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
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?
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
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
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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