Enabling the 21st Century Learner - An e-Learning Action Plan for Schools 2006-2010
Summary:
The e-Learning Action Plan for Schools 2006-2010 outlines the key outcomes and actions for e-learning in the New Zealand school sector for 2006-2010. It describes the goals for e-learning in schools and the projects, tools, and resources that are being developed to adddress those outcomes.
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/web/downloadable/dl10475_v1/itc-strategy.pdf
This has some interesting outcomes related to what we are doing.
- All students achieveing their potiential
- e-Learning and effective teaching
- Teacher capability
- Leadership
- Learning Resources and Curriculum Material
- e-Learning and Family, Whà nau, and Community Participation
Summary
The ICT Strategic Framework for Education was released for consultation in December 2006 across the whole education sector. Feedback was sought to establish what the priorities and needs are for education organisations in relation to ICT.
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=11734&data=l
I will blog more about these in the next couple of days, one thing I am finding is it is hard with multiple windows and tabs open on one computer. I require a printer, I am such a "digitial immigrant" when it comes to study.
2 comments:
Gerard,
Good to see the govt pulling hard in this direction. I see this as a necessary and positive initiative. But there are fish hooks.
The document looks very positive and makes all the right noises but I wonder how already overloaded teachers will cope with learning about 'e-learning', i.e. developing the requisite pedagogical and ICT skills.
Also, will there be some expectation that the teachers get on-line after hours to monitor their courses? Is it seen as viable amongst the staff and will they be supported by such things as reduced classroom time and a flexible approach to the working day?
Gordon
I can see there will be problems as well, with all new things they take time to develop. We are still working on getting NCEA working properly and now with a new NZ Curriculum it does get harder.
Flexible time and working conditions are being talked about at the moment through the PPTA union, I was on a focus group that looked at this last year. But some factors that need to change are internet access in New Zealand, they way that students are funded at school as possibly in the future more virtual classrooms will become operational and how does the school get the funding for the teacher based on the march 1st roll. How will elearning classrooms affect rural schools, as with some of the other papers through this course, face to face is still required.
One of the big problems facing flexible working day is the thousands of bus pupils, secondary schools could change, but it is the problem with bus students is the pickup of primary school students as well.
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