Innovation in Education

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Innovation in EducationInnovation in EducationJason Trump & Craig PedenJason Trump & Craig Peden

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Trends and Forces

TechnologyTechnology

EducationEducation EconomicsEconomics

PeoplePeople

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Traditional Learning 21st Century Learning

Integration Transformation

Schooling Lifelong Learning

Knowing Understanding

Broadcast/ Transmission Model

ConstructivistLearning

Traditional Content/Context

Contemporary Content/Context

Learning Tech SkillsDeveloping

21st Century Skills

Moving to New Models

Source: ISTE National Education Technology Standards for Teachers (USA).

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Stakeholders and Their Needs

Students Educators Administration Parents

Learn Foster Learning Assess Performance Review Progress

Collaborate Manage Classes Planning and Budgeting Review Assignments

Demonstrate Competence

Reduce Administration Time

Manage Information Interact with Teachers

Be Challenged Collaborate Improve Productivity Appropriate Content

Plan Engaging Lesson Plans Professional Development Communicate

Personalised Experiences

Rich Curricular Content Access Anywhere Involvement

Access Anywhere Best Practices Scalability and Manageability

Support Learning

Internet a Part of Life Access Anywhere Support Standards Confidence in Security

Have Fun Professional Development Reduced Cost of Ownership Perform Transactions

Globally Competitive

Education

Data for Improved

Decision Making

Manage Student &

Course Details

Collaborate with Other

Parents

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“Digital Kids” on the Role of ICT

“Today’s digital kids think of information and communications technology (ICT) as something akin to oxygen: they expect it, it’s what they breathe, and it’s how they live. They use ICT to meet, play, date and learn. It’s an integral part of their social life; it’s how they acknowledge each other and form their personal identities”.

Seeley-Brown, 2004

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Today’s Students

Themes Community Always on Multimedia literate Experiential

Millennials Born in or after 1982 Gravitate toward group activity Identify with parents’ values; feel close to parents Spend more time on homework and housework; less on TV 8 out of 10 say “it’s cool to be smart” Fascination for new technologies Racially and ethnically diverse

- Strauss, 2000- Strauss, 2000

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Teamwork

Technology

Structure

Engagement & excitement

Experiential activities

Positive

Respectful

Motivational

Electronic

Goal-focused

Learning Preferences

Learning Preferences

Communication Preferences

Communication Preferences

―Raines, 2002―Raines, 2002

Millennials’ Preferences

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Student Access to Technology

All students had a computer at home A growing number had more than one computer at home All have internet access, with about 50% access via broadband All students over 16 have a mobile phone and use SMS daily Most use Internet Messaging or presence awareness All play MP3 and WMA music 99% use the Internet for research 80% say they know more about computers than parents 60% say they know more about computers than teachers Most students use a CD burner Most students have no use for a VCR 90% of students would like to see, complete & submit assignments

onlineSource: John XXIII College (WA) Survey of Students, 2004

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Increased bandwidth

Collaborative tools

Wireless on campus

Connected devices

HardwareHardwareInterconnectionInterconnection

ExperiencesExperiencesAnywhere access

Merger of learning, work and play

Smaller & Faster

Cheaper

New form factors

Technological Progress

Hardware Advances

Processors

Networking

Storage

Peripherals

Devices

Wi-Fi adoption

Digital cameras

Broadband

RFID

Mobility

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• TeraScale computing Terabytes of data Teraflops of computation power Large-scale distributed systems

• Wireless and mesh networks• New form-factors• Human-Computer Interfaces• Search • Social computing • Personal databases and cataloging• Software development• Machine learning

Exciting Research Directions

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2000-2009: Digital Decade

Digital innovations become an integral part of life Education: Guided and individualised learning;

new devices for learning; deeper engagement; technology moves from a focus to being just a tool.

Knowledge Workers: Will achieve twice the productivity improvement of the last decade.

Enterprises: Real B2B commerce using Web Services; mobility transforms how and where work is done.

Homes: Entertainment revolution; bringing together all media experiences.

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Wi-FiBroadband Mobility At The Edge

• Early Public Trials: 13,707 unique nodes in Manhattan, NYC (2002)

• University Campuses: University of Wollongong campus WiFI network

• Wireless packages to students (PDA’s, Notebook)

• Schools: Victorian Department of Education & Training Wireless

Networks for Schools project:• 1,600 schools, 9,000 wireless nodes

Smithfield State High School Student Attendance Project• No opportunistic truancy, 100% roll recording in real-time• Estimated to save the school up to $35,000 per annum

Source: Source: http://publicinternetproject.org http://publicinternetproject.org

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EmailEmailSchool

ReportsSchool

Reports

ClassesClasses

AdministrationAdministrationNote TakingNote Taking

Example: Educational Technology

mLearningmLearning

AttendanceAttendance

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Educational Games

Urgency Complexity Learning by trial-and-error Scoring points

Active learning Experiential learning Problem-based learning Immediate feedback Student-centered

Games include elements of

Games support

--Moschini, 2002

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Example: Classroom Technology

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Vision

Partners

Solutions & Programs

Communities

Focus: Bring Pieces Together

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Microsoft’s Role in Education

Key role as a platforms company – make it easy, reliable, secure

Keep PCs Running, Extend hardware life, Manage diverse PCs, Network & Interop, Simplify Administration of users & groups

Productivity & collaboration solutions

Make core products relevant for Education, support Education “objects”, drive standards

