ict masterplans of singapore and hong kong
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Leveraging ICT for Educational Leadership:
Masterplans inHong Kong and
Singapore
ICTStrategies
and Policies in Hong Kong
The First ICT Strategy in HK- Information Technology for Learning in New Era
-Five year strategy: from 1998 to 2003
Four missions
of the 1st ICT
strategy
Mission1 access
and connectivity
Mission2 teacher
enablement
Mission3:curriculu
m and resource
support
Mission4 community-wide
culture
aim provide sufficient IT
facilities;
funding flexibility;
encourage front-line
teachers;
arrange technical support
service
aim
integrate IT into school
education;
foster better software and
supporting materials
aim
foster the emergence of a
community-wide environment
conductive to culture change
aim
The vision of the First Strategy:to promote a paradigm shift in school education from a traditional textbook-based teacher-centered
approach to a more interactive and student-centered approach to equip students for information era.
to encourage students, teachers, schools and other stakeholders touse ICT effectively as a tool for enhancing learning and teaching, witha view to preparing the younger generation for the information age,turning schools into dynamic and interactive learning institutions, andfostering collaboration among schools, parents and community.
The Second ICT Strategy in HK-
Empowering Learning and Teaching with Information Technology:
form 2004 to 2007
The vision of the second strategy:
The Second ICT Strategy in HK-Empowering Learning and Teaching with Information Technology
form 2004 t0 2007Seven strategic
goals of the 2nd ICT
strategy
Goal 1: Empowering Learners with IT – empowering students with IT skills and
knowledge, creative problem solving skills and attitudes for lifelong learning.
Goal 2: Empowering Teachers with IT – empowering teachers with IT through the
provision of professional development opportunities and support for the use of IT in
curriculum and pedagogical innovations that aligned with the goals of Curriculum
Reforms.
Goal 3: Enhancing School Leadership for the Knowledge Age – providing guidance and
support so that individual school heads and their associates could establish their own
blueprints for the integration of IT to enhance the learning and teaching process.
Goal 4: Enriching Digital Resources for Learning – establishing platforms for updating resources and sharing experiences to meet school needs.
Goal 5: Improving IT Infrastructure and Pioneering Pedagogy Using IT –
helping schools upgrade and replace hardware and encouraging innovative
use of IT to enhance learning and teaching.
Goal 6: Providing Continuous Research and Development – providing continuous research and development to evaluate the effectiveness of IT in education strategies and their impact on students’ learning outcomes,and to pioneer innovative IT applications in education.
Goal 7: Promoting Community-wide Support and Community Building –enhancing partnership between the IT industry and the education sector, and encouraging support from parents.
The Third ICT Strategy in HK-Right Technology at the Right Time
for the Right Task: from 2008-2014
Six Strategic
Actions of 3rd ICT
strategy
Action1: To provide a
depository of curriculum-
based teaching modules with
appropriate digital resources
Action2: To continue to
sharpen teachers’ IT
pedagogical skills
Action3: To assist schools in
formulating and
implementing school-based
IT in education development
plans
Action6: To collaborate with non-
government organizations to improve
parents’ information literacy and
launch parental guidance programs on
e-learning at home
Action5: To strengthen
technical support to
schools and teachers
Action4: To enable
schools to maintain
effective IT facilities
The Third IT Strategy declared that “the key to success of taking IT in education forward is to enable teachersto use the right technology at the right time for the right task’’.
