18‐20 Jan 2017

Action 1 : Enhancing infrastructure

2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18

Schools with enhanced WiFi

~ 10%

~ 50%

~ 80%

All completed

WiFi‐100(100)

WiFi‐900A(411)

WiFi‐900B(293)

WiFi‐900C(180)

Action 2: e‐Learning Resources 

e‐Textbook

• There are 38 sets of e‐textbooks on Recommended e‐Textbook List (eRTL), among which 34 sets are from the e‐Textbook Market Development Scheme (EMADS)

e‐Resources provided by 

EDB• One Stop Portal

HKEdCity• Go eLearning• EdBookShelf• eREAD Scheme• Student Assessment System (STAR)• e‐Resources Acquisition Project (eREAP)• Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) for flipped 

classroom

Action 2: e‐Learning Resources (con’t) 

• On going curriculum review and updating of the Secondary Education Curriculum Guide

• Updating the “Information Literacy for Hong Kong Students” and conducting professional development programmes (PDP) for schools

Action 3: Curriculum and Pedagogies

Category Eight Literacy AreasEffective and Ethical use of information for lifelong learning

1 Use, provide and communicate information ethically and responsibly

Generic IL 2 Identify and define a need for information3 Locate and access relevant information4 Evaluate information and information providers, in terms of authority, 

credibility and current purpose5 Extract and organise information and create new ideas

Information World 6 Be able to apply IT skills in order to process information and produce user‐generated content

7 Recognise the roles and functions of information providers (e.g. libraries, museums, internet) in the society

8 Recognise the conditions under which reliable information could be obtained

School Year No. of PDPs offered by ITE 

Section2014/15 3112015/16 452 (45% increase)

(A) Professional Development Programmes (PDPs) conducted in 2015/16

PDP conducted in 2015/16

No. of PDPs

No. of participants

e‐Leadership series 49 2,100E‐safety series 25 490

Pedagogical Series 199 5,620subject‐related series 125 2,800Technological series 54 1,750

All 452 12,760

• PDPs are very popular, more than 90% were fully enrolled• In addition, 162 events with 5,500 participants on e‐learning 

were offered by various CDI sections

Action 4: Capacity Building

(B) ITE Centre of Excellence (CoE) Support Services 

2014/15 2015/16

No of school‐based supports 155

338 (over 100% increase)

CoE On‐site Support Services

School Staff Development Day  (69%)

Pedagogical strategies for Individual Subjects (20%)

Technical Support(9%)

SEN (2%)

Action 5: Involving Stakeholders & Parent Education

• Supports in 2015/16 school year:‐ 8 mini‐conferences by districts‐ 65 schools’ on‐site seminars ‐ Hotline service provided by Hong Kong Family 

Welfare Society ‐ 10 training sessions for teachers on parent 

education

• Supports in 2016/17 school year:‐ 8 training sessions for teachers on parent 

education‐ On‐going hotline support services and on‐site 

seminars‐ Information Kit for e‐Learning for parents

Conducting evaluation and collecting information through various channels, including• Annual survey on ITE in schools (the first survey 

conducted in June‐Aug 2016)• Case studies on the impact of e‐learning in 

schools by the Centre for Learning Enhancement and Research, CUHK

• School visits, meetings, ….

Action 6: Evaluation and Research 

Typical road map of e‐learning in schools

Annual survey 2016

Schools under Scheme of: Return rateWiFi 100 (73) 73%

WiFi 900A (294) 71.5%WiFi 900B (76) 25.6%WiFi 900C (40) 26.3%

Total (483) 50.2%

79%

21% Yes

No

School Development Plan with ITE Elements

School areas covered with WiFi(WiFi 100 and WiFi 900A)

