary School Computing
Fund• Fibre connections to schools• Professional development for teachers• Online curriculum tools and resources• Parental involvement• Back-end assistance
Activities in 2008Audits: computers in schools and
bandwidth• A preliminary survey of computers less
than four years old available for students in Years 9-12 in secondary schools in Australia
• Approximately 990,000 students in years 9-12
• Already over 280,000 computers in schools
Bandwidth connections• Most schools reported using fibre
(47.0 per cent). • 42.3 per cent use DSL • 2.4 per cent use satellite • 1.3 per cent reported no broadband
access. • The remaining 7.0 per cent of
schools use other non-fibre technologies or did not report a technology type
• Other non-fibre technology includes:– Ethernet (1.4 per cent), – Frame relay (0.06 per cent), – ISDN (0.3 per cent, – Microwave (0.06 per cent), – wireless (1.1 per cent) and satellite
(0.8 per cent) technology.
Political pressure
• ‘Grimes’ Report: Legitimate & Additional Financial Implications of the National Secondary School Computer Fund
• National Secondary School Computer Fund – On-costs to meet the costs of installation and
maintenance of the additional computers purchased through the Fund
– 710,000 additional computers
Activities in 2008• Round One: 896 schools
received funding for 116,820 new computers
• Round Two: 1,394 secondary schools received funding for 141,319 new computers
• Better Practice Guide• Digital Education Revolution
Implementation Roadmap• Industry leaders Forum
Workplans in 2009• Using data – Evaluation and monitoring the Digital
Education Revolution• Work through three national Advisory Committees of
AICTEC:– Teaching in a Digital Age Advisory Group– NationalInteroperability & Digital Architecture Advisory
Group– Intellectual Property and Privacy in Technology Advisory
Group • All teacher employers in Australia notified that funds of
up to $11.25 million of the total ($22.5 million) of the Australian Government Quality Teacher Program in 2009 are to be directed to ICT-related school-based professional development for teachers
Building the Education Revolution• Part of the Australian Government $42 billion stimulus
package• $14.7 billion available to schools across Australia to build or
upgrade existing facilities, including:– Primary Schools for the 21st Century - $12.4 billion long term
investment to build or upgrade large scale infrastructure (eg libraries and multi-purpose facilities in all primary schools, special schools and K-12 schools).
– National School Pride Program - $1.3 billion investment to refurbish and renew existing infrastructure and undertake minor building works in every Australian school.
– Science and Language Centres for 21st Century Schools - $1 billion long term investment to build around 500 new science and language laboratories in secondary schools
URLs
• Australian ICT in Education Committee: – http://www.aictec.gov.au
• Digital Education Revolution:– http://www.digitaleducationrevolution.gov.au
• Building the Education Revolution:– http://www.deewr.gov.au/Schooling/
BuildingTheEducationRevolution/Pages/default.aspx
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