1998 2004 2008 2014
Mission1: ICT facilities
and access
Goal5: infrastructure and
pedagogy using ICT
Goal 1: empowering
students with ICT
Action4:effective ICT
facilities
Action5: technical
support
Action1: enhance
school’s IT infrastructure
Mission2: teacher
enablement
Goal 2:teacher
development focusing on
pedagogical innovations,
curriculum reform,and
research
Action2: teachers’ ICT
pedagogical skills
Action 4: professional
development of teachers
Mission3:curriculum
and resource support
Goal 4: enriching digital
resources for learning
Action1: depository of
digital resources
Action 2: the quality of e-
learning resources
upgrade
Action3: curriculum
renewal
Mission4: community-
wide environment
conductive to the culture
change
Goal 7: community-wide
support and community
building
Action6: information
literacy of parentsAction5: parents, skate
holders and the
community involvement
Goal 3: school leadership
for knowledge age
Action 3: school-based
ICT in education
development plans
Action4: professional
leadership building
Goal 6: research and
development
A comparison of the key strategic elements identified in the four ICT policies in Hong Kong
IT infrastructure
community culturebuilding
digital resource&IT support
teacher competence
e-leadership building
The First ICT Strategies The Second ICT Strategies
Infrastructure
and access
1. the average student-computer ratios in SS and
PS reduced from
36:1&53:1 in 1999 to 7.5:1& 13.4:1 in 2001, then
to 7.4:1&4.6:1 in 2005;
2. Internet connectivity of computers in the lab
was improved to 100% until 2005
1. additional ICT-related equipment was
purchased, the gross student-computer ratio
reduced to 3.91:1;
2. All schools had access to the Internet through
broadband connectivity
Support ICT coordinating team was equipped in school to
support teaching
school-based technician support service was
strengthened
Digital resource more and more educational software package
are available in school
two-thirds of teachers used digital resource to
teach
Teacher
competence
all teachers had completed IT training at the
basic level, 77% at the intermediate level or
above
1. teachers are more proficient in using new
software and hardware;
2. More IT training programs provided to meet
teachers’ demand
Pedagogical
use of ICT
Increasing rate of using IT in teaching, but the
ratio is relatively low
over 80% of teachers had used ICT to conduct
learning and teaching activities
Student
learning
More than 80% students have developed
confidence in using IT for learning
different types of learning activities were
engaged with the use of IT, not only for
information search, but also for self-evaluation
Community
culture
a growing culture of IT use by school heads,
teachers in school and outside school
a sharing or collaborative culture was fostered
in a high rate
Key Implementation outcomes arising from the first and second ICT strategies(based on the
Preliminary Evaluation of the First ICT strategy in 2001, the over Evaluation of the First ICT strategy in 2005, and thePhase I Evaluation of the second strategy)
The Fourth ICT Strategy in HK-Realizing IT potential, Unleashing Learning Power: from 2014
Five
recommende
d actions of
the 4th ICT
strategy
Action1 Enhancing school’s IT
infrastructure and re-engineering
the operation mode
Action2 Enhancing the
quality of e-learning
resources
Action3 Renewing curriculum,
transforming pedagogical and
assessment practices
Action4 Building professional
leadership, capacity and
communities of practice
Action5 Involving parents,
stakeholders and the community
The goal of the Fourth Strategy:
to unleash the learning power of all our students to learn to learn and to excel through realizing the potential of IT inenhancing interactive learning and teaching experiences, and aim to strengthen students’ self-directed learning, theircreativity, collaboration, problem- solving and computational thinking skills, as well as ethical use of IT
1.1 Providing a WIFI campus for all1.2 Adopting a diversified service model 1.3 Using mobile devices wisely
2.1 Developing an e-textbook market2.2 Leveraging global e-learning resources2.3 Enriching the free resources on EDB one-step portal 2.4 Sharing of resources by teachers2.5 Enabling Single Sign-on2.6 Integrating e-learning platforms
3.1 Articulating clear learning objectives3.2 Enhancing problem-solving and programming-related skills3.3 Applying IT skills across school curricula3.4Promoting an e-learning repertoire3.5 Using e-assessment for student learning3,6Engaging students in IT-related life-wide learning3.7 Exploring IT-related career paths3.7
4.1 Empowering e-leadership4.2 Providing a self-learning web-based tool kit4.3 Enhancing professional development of teachers4.4 Rendering support services4.5 Building communities of practice
5.1 Communicating with parents5.2 Working with stakeholders and community5.3 Leveraging community resources
ICTMasterplansin Singapore
Masterplan 1:key dimensions of the masterplan 1
Curriculum
&Assessment
Content
&Learning
Resource
Human
Resource
Management
Physical&
Technology
Infrastructure
Shift towards better balance between acquisition of factual knowledge& mastery of concept of skill
Encourage pupils to engage in moreActive & independent learning
Include assessment measuring Abilities in applying information, thinking&communicating
Acquire & Stimulate developmentOf education software to meet curriculum needs.