26%

46%

28%

0% 20% 40% 60%

All classrooms only

All classrooms includingspecial rooms

The whole schoolcampus

0.0

20.0

40.0

60.0

80.0

100.0

120.0

WiFi100 WiFi900A WiFi900B WiFi900C

106.4

76.1

38.3

18.1

Number of mobile devices

1.7%

26.7%

53.3%

18.3%

0.0%0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

WiFi 100 Schools

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2.5%

28.0%

51.0%

18.1%

0.4%0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

WiFi 900A schools

Comments on the services by WiFi provider

96%

4%

WiFi 900A schools

Yes No

100%

0%

WiFi 100 schools

Yes No

Positive impact of installing WiFi on e-learning

50.2% 50.2%55.4%

79.6%

64.3%59.9%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6

Primary Schools

80.6%

64.0%59.5%

65.7%

55.4%

43.8%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6

Secondary Schools % of schoolrespondents

Levels

Using e‐textbooks and e‐resources (2015/16) % of schoolrespondents

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

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Mus VA PTH RS Library PE

Using e‐textbooks & e‐learning resources across subjects in primary schools

P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6

% of school respondents

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%Ch

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Eng

Math LS IH

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Geo

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Comp VA Mus RS PTH DT HE PE Phy

Chem Bio

Econ

BAFS

F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6

Using e‐textbooks & e‐learning resources across subjects in secondary schools

% of school respondents

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Computerlessons

Librarylessons

Integratinginto varioussubjects

Lessons of aspecificsubject

92.1%

17.6%

48.6%

7.1%

Promotion of Information Literacy

School Curriculumhttp://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/applicable-to-primary-secondary/it-in-edu/IL%20for%20HK%20Student%202016%20(Draft)_e_2016May.pdf

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%

No plan Issueidentified and

to beconsidered

Policy beingformulated

Policyformulated

andimplementedwith supportmeasures

57.0%

24.4%7.5% 11.1%

% of school

Schools’ implementation of Bring‐your‐own device(BYOD)

Schools’ needs

Wider adoption of e‐learning using mobile device

More mobile device / BYOD

Technical Support 

Service/staff

LearningManagement

System

Promote personalized learning using mobile device

One‐off Information Technology Grant (OITG)

Additional funding for schools joining the WiFischemes to enhance support in the practice of e‐learning

OITG will be disbursed in• Jan 2017 for schools joining WiFi‐100, WiFi‐900A, WiFi‐900B

• 2017/18 s.y. for schools joining WiFi‐900C, together with the one‐off grant under the ITE4

Arrangement

EDBCM No. 185/2016

Amount of OITG

Approved No. of Teaching Classes

Amount of OITG

18 or below $145,050

19 to 24 $199,450

25 to 30 $253,850

31 to 36 $308,250

37 or above $362,640

On average $200,000 per school

Ambit

• acquire mobile computing devices for use by students

• hire or subscribe additional manpower to enhance technical support for mobile computing devices

• acquire or subscribe e‐learning resources, software or platforms for supporting e‐learning, e.g. learning management systems

CITGRecurrent‐ IT‐related consumables

‐ digital resource materials

‐ Internet fee‐ employment/hire of TSS

‐ opening for school's IT facilities

‐ Maintenance, upgrading and replacement of IT facilities.

Funding for ITE4One off: $100,000‐ WiFi 900A (2015/16)

WiFi 900B (2016/17)WiFi 900C (2017/18)

‐ Mobile device Recurrent: $70,000‐ WiFi fee‐ maintenance/ 

replacement of mobile devices

OITG

One off: $200,000 ‐ Mobile device‐ employment/hire 

of additional TSS‐ e‐resource/ 

platform

Overview of ITE grants

Financial Arrangement 

For WiF‐100, WiFi‐900A&B schools• keep separate ledger accounts• balance can be carried forward to the 2018/19 school year until 31 August 2019

• unspent balance as at 31 August 2019 based on schools’ annual audited accounts will be clawbacked(for government schools ‐ unspent balance as at 31 August 2019 will lapse)

For WiFi‐900C schools• will be informed of the details in due course

ReportingSchools will be requested to report their use of the OITG through the ITE4 annual surveys to review the effectiveness of this funding.

EnquiryIT in Education Section: 3698 3606