Fengchun MIAO Programme Specialist of ICT in Education

UNESCO HQs

How to Seed and Scale up School Innovation

How to seed and scale up school innovation

Using ICT to enable: Better & more relevant

learning outcomes Better school educational

management & service

What is the missed lever?

How to seed and scale up school innovation: Analysis of practices of Singapore and Malaysia

Singapore (GDP per capita, IMF 2013: 64,584USD, No.3): Decentralized approach

Malaysia (GDP per capita, IMF 2013:

17,748USD, No.59): Centralized governance

The ICT in Education Masterplan Journey of Singapore

Building the Foundation

Seeding Innovation

Strengthening & Scaling

Masterplan 1

Masterplan 2

Masterplan 3

Student Outcome

Develop competencies for self-directed and collaborative learning through the effective use of ICT as well as become discerning and responsible ICT users

- T&L Resources - ICT skills for Teachers - ICT Infrastructure

- Innovation push: FS & Lead ICT schools

- ICT Baseline tools - School-based ICT Plan

2003: Masterplan 2 Seeding Innovation

Baseline ICT Standards for all Future

Schools

Schools undertaking

innovations at grade/subject

Remaining Schools

Gave autonomy through devolved ICT funds

Generate innovative practices through schemes

Established Baseline ICT

Standards for pupils

Decentralization doesn’t work if it’s not associated with school empowerment

Integrating ICT into the school curriculum:

a. Baseline ICT Standards

Baseline ICT Standards of Singapore

All students are to acquire the necessary ICT skills to support them in learning and preparing them for future needs.

Key

Sta

ge 1

Primary

1 to 3

Key

Sta

ge 2

Primary

4 to 6

Key

Sta

ge 3

Secondary

1 to 2

Key

Sta

ge 4

Secondary 3 to 4 & Pre U

1-2

Has your country developed baseline ICT targets for all students and navigated them into grades?

Pedagogical Principles

ICT Competencies

• Integrating ICT competencies and effective teaching

• Scale innovative practices

2009 ICT in Education Masterplan 3 of Singapore

Strengthening and Scaling

Nurturing Future-Ready Singaporeans

Confident Person Self- directed Learner

Concerned Citizen Active Contributor

Confident Person Self- directed Learner

Concerned Citizen Active Contributor

Developing 21st century competencies

How has your country defined 21st Century Competencies to nurture your Future-Ready citizens?

Guiding Principles

of MP3 Ownership of mp3 by schools

Partnership of MOE divisions

to support schools

Differentiated approach to

support schools Optimisation

of funds for both deep

and widespread

impact

Your strategies to ensure school

ownership of your ICT in education

policy?

1. Building capacity of school leaders and

teachers

2. Encouraging innovative ICT practices

in schools

3. Integrating ICT into the school curriculum

4. Ensuring ethical and responsible use of ICT

MOE Support for School ICT

implementation

MOE Support for School ICT Implementation

2. Encouraging innovative ICT

practices in schools

3. Integrating ICT into the school

curriculum

4. Ensuring ethical and responsible use of

ICT

MOE Support for School ICT

implementation

1. Building capacity of school leaders and

teachers

School Leadership Programme ICT Mentor Programme Connecting Teachers,

Connecting Resources

School Leadership Programme

• Aims:

• Plan for effective school-wide ICT practices for learning and

teaching

• Review and assess their schools’ ICT progress

• Programmes:

• workshops, learning journeys, seminars and webinars

• Progress:

• 2,480 Principals, Vice-principals and Heads of Department

attended (as at Aug 2011)

Your country’s School Leadership Programme?

ICT Mentor Programme

• Aims:

– to build a critical mass of ICT teacher advocates or champions to develop and cascade effective ICT practices in schools

– ICT mentors will coach teachers from their school in the use of ICT for learning and teaching

• Programmes: face-to-face workshops, webinars, discussion forums, post-workshop meetings to share lesson ideas

• Progress:

– 1,250 mentors from 311 schools have been trained (as at Aug 2011)

– mentors are beginning to engage in projects related to pedagogical innovations, and to reflect and improve on their ICT-based practices

How do you plant the seeds of peer coaching for all schools?

Connecting Teachers, Connecting Resources

1. Building capacity of school leaders

and teachers

3. Integrating ICT into the school

curriculum

4. Ensuring ethical and responsible use of

ICT

MOE Support for School ICT

implementation

2. Encouraging innovative ICT

practices in schools

mp3: From Ideas to Practice Scaling

to

Practice Translation Research Innovative Ideas Outcomes

Sustainable

& Ready for

Scaling

- Design Principles

- Implementation

Strategies

-Lesson packages No

Yes

Leverage Points

Review Efficacy

- Action Research

- Programme Evaluation

Learning & Finding Develop deeper

understanding of

pedagogical models and

new resources

- eduLab

(e.g. CSCL* &

1:1 Computing)

- Future Schools

Ideas from

- Schools

- MOE HQ

- Researchers

- Industry

Senior Leaders and Teachers

• Conferences/Seminars

• ICT Mentors training

• Tech Planning

Resources and Structures

• ICT Connection

• BY(I)TES

Consultancy and Support

• Cluster ETOs

*CSCL refers to

Computer Supported

Collaborative Learning

Leverage Points?

