kosovo basic education program: technology/ict to support teaching & learning

Kosovo Basic Education Program:ICT to Support Teaching & LearningU.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program: Education in the Digital Age5 November 2014

Stephen D. Luke, Ed.D. Director, Technology, Innovation & Education | FHI 360

Bronte (3.5 mos): Steve’s Digital Native

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Kosovo context Education Strategic Plan BEP Program Components ICT Integration Future Directions

Kosovo Context

• Declared independence from Serbia 2008• Recognized by:

– 108/193 UN member states– 23/28 EU member states

• 1.8 Million residents• Population below 29 Yrs: 75%• Youth Unemployment: 55% • Income per capita(PPP): $7.400

38 Municipalities

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Education Strategy

• Revised curriculum framework that recognizes increased globalization, knowledge society

• Relevant competencies aligned with emerging needs of 21st century interdependent global society

• Competencies: – Communication & expression– Thinking & learning competencies– Life-, work-, and environment-related competencies– Personal competencies– Civic competencies

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write…

“

…but those who cannotlearn, unlearn, and relearn.”

- Alvin Toffler, Rethinking the Future

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Kosovo Basic Education Components

1. School Management2. Assessment for Learning3. Teacher Professional Development4. (Literacy)

Cross-cutting Themes:– Gender & Equity– ICT

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Teacher Professional Development Centers

Model 21st Century Classrooms

Computers, Internet, Projectors, Printers, etc

Teacher Professional Development

Teacher Professional Development:Integration of ICT

Student-centered Learning

Student Technician Clubs

Design Challenges

Design Challenge 2014

1. Use the computer control box to design an automatic conveyor system for a chicken farmer.

2. Use a Lego robot to remove radioactive material from a power station.

3. Use the Alice (Oracle: “baby JAVA”) computer program produce an animated movie.

Design Challenges

Design ChallengesDesign Challenges: DokuFest 2014

RobotiKS Camps & Competition

Annual RobotiKS Camp & Competition

Technology Exhibitions

Junior Oscars

Access & Equity

Literacy

Analytics

• libroteka.org–Visitors 9,625–Pageviews 47,370

• bletapunetore.org–Visitors 12,284–Pageviews 568,106

Access & EquityLiteracy: A-EGRA

Access & EquityCommunications & Outreach

Public-Private Partnerships

• Study tours in partnership with private enterprises, (e.g., Microsoft, Intel) & cooperation with other donor programs (e.g., – BETT Technology Expo, London, UK– Program on Pedagogical Development & ICT,

Sweden– Intel Education Workshop, Oxford, UK– Intel Conference on Mobile Learning, Stockholm,

Sweden– Intel Education Summit, Warsaw, Poland

Public-Private Partnerships

• Microsoft– Teacher PD: Partners in Learning; Expert Educators – Equip school library with thin-client computers– Cost-share for programming for internet safety

• Intel– Classmate PCs

• Critical Links– Education appliance (school-based all-in-one server)

• Oracle– Alice training

Honors & Recognitions

• Microsoft Partners in Learning/Expert Educators– Pristina Green School: Pathfinder School

(1 of 65 schools recognized globally)– 4th Runner Up:

European Innovative Educator Forum– Qualify for Global Education Forum in

consecutive years

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Evidence: Data-driven Decision Making

Mobile Data Collection & Visualization

MOOCs: Next Generation of eLearning

MOOC: Human Rights Story Telling

Computer Center: Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda

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