Will IT take off?

SWEDEN: Telecom and Information Technology• History as the world’s leading IT nation 2000

and 2001 [International Data Corporation (IDC)]

• More than 80% (aged 14-79) have access to a PC

• Surfing on the Net (aged 14-79) 70 %

• Third largest export of telecom products per inhabitant after Singapore and Finland (?)

POLICY

Moving towards flexible learning

Education systems

- Schools

- Formal adult education

- Informal adult education

- University education

Tools for promoting transformations

• Money

• Money

• Agencies – change agents• Research

• Legislation

Swedish Agency for Flexible Learning - CFL

carl.holmberg@cfl.se

• The Agency promotes lifelong learning by introducing flexible learning

ORGANISATION, INFRASTRUCTURE

ORGANISATION, INFRASTRUCTURE

+• Most of IT

infrastructure in place

• Adapted milieus • Libraries• ….

-• Local support

structures• Teachers expected

to be multiexperts• New categories of

staff missing or not thought of

CULTURE

CULTURE

+ outside Ed systems

• IT well integrated

• IT-maturity• Lunarstorm,

banking

- Inside Ed systems

• Clashes between ideals

• Power conflict

ORGANISATION, INFRASTRUCTURE

POLICY CULTURE

Complexity!