E learning project II - 2013 and beyond?

e-Learning IIe-Learning II….2013 and beyond

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e-Learning II - Project Highlights

Focus on early childhood and primary education

Giving more power to the student

Reducing the workload of teachers

Solar powered infrastructure



Saving significant funds in the education ministries budget

A sea change to education to start the next 50 years

Strictly wireless infrastructure

A game changer, not slow incremental philosophy

ALL teachers at all schools will receive a tablet and be trained in their use



Today’s classroom technology should be changing to support the learning needs of the students who have grown up using technology everyday. Labs no more…one tablet per child, YES !

Tablets are soon to be in parliament

Tablet are the future classroom

UWI med school students are getting their books as e-books on tablets now

Everyone can use a tablet, desktops are dead…notebooks are on their way out !



Tablets are commodities…and cheap

Its less about the technology….its more about the integration and Implementation !

Real issues are;Less talk….more implement

Put the naysayers in the corner

Not loosing anymore time

Less meetings and more decisions

Not leaving our children behind

Yes we can, not no can do !



Plan includes security cameras in each school centrally monitored

Plan includes electronic tracking security features to reduce theft

Plan includes centrally administered system administration so system administrators in schools will not be neededPlan aligns with significant existing plans;

Vision 2030MOE Strategic PlanSTEM Strategic PlanPNP Manifesto


e-Learning II – Strategic Objectives Improve Academic Performance

Goal Objectives Indicators Provide tablet computers to ALL teachers (approx 24,000) in all schools 4 months of start of project. Train all teachers in the use of the tablets, basic IT generally and integrating tablets into the curriculum before September 2013 Developing e-Books to replace existing books for all primary and secondary schools 3 grade years per year for the next 5 years. Align existing content with current curriculums for the first 3 grade years to be implemented in 2013 to facilitate tablets being used for the last two years of Basic/Prep School and the first year of primary school starting September 2013.

Improve the academic performance of all students in a modern and efficient re-engineered “classroom”

Each subsequent year for the next 10 years rollout equipment for the new Basic/Prep school year moving up.

-Grade 4 test results significantly and consistently improved -GSAT results significantly and consistently improved -CXC results significantly and consistently improved -All teachers in Jamaica having a government provided tablet and trained in its use especially integrating it into the curriculum of the subjects they teach and actively doing so on a daily basis -Last 2 years of early childhood and first year of primary school being equipped in all schools and use starting in September 2013. -IT Infrastructure in all primary and early childhood schools to support tablets in place by September 2013


e-Learning II – Strategic ObjectivesReduce the cost of Education

Goal Objectives Indicators Reduce the Ministry of Education Budget by 2% per year after the first year of the project for each year for the next 5 years. (No book rental costs due to use of e-Books, less classroom space needed, less reproduction costs, less energy costs, better school management through use of SMS) Reduce cost of spending each child to school by 5 % (less

Reduce the cost of education for parents and the government in ECI’s and primary and secondary schools across Jamaica

- Ministry of Education Budget sees a 2% reduction per year each year after the first year of the project.

- All schools using same SMS (if they want) starting in September 2013.

- Parents reporting reduced cost of school supplies for each school year on the system

- Reliable, timely and accurate reporting from all schools using SMS.


e-Learning II – Strategic Objectives Provide up to date and efficient IT infrastructure for students

and teachers

Goal Objectives IT infrastructure in all primary and early childhood schools to support tablets in place by September 2013 All teachers in Jamaica having received a tablet computer and trained in its use by September 2013. Students in last 2 years of early childhood and first year of primary school being equipped in all schools and using them starting in September 2013 Each year for the next 5 years one grade level of school at the early childhood level receives tablets and they are used as a part of the curriculum

Provide up to date cost efficient and accessible IT technology to students and teachers

Every 5 years the IT infrastructure is evaluated for efficiency and if necessary replaced. Every 5 years the client tablets coming to 5 years old are replaced. In Second year of project all secondary schools receive IT infrastructure supporting new e-learning infrastructure

All teachers in Jamaica have a tablet and are trained as per objective All early childhood and primary schools have IT infrastructure to support tablet/e-Book and e-Learning technology as per objective All student have tablets in place as per objective All technology refreshes in place as per objective.


