Quality in education with ict

Frans SchouwenburgKennisnet

October 2011

Education in The Netherlands

Primary Education 6900 schools1.600.000 pupils135.000 teachers

Secondary Education 647 schools; 70% special (religious) 900.000 pupils64.000 teachers

Vocational Education: 73 educational institutions; 3% special (religious) 573.000 students37.000 teachers

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Kennisnet The Netherlands aim to be among the top five

knowledge economies of the world.

ICT is a critical factor for meeting this challenge. Kennisnet is the public educational organisation

which supports and inspires Dutch primary, secondary and vocational institutions in the effective use of ICT

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Kennisnet – some facts

• Founded in 2001: 140 FTE

• Funded by Ministry of Education

• Basic funding EURO 18 million

• Key characteristics: Innovative - Public – Independent -Expert

Products and services for schools

Research, practical guides

Co-ordination standards and agreements

Networks for professional development

Portals and platforms, public services

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Four in Balance

portal

site

KENNISN

ET.NL

Media

literacy

Digital

learning

materials

Teacher TV

Entree Federation: authentication, autorisation

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180,000 community members

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Design sessions

What do we want

What do we know

What do we have Choices Plan

challenge

trydesign

Probable scenarios

Status quo Re-schooling De-schooling

Government prescribes the ‘what’

Governmentless prescribing in ‘what’

Government takes limited role in allocating public funds

School decides of the ‘how’

Schools focus on qualification and filling demands of community

Modular education, business comunity , student is customer with many options

Teacher as director of the learning process

Teacher makes demandsStudent plots his learning track

Student portfolioTeacher/coach

Our future role…

kennisnet

facilities

expertise

innovation

Why ict in education?

To function in a knowledge society rich

with media

Ict in future professions

Improve quality and productivity of education

Ict makes teaching and learning

• More effective

• More efficient

• More interesting

Only if…..

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Four in Balance

Vision Teachers want a vision with broad support within

the school that was developed with teachers

74% of teachers feel any co-ordination between the planning and implementation of ict is lacking

Knowledge transfer is leading education style

Growth in knowledge construction expected

Expertise

Teachers: operating skills: yes pedagogical skills: no

40% of teachers feel that they are inadequately equipped to use ICT confidently in their lessons

Learning materials

Teachers use tools primarily

25% of all learning material is digital Considerable increase is expected

30% occasionally develop their own digital learning materials. 10% more than two years ago. 50% expect to develop their own materials soon.

Infrastructure

Ratio computers to pupils 1:5

Interactive whiteboards: Primary education 50% of classrooms equipped

in secondary education ratio is 1:6 and in

vocational education 1:11

Wireless Internet and optical fiber connections standard at secondary schools and in vocational sector

Recommendations 2011

Adapt support to aim Use leadership to involve followers

Formalize professional use

Integrate teacher, pupil, and subject matter in a digital learning environment

Know what works

Outlook driven

Technology driven

developments

quality

registration

learning materials

techology

it-skills

Options in learning materials

From one way….

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…to several alternatives

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eloCollections of resource materials, components,

lessons, etc

Options in infrastructure

Anyp

lace

, Any

time

with

Any

thing…

Options in leadership

Options in teacher development

Tpack - wet Bio

4Model for a vision meeting

Design plan

Our dream (flash presentation) Learning behaviourRole teacherSchool

What do we have Strengths

What do we need To fullfill our dreamThink of: teacher development, infra structure, learning materials and concepts

Quick wins Where can we start right now?What other priorities do we see?

Process sheetDream 2020 4 in balance scores

What do we have?

What do we need?

Where do we start?

Designing the future

pedagogics

vision expertise

materials

infra leadership

transer of knowledge

Construction of knowledge

all methodsall primary sources

multi media

adaptive

Thank you!

Presentation:

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