Laureates‘ Seminar of

UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICTs in Education

13 January 2016, UNESCO HQ, Paris

Education development succeeds or fails on the basis of the nature and quality of educational policies, strategies and implementation practices. Technology is only a tool, and no technology can fix an inadequate educational philosophy or compensate for bad practice.

- Life-long learning - Multimedia center - Learner focus - Flexible curriculum - Global networking - Collaboration and partnership. - Constructive learning methods

- One-way Education - Teacher centered education - Institutional focus - Fixed curriculum - Local focused - Memorization oriented - Passive learning

Technology Society Industrial Society

Technical Infrastructure

Discovery & Innovation

• Math Whizz Busythings

• Eureka

• Sunflower for Science

• UCMAS

• Texas Instruments

Stimulating critical thinking & problem solving skills in math and science

• E-blocks AlHudhod

• Rosetta Stone Little thinkers

• Clicker 3asafeer

• MyOn

• Kurzweil

• Busy things

Developing Literacy skills

• Classmate PC

• 1 to 1 using 3G

• Smart Schools

• Pop up classroom

Personalized

Learning

• Innovative teachers

• Oracle Thinkquest

• Innovative schools

• Project Management for students Collaborative projects

• Oracle Academy (Alice)

• Hello world kids

• Apptrainers

• Students Programming Initiative with Microsoft

Developing programming and coding skills

• Four nations

• Youth Talk

• Voices for change

• T21

Improving communication Skills and intercultural

awareness

Training Programs & Capacity Building

Teachers

students

Community

Change Management

Interactive White Board

21st century Learning and Teaching

Technology in education

Communication & presentation skills for students

Other training packages

Project Management for educators and students

Cyber Security

Monitoring and Evaluation

Evaluation Studies Research

Consultations Building Capacities

What we do?

Our Approach ……..

Result- based

Qualitative and Quantitative

Targets schools and community

Sustainability

Core teams at

the Ministry of

Education

An Internship

program ‘Fursati

Liltamayyoz’

McKinsey & Company estimate that by 2020 the world will have approximately 95 million more low-skilled workers than employers require, a shortage of 40 million workers with tertiary education, and an additional shortage of 45 million workers with at least secondary education.

‘Fursati liltamyyoz’ Program

Bridging the gap between education outputs and Job Market. Preparing ICT graduates for employment.

Sustaining Schools to benefit from the JEI model for effective integration of ICT in education

Transferring targeted schools into ICT community hubs.

Objectives

4 months On the Job Training 6 months in Schools

2 months employability Training

Mentorship and guidance

• Utilizing JEI model to gain solid experience. • Disseminating knowledge to schools and community

• Well designed program in private organizations

• Live corporate environment

Ready

• Specialized Technical Training • Life Skills • English Language

JEI Educational model in Jordanian Schools

JEI from 2008 - 2016

Rollout the model in 182 schools

Launched the internship program

Engaged more than 150 partners in different projects

Spearheading a national committee to develop and implement the ICT in education strategy

Lessons Learned National strategy Governmental and private sector commitment Allocated Funds Clear vision at the school level Effective professional development programs Communities of Practice Mentoring and coaching Highlight innovative practices

Highly Engaged

Developing Critical thinking skills

Creating a 21st Century Ecosystem

Digital Generation

Nermine Nabulsi

Nermine.n@jei.org.jo

www.jei.org.jo

JordanEducationInitiative

JEInitiative

JEInitiative

THANK YOU!