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Digital Education in Australia
CoSN delegation Singapore
Kathryn Moyle, Research DirectorPru Mitchell, Manager Information Services
14 January 2015
Outline
• About us• ICT in Australia’s education
agenda• Teacher quality• Australian Curriculum• Student learning and assessment• Learning architecture• Learning resources
• Implications for leaders
Australian Council for Educational Research
• creates and promotes research-based knowledge, products and services that can be used to improve learning across the life span• not-for-profit, independent of government• 300+ staff in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, Dubai, New Delhi • Jakarta and London (2015)
ACER’s workEducational Monitoring and Research
Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation• Teaching and Leadership• Program Evaluation• Tertiary Education• Indigenous education
National SurveysInternational Surveys
Professional Resources
Assessment and Psychometric Research
Strategic directions 2014-16• Education Policy and Practice• Science of Learning• Global Education Monitoring• Assessment Reform and Innovation
Australia: education agenda
Where we’ve come from: 2009-2013• Federation• Joint Ministerial roadmap• Digital Education Revolution (DER)
• What the DER achieved
Current government agenda: from 2014• ICT-related
• Teacher quality• Australian Curriculum• Online testing
Teacher qualityAustralian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) professional standards• Illustrations of practice• Global trends in professional learning and
performance & development
ACER E-Portfolio assessment project
Continuing professional learning• Teachmeets• Scootle Community
Review of teacher education• Higher Education funding reform
Australian CurriculumAustralian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
Australian Curriculum F-10• ICT capability cross curriculum• Technologies F-10
Design and TechnologiesDigital Technologies
• Asian languages• Early Learning Languages Australia
(ELLA)www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/technologies/rationale
Student learning & assessmentFormal learning• IEA International Computer and
Information Literacy Study (ICILS)• PISA 2012• National Assessment Program – ICT
2014• Online national testing • ACER Progressive Achievement Tests
Informal learning• Games and learning
STEM Video Game Challenge
ICT Infrastructure
My School
National Schools Interoperability Program
State portals: big data, open data (NSW)
National Broadband Network (NBNCo)
Schools in the Cloud
Learning resources
Education Services AustraliaScootleSplashapps
eBooks / eTextbooks Open Education Resources
Implications for leaders
Research
Learning analytics and data
Evidence-based policy and school improvement
Professional learning
Questions?