TIGER LEAP PROGRAM AS A BEGINNING OF 21ST CENTURY EDUCATION

ENEL MÄGI Tiger Leap Foundation

Conference “e-Learning in Science and Environmental Education Tartu, October 1- 4, 2003

INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY

SCHOOL - ISOLATED FROM SOCIETY MOST INFORMATION ON SCHOOL FUNCTIONING CONFIDENTIAL

TEACHER - WHOLE CLASS TEACHING, EVALUATES STUDENT, PLACES LOW EMPHASIS ON COMMUNICATION SKILLS

STUDENT - MOSTLY PASSIVE, LEARNS MOSTLY AT SCHOOL, HARDLY ANY TEAMWORK, TAKES QUESTIONS FROM BOOKS OR TEACHERS, LEARNS ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS, LOW INTEREST IN LEARNING

PARENT - HARDLY ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN LEARNING PROCESS, NO STEERING OF INSTRUCTION, NO LIFE-LONG LEARNING MODEL

INFORMATION SOCIETY

SCHOOL - INTEGRATED IN SOCIETY INFORMATION OPENLY AVAILABLE

TEACHER - HELPS STUDENTS FIND APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTIONAL PATH, GUIDES STUDENT’S INDEPENDENT LEARNING, HELPS STUDENT TO EVALUATE OWN PROGRESS, PLACES HIGH EMPHASIS ON COMMUNICATION SKILLS

STUDENT - MORE ACTIVE, LEARNS AT SCHOOL AND OUTSIDE SCHOOL, MUCH TEAMWORK, ASKS QUESTIONS, FINDS ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS, HIGH INTEREST

PARENT - VERY ACTIVE IN LEARNING PROCESS, CO-STEERING, PARENTS PROVIDE MODEL

ICT IN SCHOOLS – AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIVERSIFY AND ENRICH THE

PEDAGOGICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PUPILS,

TEACHERS, PARENTS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION

INITIAL AIMS OF TIGER LEAP PROGRAM 1997-2001

• ICT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SCHOOLS

• INTERNET CONNECTIVITY

• TEACHER IN-SERVICE TRAINING

• EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE

INFRASTRUCTURE

20 STUDENTS PER COMPUTER

7 TEACHERS PER COMPUTER

1 HEADMASTER PER COMPUTER

98% OF ALL THE COMPUTERS AT SCHOOLS CONNECTED TO INTERNET

90%

8% 2%

ONLINECONNECTIONMODEMCONNECTIONNO CONNECTION

EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE

100 DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE PROGRAMS

50 ORIGINAL ESTONIAN PROGRAMS IN MOST OF THE SUBJECTS

TEACHERS’ NETGATE (WWW.KOOLIELU.EE) - NEWS, TEACHING MATERIALS, ARTICLES, CHAT

VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT “VIKO”

TEACHER IN-SERVICE TRAINING

6200

10500

16000

ICT ADVANCEDLEVEL

ICT ELEMENTARYLEVEL

TOTAL NUMBEROF TEACHERS

250 EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS

GLOBE

MIKSIKE

HELLO SPRING

CONCEPTUAL WEB BASED LEARNING MODELS

TIGER LEAP PLUS PROGRAM2001 - 2005

ICT COMPETENCIES

VIRTUAL LEARNING

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE

COLLABORATION OF ALL PARTIES INVOLVED

ICT COMPETENCIES

FIXED FOR STUDENTS AND SUBJECT TEACHERS

NOT FIXED FOR SCHOOLMASTERS AND ADMINISTRATORS

LACK OF COMPETENCE TO EVALUATE THE ICT COMPETENCIES OF TEACHERS

PUPILS’ OPINIONS OF THEIR TEACHERS’ ICT SKILS

PUPILS’ EVALUATION OF THEIRICT COMPETENCE

VIRTUAL LEARNING

HINDERED BY:

TRADITIONAL SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT

CURRICULUM

OLD TEACHING METHODS

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OFINFRASTRUCTURE

ICT IS NOT RELIABLE

ICT IS VERY EXPENSIVE

ICT NEEDS CONSTANT UPGRADING

20% THE COMPUTER

80% SOFTWARE INSTALLATION CABLES INTERNET CONNECTION TRAINING TECHNICAL SUPPORT UPGRADE USERS TIME

COLLABORATION OF ALL PARTIES ENVOLVED

TEACHER TRAINERS AT UNIVERSITIESCURRICULUM DEVELOPERSLOCAL MUNICIPALITIESSCHOOL HEADMASTERSTEACHERSMINISTERY OF EDUCATIONSCHOOL INSPECTORS

The trends reveal a danger that the educational

system will not be able to dictate its IT needs

forcefully enough:

•to the computer producers, who operate according

to the principles of market economy, •or to policy makers, for whom the preservation of

the status quo seems to be more comfortable  

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