Applications on DevicesCommunication…only a few

Internet

Email

Skype

Twitter

FaceBook

LinkedIn


Applications on DevicesReference Books…only a few

Bible

English Dictionary and Thesaurus

Wikipedia (Encyclopedia)

World Atlas

Jamaica Yellow Pages

Free Classic e-Books and e-Reader


Applications on DevicesNews and Magazines

BBC News Service

News Republic

National Geographic

Popular Science

CNN

Time


Applications on DevicesOffice Automation

• Word Processing

• Spreadsheet

• Database

• Presentation


Applications on DevicesMultimedia

• Graphics/Drawing

• Painting

• CAD

• Video Recorder and editing

• Digital Camera


Applications on DevicesExtras

• Real Guitar

• LOTS of existing e-Learning content !

• Piano

• Moodle

• Programming– Android Logo– Android Basic– Pascal Compiler– Java


Applications on Devices“Brain” Games

• Chess

• Scrabble

• Suduko

• Einsteins Challenge


How will we pay for it?Existing Funds !

• Re-allocated Capital A and B

• Reduce recurrent budget to reflect savings that will occur and put that reduction in capital A to support the project

• Use UAF/e-Learning Funds

• And still cut the budget !


e-Learn IIMonthly competitions…to encourage use

• Best Chess player• Best Scrabble player• Best Video created• Best Picture taken• Best Computer Program

written• Best drawing created

• Best Piano piece played• Best Guitar piece played• Best CAD drawing made• Best App developed• Best e-Content Developed• Best Painting created

These will encourage students to use the tablets in a constructive way both at school and out of school.


e-Learning IISome Hurdles

There are many Early Childhood Institutions that are Kindergarten/Prep schools which are private

Offer them the same solution at a percentage of the cost per student

Train and facilitate all teachers both private and government

Yes some students are simply going to play and idle with the tablets, however if they give us 2000 students per year who are:

Bob Marleys

Usain Bolts

Rhodes Scholars

Steve Jobs

Rex Nettlefords

Nelson Mandelas

Barack Obamas etc

Wouldn’t it be worth it?


e-Learning IIWhat to do next?

Put a project team together – 1 Week

Finalize the numbers and project plan - 3 Weeks

Design Project Details and put out RFP – 4 Weeks

Get an RFP out!!!! - 1 Day

Evaluate RFP and Decide – 4 Weeks


e-Learning IIWhat to do next?

Develop Training Courses – 8 Weeks

Train Teachers – 12 Weeks

Rollout equipment -12 Weeks

IMPLEMENT for September 2013 !!

Lets Do it !!!


e-Learning IILet us not leave our children behind!


e-Learning II Let us not leave our children behind!

We are Jamaicans, we lead, we do not follow !


e-Learning II Let us not leave our children behind!

All children in Cardiff in the UK at Primary AND Secondary school received a tablet in September 2012

The next OLPC computer is going to be a tablet format in 2013

All tablet/notebook per student projects are in Portugal, Venezuela, Bolivia, South Korea, Trinidad, Guyana……


What was e-Learning Iabout?

Ultimate Goal and Scope of e-Learning I

Goal

•To improve the performance of our students in high schools, particularly in CXC Examinations.

Scope

•166 Public High Schools•6 Public Special Schools•8 Teachers Colleges•Establish CREM at MOE•16 Privates High Schools•Average 55 desktops and 17 laptops per school (Approx JA$15M per school in terms of infrastructure equipment for government schools, half that for private)


What was e-Learning I about? IT Infrastructure in 196 Schools and Teacher Training

Colleges in Jamaica

To develop a comprehensive set of standard ICT-based instructional materials for grades 7-11 teachers and students, in 11 CXC CSEC subject areas

To provide schools with ICT equipment and software for use in the teaching and learning process, and to establish a Central Repository for the Educational Materials (CREM) at the MOEY



IT Infrastructure in 196 Schools and Teacher Training Colleges in Jamaica

To enhance the skills of teachers through training programmes and certification in the use of software and equipment and in modern methodologies for delivery of the high school CXC syllabus;

To provide modern technologies to existing remedial programmes in high schools to ensure that all children keep pace with the schools’ programmes;

To institute standard examinations for grades 7-9 that will measure and track the performance of students in each grade in high schools, as well as, measure performance among schools. (If you can’t measure it you can’t manage it)



11 CXC subjects in high school targeted



Instructional Material for the 11 subjects

Instructional material of the highest standards are to be developed for Teachers,Teachers Instructional Material, (TIM’s). Similarly Students Instructional Material is being developed, (SIM’S). For all 11 CXC subjects.

