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Bridging the Digital Divide through Su pporting the Development of e-Educat ional Leadership in APEC Countries

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Bridging the Digital Divide through Supporting the Development of e -Educational Leadership in APEC Countries. Introduction. A component of the APEC Cyber Education Cooperation (ACEC) Project funded by the APEC Education Foundation (AEF). - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Introduction

Bridging the Digital Divide through Supporting the Development of e-Educational Leadership i

n APEC Countries

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Introduction

• A component of the APEC Cyber Education Cooperation (ACEC) Project funded by the APEC Education Foundation (AEF).

• Centre for IT in Education (CITE), The University of Hong Kong is a member of the consortium for the ACEC.

• CITE undertakes the project to make available to teachers and administrators in APEC member economies information & services to improve the use of ICT in education.

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CITE’s specific role:

• To promote and support the development of e-Education Leadership in ICT for educational administrators, school principals and teachers in the APEC community.

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International e-Educational Leadership Pilot Workshop, 25-28 March 2002, Bangkok

Workshop Focus• Vision building for ICT in education• Approaches and strategies for ICT

implementation• Developing ICT implementation plans

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International e-Educational Leadership Pilot Workshop, 25-28 March 2002, Bangkok

Workshop Participants40 participants from 11 APEC economies, including

• Government officials, inspectors

• School principals

• Key teachers, ICT coordinators

• Teacher educators

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• Documents on ICT related education policy and implementation strategies in the region

The workshop referred to and drew on:

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…as well as case studies on Innovative Practices:

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in the implementation and integration of ICT use in schools & classrooms.

• Provided to stimulate participants to reflect on & develop ICT integration policies & implementation strategies at national or school levels.

The case studies reveal the importance of ‘partnerships in e-leadership’

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International e-Educational Leadership Regional Workshop, 19-21 February 2003, Cebu,

The Philippines

• The workshop is a small but important component of the ACEC initiative on “Bridging The Digital Divide in the APEC region”

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Workshop Focus• Exploring ICT-supported Classroom Practices i

n Education: Identifying Models and Success Factors for ICT in Education

• Identifying and promoting eLeadership and Innovation through technology

• Establishing international collaboration in eLeadership in APEC region

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Workshop Participants37 participants from 10 APEC economies, including

• Government officials, inspectors

• School principals

• Key teachers

• Technology planners and developers

• Teacher educators and researchers

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Workshop Activities• Mix of delegate, plenary and small group prese

ntations

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Workshop Activities• Interacting online using 10 broadband connec

ted PCs

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Workshop Activities• Access to online workshop resource room

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Online Workshop Resource Room • Allowed all participants to contribute their ide

as and input during and after the workshop was completed– participant/group input their work into relev

ant online folders and present their implementation plan(s) to all delegates

– participants and their colleagues able to continue cross-national discussions and communications following the workshop

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Database of Case studies on Innovative Practices in ICT

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Database of Case Studies on Innovative Practices in ICT

• 25 out of 174 case studies arising from The Second International Information Technology in Education Study (SITES), an international comparative research study on IT in education

• A collection of innovative practices in the use of ICT identified by 28 countries involved in the SITES study

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Workshop Activities• Everyone participated and contributed• Learning from each other, learning by doing, learning

through problem solving• Learning through collaboration• Learning through technology application• Productive outcomes from the workshop – for individ

uals, groups and APEC region as a whole

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Proposed future collaborative activities

Delegates developed a number of proposals for future collaborative ventures in the APEC community. Fundsare sort to support these projects, including:

1. To evaluate e-learning platforms with guidelines and recommendations for the design and development of pedagogically sound and culturally appropriate e-learning platforms for the APEC region

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Proposed future collaborative activities2. To build on and develop further case studies on inn

ovation and change through the use of ICT in the APEC region;

3. To establish a program to support schools and communities in evaluating ICT integration into learning and teaching; and

4. Collaborative research on the integration of ICT in teacher education and on ICT competencies

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Workshop Feedback• Online case studies and workshop activities s

timulated participants:– to review their own ICT development planning i

n their economies;– to reflect on key issues regarding eLeadership;– to realise the importance of cross level plannin

g (national/regional, school and individual); and– to request further collaborative activities on eL

eadership in the APEC region

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ACEC Project Website:

http://acec.cite.hku.hk//