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Australia
Kathryn MoyleAssociate Professor
University of CanberraSecretariat Director
Australian ICT in Education Committee
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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