Re-cast schools, teaching, & learning

Empower partners & educators to create forward-looking solutions

• Personalised learning,• 1:1 Computing• Digital textbooks,• Virtual labs

• Make Learning Contextual• Make Learning Personal• Targeted, Relevant (just-in-

time)• Learning Marketplace• Collaboration

• Shared & Legacy PCs• Managed PCs via Servers• Web Services• Data interoperability• Identity Management

Infrastructure Needs

Grass Roots Usage

Transform

Scenarios Microsoft’s Role

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Thought Leadership and Contributions to Academia

Education Focused Solutions

Professional Development

Curriculum and Certifications

Licensing Donated PC’s

Research Grants (MSR)

Partnerships and Grants with Government

MSDN-AA

Awards and Competitions

StudentsParents Educators EducationManagement

Microsoft Investing in Education

Innovative Teachers Network

Microsoft IT Academy

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LearningDelivery

& Management

Learning Gateway

Solutions for Education

Education Desktop

Teacher/StudentTechnologyExperience

Integrated Administration

IntegratedAdministration

Learning Network Manager

ManagedOperating

Environment

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Observations

Microsoft Office is ubiquitous and powerful

But Office is under utilised in education

Goal: Make Office more relevant to me!1. Expose existing functionality in a simple,

streamlined way

2. Don’t add complex new features

3. Help me with planning

4. Support educational content standards

5. Help me save time and get what I need done

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Educators Are Expecting….

In Schools• Reliable devices for sub $1,000 that don’t break• Collaborative learning with and from each other• Portfolios and universal digital standards• Portals that are richer, personalised and available offlineIn Higher Education• Higher enrolments = time/place shifting• Emergence of two year colleges• Student PC ownership, including ubiquitous wirelessAll• Structured Retrieval for better internet search, lecture review and

accessing learning objects

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What We’ve Learned . . .

Innovative Teachers are key Effective schooling driven by creative & passionate teachers Students rely on stimulating instructors to engage them in the learning

process-- Latest evidence

from Gallup Youth Survey 2004

But . . . Teachers feel overwhelmed Increased expectations – pupil performance, individualisation, record keeping Increased diversity of students – languages, abilities, learning needs Proliferation of technology and digital resources Need to plan and prepare efficiently

Saving time and getting work done is also a top priority for teachers.

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Learning Essentials

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Teacher Planner

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Student File Box

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Digital File Box

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AssignmentsSmart Docs

Context Specific Help – Contents of the task pane change based on what question the student is working on, even how they are answering the question

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Rich Information

SIS

Marks Information and Parent InfoSchool Bridge

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Kids Edition

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Online Edition

Encarta Academic Online includes: Complete Encarta encyclopedia content Sidebars – Historic documents, famous speeches, literary

excerpts, and more Access to dictionary resources (including bilingual

dictionaries) Thesaurus

Interactive World Atlas

Multimedia Centre

Adding: Kids Language Versions

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Search Bar

Offline access to Encarta from Windows. Increases accessibility of Encarta content.

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Student Graphing Calculator

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Virtual Classroom by Heulab

• Desktop sharing feature between Teacher and Student, allow real time collaboration

• Capture an instant of Students’ console

www.heulab.com

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Managing Campus Networks

Learning Network ManagerSupports building school networks and labsAutomated process for setting up the Server and Workstation is setup when connected with the networkDoes not use any third party products (i.e.

PowerQuest)Next version will support Multiple-School/Departmental

Scenarios

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Integrated Administration

Integrated tools and applications to manage the business of institutions and increase their business insight through easy and immediate access to data.

Track each school’s progress toward compliance with core academic standards

Significantly decrease time spent generating reports Lower administrative costs Improve staff, teacher and student productivity Streamline information sharing between disparate school systems Ensure secure data exchange Alignment to Industry data standards

XML, IMS, Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF)

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Learning Gateway Framework

Microsoft’s Learning Gateway is: A rich portal experience merging

administrative and academic systems to

create a single, secure, personalised point of

access for people to share and collaborate. Integrated with existing or new Student.

Management and Learning Management

systems Supports the improved collaboration through the

richness of “presence awareness” and video

conferencing. Proven scale of the integrated Microsoft platform Facilitated by certified Microsoft partners that

share our education vision to ensure the solution

builds on existing investments and is deployed in

appropriate stages.

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Education PartnersSome of Our Partners with a Focus on Education…

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Why Microsoft?

Integrated Hardware Unique technologies that make devices work together More supported devices than anyone else Closer, better, larger vendor community

Integrated Applications Unique technologies that make applications work together Complete suite of integrated platform building blocks More tools, more support, more developers

Integrated Management Integrated management layer Consistent management tools Extending management to the whole enterprise

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Why Microsoft?

Relevance to Education Partnering with other innovators in education and technology Nurturing communities that connect educators with each other Funding research and long term programmes for education Providing access to technology and training Preparing students for tomorrows careers Develop powerful technology to specifically help educators and students

Commitment to Customers Ease of use Trustworthy computing Delivering value

Commitment to Innovation Standards and Interoperability (.net, XML, SIF, SCORM, IMS, TCP/IP) Tablet PC and mobile devices Continuous improvement, including US$5.9B devoted to R&D

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“Technology is only part of the solution. All the computers in the world won’t make a difference without enthusiastic students, skilled and committed teachers, involved and informed parents, and a society that underscores the value of lifelong learning.”

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Thank you

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