Microsoft in Education

Steve BeswickDirector - Education UK

Objectives

Education Strategy and Worldwide ContextMarket TrendsOur Future DirectionQuestions and Answers

Our Vision for Education

3

Empower people to realise their social and economic potential byenabling access to quality education experiences for all through technology

The Opportunity for Technology

Extending The Reach Of High-

Quality Education To All

Giving Teachers Greater Insight and More Time

Enabling Relevant,

Personalised and Engaged Learning

Nurturing Powerful

Communities Of Learning

Supporting Agile, Efficient And Connected

Education systems

Microsoft Focus on Education

ParentLeadership

Student

Government Leader

Teacher

Partner

Microsoft's Engagement EducationEducation Mission: Quality

Education Experiences for Everyone

Products & Solutions Programs Research

Education software

Platforms and tools

Technology Blueprints Windows

Live@edu

Microsoft Learning

Partners in Learning

ITA Academies

MSDN Academic Alliance

Imagine Cup

MS Certifications

Basic and Applied Research

International Standards

External Research

& Programs

Market Trends............

The Two Tensions

Anarchy

Intuition

Imagination

Innovation

Explorers

Rules

Process

Step Change

Under Control

Navigators

Institution Individual

Are We Ready to Shift?

Student CenteredInstructor Centered

MultimediaSingle Media

Collaborative WorkIsolated Work

Information ExchangeInformation Delivery

Critical Thinking; Informed Decision MakingFactual, Knowledge-Based Learning

PullPush

21st Century LearningTraditional Learning

Source: ISTE National Education Technology Standards for Teachers (USA)

Evolution of school ICT systems

Evolution of school ICT systems

Connected People By the Learning Gateway

Students

Teachers

Parents

CitizensOther Institutions

Community

PeopleSchool

Connected Systems via the Learning Gateway

MISVirtual Learning

Business Intelligence

Other IT Systems

Informati

on

Process

Structured

Unstructured

Where does SharePoint fit?

People

Ad-Hoc

Education

Apps

Desktop ProductivityOffice

Applications

Futures..........

Education Product GroupTeam of 240 product managers, testers and developersExtending ‘horizontal’ technologies:

Educational standards e.g. SCORM, IMS, SIF‘Plumbing’ and underlying interoperability servicesSolution acceleratorsDocumentation, support, SDKs, communities ....

Alignment with corporate initiatives e.g.Software plus Services, online services, hosting ......Web 2.0 and related technologiesCross platform supportInnovation – exploiting R&D investment

Learning Gateway• Create platform

components• More ‘infrastructure

Plumbing’

Search in the classroom• Enhance existing

search • Requirements for

Education specific search

Office

• Build on Office• Create more

education specific tools

Microsoft Semblio

Assembly tool for educators and studentsSupport for multiple content types ie PDF, Video etc. QTi Assessment tools that work with VLEsIMS Common Cartridge

Live@EDU

Free email for Students and University Faculties550,000 usersNow available for SchoolsHosted Service from DublinBased on Exchange 2010 with OWA Branded to the University/School – no Advertising

MIS

VLE

School / Local Authority Based Hosted

Software plus Services

Collaboration

(Office Live)

Email

Intranet/Extranet

Security

Sync(Live Mesh)

Storage(SkyDrive)

Pupil Tracking

Datacenter InvestmentWe’re running scale services now

2B Live Search queries/month10B MSN page views/month30B Live ID authentications/month240B Messenger messages/month

We’re building to run your services$500 million per data center10,000 servers/month

Dublin = 51,000 Sq MetresOlympia = 19,000 Sq Metres

Software-Plus-Services – Deployment Options

No server management requiredUptime targets & reportingSimplest to manageAccess to Exchange Server fine-grained policy and features key for EducationOn-line storage (Skydrive)

No server HW management required99.9% SLAAdvanced manageabilityAccess to most Exchange Server fine-grained policy and configuration, administered through supportMany SharePoint featuresValue added solutions/ services

Business Productivity

online Services

Full management of server HWMost IT management responsibilityAccess to all Exchange Server fine-grained policy and configurationAll SharePoint featuresHighly customisable

Live@Edu

Customer Hosted

MAN

AGEM

ENT

CONFIGURATION AND FLEXIBILITY

Reduced or no server HW management requiredSLA per partner agreementOutsourced IT managementAccess to most Exchange Server fine-grained policy and configurationMany SharePoint featuresCustomised solutions

Partner Hosted

Combine the power of ‘on-premise’ software with the ease of cloud-based services across many different devices to offer choice.

 Deployment Choices

Microsoft Hosted e.g.

London Grid for Learning

Microsoft Online - email,

portals and collaboration

services

Partner Hosted - e.g.

Churchend and BSF Learning

Platforms

On Premise Services - e.g.

Great Barr School and LA

Services

Enables choice and blend with student lifestyle

New innovative and engaging applications

Low risk, cheaper, faster adoption

‘On-demand’ services at Scale

Rich experience across multiple devices and browsers

Cost savings e.g. Cloud storage of 25Gb per user

Web Hosted

On-PremiseInvestment protection

Maintain security and privacy

Delivery of core services and local applications

Solid platform for new cloud-based services

How Can these Services Benefit Education?

Summary

Boundaries of the School will expand to home and other community organisations

ICT is not the answer to the educational issues in the UK but it has a part to play

Microsoft investing in Education – Products, Programmes and Research