Scaling up:

Share and spread within and outside of FutureSchools network

Meta-level research to develop design principles

FutureSchools@Singapore: Looking Ahead

Schools

Lead ICT Edulab

Propel-T 15-20%

All Schools

Smaller scale

projects up to

one subject/level

Future Schools

5%

School-wide

Implementation

Your country’s forward-looking ICT in Education vision and developmental goals?

Baseline ICT Standards

for students

Use of ICT for

self-directed &

collaborative learning

ICT-enriched learning

environment in schools

1. Building capacity of school leaders

and teachers

4. Ensuring ethical and responsible use of

ICT

2. Encouraging innovative ICT

practices in schools 3. Integrating

ICT into the school

curriculum

3. Integrating ICT into the school curriculum:

b. ICT Use for Self-Directed Learning

How to ensure use of ICT is driven by pedagogy?

3. Integrating ICT into the school curriculum:

C: ICT Use for Collaborative Learning

How to ensure use of ICT is driven by pedagogy?

3. Integrating ICT into the school curriculum:

D: ICT Enriched Learning Environment

Pedagogical and emotional e-learning environment?

• Inter-Ministry Cyber Wellness Steering Committee

• MOE Cyber Wellness Framework

1. Building capacity of school leaders

and teachers

2. Encouraging innovative ICT

practices in schools

3. Integrating ICT into the school

curriculum

4. Ensuring ethical and

responsible use of ICT MOE Cyber Wellness Framework

Benchmarking Your ICT Practices for

Excellence in Schools (BY(I)TES)

A self-assessment tool to enable schools to gauge their level of ICT implementation to work towards achieving excellence in using ICT for learning and teaching

• School leaders are key in creating the conditions and putting systems and processes in place

• Teachers are key in creating ICT-enriched learning experiences to bring about learning outcomes

• Students are our key focus

BY(I)TES

mp3 Iterative Cycle

The ICT Connection

Share

Support

Em

be

d

ICT-Professional Development Framework, ICT Learning Roadmaps and PD

Programmes ICT Infrastructure for Learning Anywhere, Anytime

Syllabuses & Syllabus Guides

+Cyber Wellness

Capture & distil pedagogical principles & ICT practices

Schools

ICT Plans aligned with Learning &

Teaching Frameworks

ICT

Mentors

Learning

Teams

School-

based

Innovation

THE SMART SCHOOL Initiative of Malaysia

To produce technology savvy individuals

for the Information Age

To cultivate life-long learning based on

ICT

To produce a knowledge society that is

critical, creative and innovative

To bridge the digital divide

Primary

Objectives

1

2

3

4

IMPLEMENTATION WAVES

Wave 1 Pilot Phase (1999 – 2002)

88 schools nationwide selected

Wave 2 Post-Pilot (2002 – 2005)

Massive computerization phase to all 10,000 schools

Wave 3 Making All Schools Smart (2005 - 2010)

Leveraging all ICT initiatives

Wave 4 Consolidate & Stabilize (2010 – 2020)

Innovative practices using ICT enculturated

CHARACTERISTICS OF A SMART SCHOOL

Student-centred

teaching & learning

Catering to different learning styles

Students exhibit

Higher-Order Thinking

Skills

Self-paced

Self-accessed

Self-directed

Teachers, and Administrators

skillful in using ICT in daily tasks

Creative and innovative teachers

using ICT as enabler and accelerator for better

teaching and learning

Smart partnerships with various

agencies

QUALITY ASSURANCE: THE SMART SCHOOL QUALIFICATION STANDARDS

40%

40%

10%10%

UtilizationHuman CapitalApplicationInfrastructure

Smart School Qualification

Standards (SSQS) is a

monitoring tool to measure

the utilization of ICT in

schools.

THE MONITORING TOOL

SSQS STAR RATINGS

ADVANCED PLUS (5*)

Highest approval ranking; Smart Schools with advanced conditions for most

indicators

ADVANCED (4*)

Smart Schools with good or advanced conditions for most indicators

MEDIAN (3*)

Smart Schools with fair or average conditions of all indicators

BASIC PLUS (2*)

Schools with below average conditions for all indicators

BASIC (1*)

Schools with merely basic conditions across all indicators

How to seed and scale up school innovation

Using ICT to enable: Better & more relevant

learning outcomes Better school educational

management & service

Does self monitoring work? How to monitor large number of schools?

Lessons learned from Malaysia Policy Review: Are these issues going on in your country?

Issue 1: Lack of a long-term strategy and progressive targets for sustaining and scaling up ICT related policies and implementation initiatives Issue 2: ICT in education is not positioned as a key, enabling

factor of education reform initiatives School Appraisal Scheme ? Issue 3: Lack of a robust monitoring & feedback mechanism Issue 4: Lack of a single, consistent rating and reward

system at teacher and school levels Issue 5: Leadership capacity, flexibility to innovate at all

levels, and partnership mechanisms to scale up innovations

How to seed and scale up school innovation

Using ICT to enable: Better & more relevant

learning outcomes Better school educational

management & service

What are pros and cons of E-School Standard?

E-School Standard

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