department for education and skills england e-learning strategy atul sharda
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Department for Department for Education and SkillsEducation and Skills
EnglandEngland
Department for Department for Education and SkillsEducation and Skills
EnglandEngland
E-LEARNING STRATEGY
Atul Sharda
E LEARNING STRATEGIC AIMSE LEARNING STRATEGIC AIMS
• To create an accessible infrastructure which makes ICT universally available to learners
• To make ICT integral to all our learning processes and to stimulate the development and acceptance of new ways of learning
• To create, implement and support a dynamic framework for ICT skills and a corresponding framework for teachers
• To create an accessible infrastructure which makes ICT universally available to learners
• To make ICT integral to all our learning processes and to stimulate the development and acceptance of new ways of learning
• To create, implement and support a dynamic framework for ICT skills and a corresponding framework for teachers
BROADER GOALS AND TARGETSBROADER GOALS AND TARGETS
• Universal Internet access by 2005
• Computer: pupil ratios
• Targets for KS3 ICT
• UK online
• Digital divide• Broadband Britain
• Universal Internet access by 2005
• Computer: pupil ratios
• Targets for KS3 ICT
• UK online
• Digital divide• Broadband Britain
VEHICLES AND INITIATIVESVEHICLES AND INITIATIVES
• Schools: computers in the classroom and at home, Curriculum Online, training for teachers
• Further and higher education: SuperJANET high speed network, computers, National Learning Network, eUniversities
• Lifelong learning for adults: UK Online Centres, learndirect
• Schools: computers in the classroom and at home, Curriculum Online, training for teachers
• Further and higher education: SuperJANET high speed network, computers, National Learning Network, eUniversities
• Lifelong learning for adults: UK Online Centres, learndirect
ACHIEVEMENTSACHIEVEMENTS• 97% of all schools connected to the Internet at April 2001
compared to only 28% in 1998
• 100% of universities and further education colleges have
broadband connectivity through the high speed
SuperJANET teaching and research network
• Computer ratios have improved in all sectors
• Over 2100 UK Online centres are open• Over 50% of teachers have signed up for ICT training;and
over a quarter of teachers have so far completed training.• Two thirds (67%) of colleges report use of the Internet to
support distance learning compared to 26% in 1999
• 97% of all schools connected to the Internet at April 2001
compared to only 28% in 1998
• 100% of universities and further education colleges have
broadband connectivity through the high speed
SuperJANET teaching and research network
• Computer ratios have improved in all sectors
• Over 2100 UK Online centres are open• Over 50% of teachers have signed up for ICT training;and
over a quarter of teachers have so far completed training.• Two thirds (67%) of colleges report use of the Internet to
support distance learning compared to 26% in 1999
APPROACHAPPROACH
• Work with the private sector, the ICT and the education sector
• Work at regional and local levels as well as national
• Initiatives to stimulate the market, address digital divide issues, put in place infrastructure, and address priorities and gaps
• Move emphasis from infrastructure towards content and skills
• Transfer good practice between sectors
• Work with the private sector, the ICT and the education sector
• Work at regional and local levels as well as national
• Initiatives to stimulate the market, address digital divide issues, put in place infrastructure, and address priorities and gaps
• Move emphasis from infrastructure towards content and skills
• Transfer good practice between sectors
CHALLENGESCHALLENGES• Technical support & improved supplier
performance
• Broadband
• Home access
• Ensuring high quality digital learning materials
• Developing ICT skills at all levels
• Use of ICT to reduce burdens on teachers
• Online assessment
• Standards and interoperability
• Sustainability
• Embedding e learning in practice
• Technical support & improved supplier performance
• Broadband
• Home access
• Ensuring high quality digital learning materials
• Developing ICT skills at all levels
• Use of ICT to reduce burdens on teachers
• Online assessment
• Standards and interoperability
• Sustainability
• Embedding e learning in practice
PRIORITIESPRIORITIES
• The classroom of the future
• The e-learning journey from school to college and on to work and lifelong learning
• Move emphasis from infrastructure towards content and skills
• Integration of e-learning at all points in learning
• Skills for users, practitioners and enablers
• Research, evaluation, evidence
• The classroom of the future
• The e-learning journey from school to college and on to work and lifelong learning
• Move emphasis from infrastructure towards content and skills
• Integration of e-learning at all points in learning
• Skills for users, practitioners and enablers
• Research, evaluation, evidence
EnglandEngland
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Department for Department for Education and SkillsEducation and Skills