1. Challenges and Solutions for Virtual Education May, 1-4, 2002, Berlin Networked Learning in a Global Environment New Media in Education: A German Government Program and its Implementation Hans G. Klaus Program Management Agency, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Sankt Augustin/Darmstadt Germany

2. 1.Program Characteristics 2.Call for proposals 3.Criteria for funding 4.Project selection process 5.Accompanying measures 6.Character of projects 7.Other related funding schemes 8.Hopes and expectations Contents Program Management Agency for New Media in Education

3. School Vocational Training Higher Education New Media in Education Online - Offline – IT in Education Innovation and Employment in the Information Society of the 21th century

4. Program Management Agency for New Media in Education Important target groups 44.000schools 10 Mio.students at schools 700.000teachers 1,6 Mio.apprentices 349 institutions of higher education 1,8 Mio.students at universities (1,3 university, 500.000 university of applied science) 1,6 Mio.faculty staff in education and science

5. Program Management Agency for New Media in Education Potential project proposers schools:publishers companies schools, local authorities vocational training:training institutes employer associations, trade unions universitiesinstitutions of higher education

6. Program Management Agency for New Media in Education Program objectives support education and further education (life long learning) improve supply of L-software (WBT, CSCL) quality, reusability, interactivity, didactical added value improve/stimulate community-wide sustainable access and use of innovative it-supported learning and teaching (teachers, integration, rights management, marketing, distribution) support structural change

7. Program Management Agency for New Media in Education integration into workprocess or curricula support self-organized, cooperative learning implement web-based learning improve existing quality of learning (added value) modularity and reusability, transfer secure evaluation, maintenance and distribution help to reduce the „digital divide“ Criteria for funding of e-learning

8. Program Management Agency for New Media in Education Special requirements for funding Schools enhance it-qualification of teachers establish efficient models for organization, service and financing public-private partnerships Vocational Training coverage of complete professions, vocations industry sector based concepts Universities fields of study with large number of students specific learning interests of women

9. Project funding Program Management Agency for New Media in Education school vocational training higher education No. of project applications No. of projects funded amount of funding (Mio. €) 80 18 15 600 150 100 120 11 26

10. Program Management Agency for New Media in Education school vocational training higher education (1 call) (1 call) (3 calls) Contents of projects arts, life science, German, history, geography, English, economics, regional development, religion information technology, automobile, textile, construction, health, (SME, craft) natural sciences, medicine, informatics, many other disciplines

11. Program Management Agency for New Media in Education Higher Education Call for proposalsAccompanying measures e-learning software WLAN information days support projects Notebook university workshops portal task force surveys hotline committee www.medien-bildung.net

12. Program Management Agency for New Media in Education Virtual universities as a network e-learning platforms rights management standardisation didactics and evaluation Gender mainstreaming Cluster workshops für specific subjects Workshop Topics

13. Program Management Agency for New Media in Education Schools Vocational Universities/HS Call for Proposals X X  Outline proposals X X X  Review BMBF/PT X X X  External review X X  applications X X X  Advisory board X X  PT/BMBF decision X X X  contracting X X X Procedure for project funding

14. Program Management Agency for New Media in Education Other related funding schemes schools: InfoSCHUL Schulen-ans-Netz SEMIK Marktplatz für Schulen internet services vocational training: SENECA L3 Lernet(BMWi) higher education: MedicDAT VS – Vernetztes Studium Chemie Virtuelle Fachhochschule

15. Program Management Agency for New Media in Education Thoughts to think about „Government cannot be stronger or more tough-minded than its people. It cannot be more inflexibly committed to the task than they.“ (Adlai Stevenson) „Education is the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.“ (Mark Twain)

16. Program Management Agency for New Media in Education Type of e-learning scenario telelearning/WbT ca. 100 % trad. Teaching ca. 95 % cooperative learning ca. 90% teletutoring ca. 70 % inter-university learningca. 60 % CbTca. 40 %

17. Projects by fields of study Program Management Agency for New Media in Education

18. School of tomorrow Infrastructure IT knowledge Contents Access to PCs and Internet Education of students and teachers MM/IT Learning moduls/material