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Singapore’s ICT Masterplan Singapore’s ICT Masterplan in Educationin Education

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Our Students: Digital NativesOur Students: Digital Natives

“Our students have changed radically. Today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach.’

Marc Prensky Internationally acclaimed thought leader,

speaker, writer, consultant, and game designer in the critical areas of education and learning.

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ICT can be a factor for success in the classroom:• Facilitates development of C21st skills• Develops independent & collaborative learners• Appeals to Generations X and Y• Equips students for tomorrow

Our Students: Digital NativesOur Students: Digital Natives

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ICT Considerations for SchoolsICT Considerations for Schools

• What are we trying to teach and learn• Students are connected• Consider the future• Pervasiveness of use of ICT among Gen X and Y• Ways students learn, use and integrate ICT into all aspects of

their everyday life.• Integration of ICT into the learning fabric• How can we make learning relevant?

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What does this mean to the teaching & What does this mean to the teaching & learning environment?learning environment?

• Create an environment where students build on their own knowledge

• Constructivist learning• Learning in a context of life

experiences• Opportunities to explore ideas-

not answering set questions• Group collaboration & learning• Rethinking the role of the teacher

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Strategic Intent of ICT in Learning Strategic Intent of ICT in Learning

• To move the acquisition of skills, knowledge and behaviors closer to the user

• It is not the learning solution on its own

• It is only the medium – not the message – and the message needs to be relevant, meaningful and appropriate to the targeted audience

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The ICT Masterplan in Education JourneyThe ICT Masterplan in Education Journey

Building the Foundation

Seeding Innovation

Strengthening & Scaling

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Building the Foundation1997: Masterplan 1

Core ICT Training for all teachers

ICT Infrastructure & Support for all

schools

Educational software & resources

ICT became an accepted tool for teaching & learning

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2002: Masterplan 2Seeding Innovation

Baseline ICT Standards for all

FS@SGFS@SG5% schs5% schs

LEAD ICTLEAD ICTSchoolsSchools

15-20% schs15-20% schs

Remaining Remaining SchoolsSchools

Gave autonomy through devolved

ICT funds

Generate innovative practices through schemes

Established Baseline ICT

Standards for pupils

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mp2 Review

Pupil Teacher

Curriculum

Engaged Learning

• High ICT skills (87%)

• High home computer ownership (93%)

• Frequent ICT use (e.g. 93% for Internet search)

• Initiated efforts in ICT integration into curriculum

• Initiated efforts in R&D in ICT in education

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• High ICT skills (98%)

• High occurrence of ICT use (80%)

• High participation in pedagogy-related ICT PD programmes

• Effective ICT implementation and supportive school leadership• ICT infrastructure comparatively well-resourced

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Vision & GoalsVision & Goals

Harnessing ICT, Transforming LearnersHarnessing ICT, Transforming Learners

Students develop competencies for self-directed & collaborative learning through effective use of ICT

as well as become discerning & responsible ICT users

School leaders provide direction & create

conditions to harness ICT for learning &

teaching

Teachers have capacity to plan & deliver ICT-enriched learning

experiences for students to become self-directed & collaborative learners

as well as nurture students to become discerning & responsible

ICT users

ICT infrastructure supports learning

anytime, anywhere

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Confident Person Thinks independently

Communicates effectively Has good inter-personal skills

Self-directed Learner Takes responsibility for own

learning Questions, reflects, perseveres

Uses technology adeptly

Concerned Citizen Is informed about world & local affairs Empathises with and respects others

Participates actively

Active Contributor Exercises initiative and takes risks Is adaptable, innovative, resilient

Aims for high standards

Curriculum 2015 : Nurturing our Young for the FutureStudent Outcomes

mp3 vision: Harnessing ICT, Transforming Learners

Goal: Students develop competencies for self-directed and collaborative learning through the effective use of ICT as well as become discerning & responsible ICT users

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mp3 StrategiesSchool leaders provide direction and create conditions

Schools will:• Integrate the use of ICT into the school’s overall learning and teaching

framework• Continue participating in school-based innovation programmes that use

ICT in learning and teaching

MOE will:• Seed and sustain dialogue on what mp3 looks like by illustrating mp3

goals using exemplars of how ICT can be used for SDL and CoL • Build school leaders’ capacity to implement and sustain effective

school-wide ICT practices • Design self-assessment tools for schools• Recognise schools and teachers that have achieved a higher level of

ICT at the zonal or cluster level • Lead experimentation in the use of ICT for assessment• Establish mechanisms to facilitate the translation of research into

usable pedagogical and implementation principles

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mp3 Strategies Teachers have the capacity

Schools will:• Champion and share the use of ICT in SDL and CoL through

the ICT Mentor programme• Share and contribute on how ICT can be used for SDL and CoL,

as well as on cyber wellness issues

MOE will:• Develop core ICT-enriched learning experiences and embed

them in appropriate syllabuses at the next review cycle • Embed cyber wellness education into appropriate subject

syllabuses • Articulate and guide the implementation of learning roadmaps to

provide differentiated support for teachers • Provide quality online resources (including resources for cyber

wellness education) and support for the sharing of resources

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mp3 Strategies ICT infrastructure supports learning anytime, anywhere

Schools will:• Ensure that students and teachers have access to computing

devices when they need it at school. MOE will:• Align ICT infrastructure provisions to changes in curriculum and

technology• Adopt a differentiated approach to ICT infrastructure provisions

to recognise schools that have achieved a higher level of ICT use for learning and teaching

• Leverage schools’ Learning Management Systems (LMS) to promote SDL and CoL

• Enrich students’ ICT-based home learning environment

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Strands in mp3Strands in mp3

• Curriculum, Pedagogy & Assessment

• Cyber Wellness

• Professional Development

• Research & Development

• ICT Infrastructure for Learning

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Curriculum, Pedagogy & Assessment

• The ICT Connection

• Embed ICT-enriched learning experiences into syllabuses

• ICT-based assessment prototypes

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Cyber Wellness

• Cyber Wellness Research

• Online assessment tool for baseline ICT standards & cyber wellness

• One-stop resource portal for Cyber Wellness

• Capacity Building for Key Personnel

• Student Ambassador Programme

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Professional Development

• ICT Mentor programme

• ICT-PD Framework & Learning Roadmap

• Recognition Structures for Schools and Teachers

• Revised BY(i)TES tool

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ICT Infrastructure for Learning

• Revised ICT provision norms & Tiered Funding

• Bandwidth upgrade

• Wireless access for schools

• Setting interoperability standards for Learning Management Systems

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Support

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ICT-Professional Development Framework, ICT Learning Roadmaps and PD Programmes

ICT Infrastructure for Learning Anywhere, Anytime

Syllabuses & Syllabus Guides+ Cyber Wellness

Iterative CycleIterative CycleSchools[PLCs]

ICT Plans aligned with Learning & Teaching Frameworks

ICT Mentors

ICT Mentors

Learning Teams

Learning Teams

School-based

Innovation

School-based

Innovation

Capture & distil pedagogical principles & ICT practices

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Learning Points

• Addressing fundamental issues in education before introducing ICT across the system

• Adopting systemic approach

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Learning Points

• Paying attention to teacher’s readiness for ICT integration

• Taking a multi-disciplinary and multi-partnership approach to push frontiers on use of ICT in learning

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Learning Points

• Aligning intent and interests among all key stakeholders