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K03 The eLearner in 2010 Dr. Bálint MAGYAR The Minister of Education Hungary

3 Informatics Information technology Info-specialists Rigid, limited knowledge Teaching From Information Technology to Digital Culture Digital Literacy Digital Culture User skills Flexible, frontierless knowledge Mentoring

4 Industrial societyKnowledge based society Instruction in facts, data, rules, Formation of abilities, competencies Transfer of closed, definitive “textbook knowledge” Lifelong learning process supported by knowledge networks Learning in closed homogeneous groups at school Learning in flexible, heterogeneous groups “The sage on the stage”“Guide on the side” Frontal teachingConstructivist education Paradigm change in Education?

5 Bridges Over the Digital Gap Longitudinal monitoring studies needed to justify expenses and channel innovation efforts. PIRLS Reading Comprehension Study: frequent computer users understand texts better IEA-SITES2: low achievers and high poverty students profit most from ICT-supported instruction (Kozma, 2003) OECD – Promoting Equity Through ICT project Hungarian Study: closing the social gap – digitally

6 Equity and ICT Culture Hole in the wall – the Power is with every child MIE – minimally invasive education Universal access – guarantee against the global knowledge divide Paradigm shift: knowledge asset management instead of social policy Recognition of unrecognised intelligences

7 Decreasing Inequality Through ICT-based Education E-tolerance Computer-supported education in kindergartens Developing basic skills of Romani (Gypsy) students through ICT in primary schools “Digital” secondary grammar school for minorities

8 Four Pillars in ICT Necessary for Paradigm Change in Education Hardware and Software Internet Access Skills and competencies Content provision

9 The Schoolnet Express Hardware and Software Tax relief for ICT equipment Aim: tripling the number of PCs in homes Internet Access Aim: Broadband Internet access at schools by 2005 Skills and Competencies „Provoking” the teachers to use ICT tools Digital Content Provision Intellectual infrastructure for paradigm change in education 4 pillars, 4 programs

10 1st Pillar: Hardware and Software Source: OECD Number of PC’s in 2002 Hungary 10%

11 1st Pillar: Hardware and Software From 2003, 120 % of the minimum wage is tax-deductible for purchase of PCs and accessories for teachers college and university staff members college and university students parents of primary, secondary or tertiary level students 3 years of tax deduction – practically free ICT products Tax Relief For PC Purchase

12 1st Pillar: Hardware and Software ICT equipment purchases in the Hungarian Schoolnet Express Program

13 2nd Pillar: Access Source: OECD Hungary 16% Internet users in 2002 (% of population)

14 2nd Pillar: Access HungaryEU Percentage of families16%40% Internet use in Hungary and Europe 2002 Computer supply and Internet connectivity at schools in Hungary and the EU HungaryEU Computer supply at schools 30 students / PC9-12 students / PC Internet connectivity at schools - percentage 100% Internet connectivity at primary schools 34%91-100% Source: Tárki, Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Hungary, OECD 2002

15 Connected schools by the end of nd Pillar: Access

16 Connected schools by the end of nd Pillar: Access

17 Connected schools by the end of nd Pillar: Access

18 Swedish model Hungarian case Internet and PC access at home 2nd Pillar: Access

19 3rd Pillar: Skills and Competencies Shift in teaching content: informatics as a profession  digital culture Grades 4-6: digital literacy Grades 7-9: digital culture, life skills Provoking the teacher: salary raise, free PC and training  must jump in deep water and swim Teachers as firewalls for change: OECD Study, 2000: only 25-30% of teachers at pioneering ICT schools use computers for teaching regularly

20 4th Pillar: Content Provision The Ingenious Textbook Author replaced by emergent and co-operative knowledge builders Spontaneous knowledge acquisition through participation in knowledge building Connected databases of teaching materials: „global knowledge” becomes a reality Get out of the labs and conquer the classrooms! Digital teaching materials = intellectual infrastructure for paradigm change in education

21 TextbooksCD / DVDInternet content 90%7%3% Division of Teaching Material Market in Hungary th Pillar: Content Provision Digital Knowledge Base Age of Digital Teaching Aids and Content Expandable and reusable multimedia tools ICT solutions help Life Long Learning

22 Real Walls Down – Virtual Walls Up? “Knowledge equals access not possession” Sharing EU and state financed educational software and content Common core curriculum content Network of regional clearinghouses A model for monitoring and sharing Free access to EU financed content

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