Facilitate use of relevant international resources for T&L
Provide a system of Convenient procurement
help schools obtain software easily & on
time
Train every teacherIn purposeful use ofICT for teaching
Equip trainee teachers with core skills in teaching with ICT
Involve institutions of higher learning & industry partners in school
Provide pupils withAccess to ICT in learningAreas in school
Provide school-wide network & Link all schools through wide-Network eventually connected to Singapore ONE, enabling speedDelivery of multimedia services On island-wide basis
Launched incubator
schools Scheme
Initiated devolution
Scheme for ICT funds
Formed ICT
consultancy teams
Launched MS-MOE l
Development Award for
Teachers
Set up learning Sciences
Lab in the national Institute
of Education
Launched ISHARE on
inter-cluster resource sharing platform
Initiated roll-out of
baseline ICT standards
for school
Launched LEAD ICT@
Schools programme
Introduced graphic
calculators for A level
Mathematics
Introduced data loggers
for O level Science
Practical assessment
Launched FutureSchool
@Singapore programme
Launched Lenovo
Innovation Award for
teachers
Masterplan 2 :Implementation of Milestones
Ensure baseline level
of ICT use
Develop schools’ capacity
for ICT implementation
Strengthen the integr
-ation of ICT into C & A
Encourage higher levels
of ICT use
Masterplan 3 :Implementation
• MOE & MCI
Build up
coordinates
well
• still
government-
driven overall
• Driven from
the top
• Key
constructs like
SDL & CoL
Centralized
Top-down
Decentralized
Top-down
Decentralized
Bottom-up
Centralized
Bottom-up• Top-down
support for
bottom-up
• Policies to
encourage
innovations
• Agency from the grassroots
• Build up
constituency
• Collaboration
with industry
partners
Implementation outcomes arising from MP3
• A high usage of ICT
• The integration of ICT into curriculum
• Formal Learning
Masterplans in future
• Different outcomes toward different masterplan strategies projects
• Masterplans in future towards 21CC
Necessary Transformation of MP
C & A ICT supporting
Curriculum
ICT integration into C & A
ICT embedded into syllabuses teaching
guide
Professional Development
Core training for all teachers and school
leaders
Differentiated prof Development
Consultancy to school leaders
ICT mentorship
Professional learning communities
R & DSpearheading R&D
Efforts in collaboration with industry & schools
Seeding innovation in schools
Translating Research to influence
classroom practices
Central provision to equip all schools
One-size-fits-all
Flexible provision to suit schools needs
Closer alignment to curriculum change and schools needs
Infrastructure for Learning
MP1 MP2 MP3
Key Differences from ICT Masterplans of
Singapore and Hong kong
Hong Kong
Strengthen &maintain R&D
E-Leadership from MP2
Community-wide support and
community building
Focus on Post-PC era, the 4st strategy
Singapore
SDL+COL with two types of goals
Centralized
Research & Development
Focus on cyber wellness
&sustainablty
Learning without ICT
Homework is so difficult without ICT.
Just killing me!
Learning without ICT
Math, I don’t know!Chinese , I don’t know!Science ,I don’t know!
Everything ,I don’t know!Help! Help! Help!
Learning with ICT
So easy!
媽咪,再也不擔心我的學習了!
Summary of Hong Kong
and SingaporeICT Masterplans
Hong Kong ICT strategy
The First Strategy focused on access
to computing equipment and the development of a
network infrastructure within schools.
The Second strategic focus was
on the further integration of ICT into the teaching
and learning process.
The Third Strategy focused on the human factor
necessary for the integration of IT into
learning and teaching and the appropriate
use of IT.
The fourth strategy focus on
strengthening students’ self-
directed learning, creativity,
collaboration, problem- solving and
computational thinking skills
Singapore Masterplans
MP1 laid a strong foundation for schools to harness ICT, particularly in the provision of basic ICT infrastructure and in equipping teachers with a basic level of ICT integration competency.
MP2 focused on strengthening the integration of ICT into the curriculum, establishing baseline ICT standards for students, and seeding innovative use of ICT among schools.
MP3 focuses on both students and teachers as learners .It envisages that through the use of ICT, learning will not just take place in the classroom ,but wherever and whenever the learner chooses..
Which policy is better?--Funding
Hong Kong Singapore
ICT exp (US$million) 922(98-07) 1000(97-02)
Annual exp per head(US$)
14.6 39.4
The investment of Singapore has been much larger than the Hong Kong. Singapore’s determination in the development of ICT in education is clear.
Hong Kong Singapore
-- Initial Goal
The effort to integrate IT in support of learning and teaching as primarily a technological transformation rather than an educational one.(The first strategy)
ICT was regarded as educational linkages between the school and the world, generate innovative processes in education, enhance creative thinking, lifelong learning and social responsibility, and promote administrative and management excellence in the education system.(MP1)
The educational property is important.
-- Research &Development
Hong Kong:
Promoting research & development in the
second strategy.
Singapore :
Improve research & development in the
MP1
Research & Development can promote and affect the progress of ICT.
Hong Kong Singapore
-- Curriculum and Pedagogical
Reform
Building leadership capacity, fostering the establishment of communities of practice for pedagogical innovation and supporting continuous research and development were distinctive strategic goals that were not found in the first IT in Education policy document. The identification of these omissions indicate a recognition of the challenges that needs to be overcame to achieve deep curricular and pedagogical reform.
In parallel to the sustained systemic efforts on curriculum and pedagogical reform, the Singapore government made a landmark commitment to education research on schools and pedagogy through the establishment in 2002(MP1) of the Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice (CRPP) within the National Institute of Education, which is affiliated with the NanyangTechnological University and is the sole teacher-training institution in Singapore.
An efficient government Institution will determine execution and development of ICT