These materials will be in hard copy, Audio Tape, Video, Cable TV and web Based.



Item Bank and Educational Software

An Item Bank with relevant CXC questions and answers in most cases we be available online and is already under development. The Target is 25,000 questions. These will be a part of the CREM and some are available on the interim CREM at this time.

Additional educational software running on PC’s is being provided to the schools to further help in the delivery of education



Continuous Assessment

Standard year end examinations for grades 7-11 are being developed and can be delivered and administered by the CREM.

These exams will provide a consistent level of assessment of the students and schools at all times in all schools.


What was e-Learning I about? Additional Information Technology delivered to schools

by project

Digital Cameras

Camcorders

Multi-media Projectors

Document Scanners

Mobile wireless computer labs with 10 netbook computers for 166 schools


What was e-Learning I about? Remedial Programme

E-Learning has recognised that many students entering high schools are well behind the required standard to start and keep up with the majority of high school entrants.

As such e-Learning is strengthening the remedial programmes in the schools with ICT methodologies and materials.



School IT equipment and Infrastructure 176 schools – Average 3 schools per week !



Typical network architecture in each of the high schools



Central Repository of Educational Material, the CREMThe CREM will contain all the relevant educational material for the

11 CXC subjects targeted in the high schools. No internet TMI !!!

The CREM content can be updated easily and cheaply and be immediately available to all high school students in Jamaica …… and the Caribbean if policy supports this as they do the same syllabus as we do in Jamaica.

The CREM can allow easy deployment of new subjects to all students in Jamaica - Civics

The CREM will allow high schools to be open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 52 weeks per year!!!



Why the CREM?Students work on the CREM can be centrally

monitored by teachers and the Ministry.

The CREM can be extended for all students in the Caribbean doing CXC’s, GSAT, Jamaica can lead in high school, primary and Early Childhood Education.

Private sector companies are already offering similar CREMs at a price to students in the Caribbean.

Students will have a free, clean and focussed portal to collaborate on their work.



Why the CREM?The CREM material will be developed by the best teachers in the

country, allowing all students to have access to the same quality learning material.

The CREM will be online and thus “extra lessons” will be available for even students that cant afford face-to-face extra lessons.

Additional subjects can be provided to the whole population in a very cost effective manner and very inexpensively.

The CREM will reduce the high dependency to have all the textbooks.

The CREM will be extended to Primary and basic Schools as well.

A subset of the CREM relevant to a particular students year of study can be download to that students tablet computer, thus making broadband access not mandatory for CREM use.



Why the CREM?The CREM holds all the material required to satisfy

students doing any of the 11 CXC subjects being targeted, it is the heart of the project, it is housed at the Ministry of Education.

This is accessed by the governments broadband network via the internet

Additional subjects and material will be housed here.

Moodle is the Learning Management System (LMS) facilitating the CREM.



Why the CREM?Other Jamaican Tertiary institutions are already

creating and using CREM’S and some of our high schools as well….. Using Moodle of Course.

The CREM will compensate for the shortage of teachers and classrooms.



Project website www.e-ljam.net


e-Learning I - Lessons Learnt

Weak Systems Administration at the high schools. System Administrators were trained but;

Some simply didn’t have enough technical capacity to build onThey were poorly paid and lacked incentive and changed jobs

The technical environment was a little too high for what was required



• Systems consumed a lot of electricity– Desktops, laptops, servers, laser printers, UPS’s, air

conditioning units

• Infrastructure was expensive to IMPLEMENT, OPERATE and MAINTAIN !



Ministry of Education (MOE) had limitations in implementation. School Infrastructure was to be paid for by the MOE but they just didn’t do it.

eL2, ensure full commitment and readiness from all stakeholders and have contingencies put in place in case they default from the get go

Standby generator for CREM was not installed despite unit being purchased for 2 years and sitting at the MOE Head Office

Be very aware of the limitations of all the stakeholders and plan for the effects of these limitations

System design took too long and too long to implement so by the time it was starting to be implemented it looked dated

eL2, design quick, implement faster and refresh design annually


e-Learning I - Lessons LearntSchools had labs which in many cases were simply the existing labs upgraded so very little new space was added

Basically the labs were mainly used for teaching IT rather than e-Learning

Student had access to equipment during the limited scheduled time on the timetable (each student on average less than 3 hours per week)

Students will be able to keep each tablet for 3 years, before a replacement is provided. Students will have the tablet 24x7x365…thus access to the technology for as much of the time they desire

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