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Redefining Horizons :

Shaping the Future of Education thru ICT

Chris Tng,

Director, Emerging Business

Group Enterprise, SingTel

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Paradigm Shift In Education

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ICT-enabled PedagogyTraditional Classroom

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TeacherCentric

StudentCentric

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Why?

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Singapore’s 3rd Masterplan for ICT in Education

Broad Strategies :

1. Strengthening Integration of ICT into Curriculum, Assessment

and Pedagogy

2. Differentiated Professional Development

3. Improve the sharing of best practices and successful innovations

4. Enhanced ICT Provisions

Source : Press Release (http://www.moe.gov.sg/media/press/2008/08/moe-launches-third-masterplan.php)

From2009 - 2014

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IDA’s iN2015 Education and Learning VIsionPossible Learner’s World in 2015

Source : IDA’s iN2015 Education and Learning Report, 2006)

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Please prepare ME for the PAST Future

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Mega-Trends That Are Shaping the Future

Source : Future State 2030, KPMG

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Business Environment

V U C AVolatility Ambiguity Complexity Uncertainty

What Skills and Competencies are required ?

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High Order Thinking SkillsBloom’s Taxonomy of Learning Domains

Creating

Evaluating

Analysing

Applying

Understanding

Remembering

Build stuff invent, formulate, design,

compose, hypothesize, construct

Justify stuff assess, judge, defend,

question argue, critique

Question stuff compare, sort,

categorize, contrast, investigate, infer

Solve stuff manipulate, examine,

modify, produce, change, calculate

Explain stuff match, summarize,

rewrite, visualize, interpret, restate, paraphrase

Memorize stuff describe, list, name,

identify, label, recite

Higher Order Thinking Skills

Lower Order Thinking Skills

Named after Benjamin Bloom, Bloom's taxonomy is a classification of learning objectives that educators set for students. Learning

at the higher levels is dependent on having attained prerequisite knowledge and skills at lower levels

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Teaching and Assessment of 21st Century SKills

Way of Thinking

- Creativity- Critical Thinking- Problem Solving- Decision Making

and Learning

Way of Working

- Communication- Collaboration

Tools for Working- ICT- Information Literacy

Skills for Living in the World- Citizenship- Life and Career- Personal and Social Responsibility

Source : ATC21S.Org

How do you teach and Test Problem Solving Skills ?

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Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)

Source : The Guardian, 25 Feb 2014

OECD to assess

Collaborative Problem-Solving

in PISA 2015

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Technology Trends and Readiness (2012 – 2017)

Time to Adoption Horizon : 1 Year or Less

• Cloud Computing

• Collaborative Environments

• Mobile Apps

• Tablet Computing

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Time to Adoption Horizon : 2 to 3 Year s

• Electronic Publishing

• Gamification

• Learning Analytics

• Personal Learning Environments

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Time to Adoption Horizon : 4 to 5 Years

• Collective Intelligence

• Internet of Things

• Massively Open Online Courses

• Natural User Interfaces

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Source : Horizon Report Singapore, 2012

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Professional Development and IT Supportare Key Success Factors

Teachers’ Readinessfor ICT

Students’ Savvinessof ICT

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Are we Using Technology Correctly ?

Desired Learning Outcomes ?

Pedagogy

Content Technology

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Are we Assessing the Right Thing ?

Teaching and Learning

Assessments

ICT-enabled !Pen and Paper

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BYOD + SaaS-based Exam System ?

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What Do You Want Kids To Do With Technology

WRONG ANSWERS• Make prezis• Start blogs• Create wordles• Publish animotos• Design flipcharts• Produce videos• Post to Edmodo• Use whiteboard • Develop apps

RIGHT ANSWERS• Raise awareness• Think of the right questions• Find answers (to THEIR questions)

• Join partners• Change minds• Make a difference• Take action • Drive change• Consider differently

Note : Technology Is Not A Learning Outcome

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Thank You!

Email : ChrisTng@Singtel.comLinkedin : Chris Tng, SingTel