Kingdom of Bahrain

Ministry of Education

Open

Educational

Resources

Introduction

Ministry of Education in Bahrain provides:

free education

for all: Bahraini and non-Bahraini students

in public schools.

with compulsory Basic Education.

ICT Infrastructure and Facilities

In 1985: ICT has been taught as a subject.

In 1997/1998: ICT (Internet) was used on a

wide scale in the education sector and as a

means for teaching study subjects.

In 2001, the ministry set a clear vision and a

strategic plan in implementing ICT across all

educational levels by accomplishing a new e-

learning environment.

ICT Infrastructure and Facilities

In 2002, UNESCO and the MOE

established partnership and held an

international conference to establish a

national policy in Science, Technology and

Innovation (STI) including ICT in education

as an important aspect in that conference.

King Hamad’s schools

of the Future Project

Launch of the project

• His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa Al

Khalifa launched the project in Al Hidaya

Secondary Boys School on 18/1/2005

•

Project’s Mission

• The Ministry of Education in the Kingdom of

Bahrain looks forward to utilizing Information

and Communication Technology (ICT) in

learning and teaching processes on sound

educational bases in the direction to support

the new generation with the necessary

competencies, behaviors and skills as one of

the means to transform the Kingdom of

Bahrain society into a Knowledge-based

Economy

Khsfp Master Plans

(Master plan 2)

2011-2016

(Master plan 1)

2005-2010

Master plans

• King Hamad’s Schools of Future

• Project Master plans:

• 1st IT Master plan: Horizontal expansion

• 2nd IT Master plan: Vertical expansion

Master plan 1

- Master plan 1 focuses on

change management and (school level)

Training

Infrastructure

Support

Master plan 1 • Training

• Teachers to acquire basic proficiency in

IT integration

• All teaching staff and other stakeholders

are trained in the IT core skills (ICDL)

and how to use new equipments (e.g. e-

boards)

• On-going training on Learning

Management system utilization

• Train the trainers

Master plan 1

• Physical & Technological Infrastructure

• Centralized Data Center

• Centralized Educational Learning

Management System in the MOE

• Necessary physical and ICT infrastructure

for ICT-based teaching and learning

Schools are completely networked with fiber-optics

Networking

• All schools of the future facilities were provided with

internet network in order to assist teachers to plan and

prepare academic materials and e-lessons and to

provide learners with searching resources.

Networking

Master plan 1

Learning Resources

• Acquire & stimulate development of wide

range of educational software to meet

curriculum needs

• Facilitate use of relevant Internet resources for

teaching & learning

• E-Content: eBooks and enrichments

Support

– eLearning Team in each school

– Training and employing support staff in the

schools:

Educational Technology Specialists

Information System officers

Computer Laboratory Technicians

Master plan 1

Master plan 1 Outcomes

Schools:

•Basic ICT infrastructure

•Administrative and management excellence in the

education system

• Encouragement of innovative processes in

education

Teachers :

•Basic level of ICT integration competency

•Acceptance and willingness to use ICT in

education

•Encouragement of exchange of knowledge and

sharing of their production with others

Master plan 1 Outcomes – Society:

•Cultural awareness from society and

organizations regarding the project’s

importance

•Transform the project into a national

project

•Developing human resources and

Ministry’s staff for effective handling with

the new learning environment

Master plan 2

• The second Master plan focuses on engaged

learning (Student and classroom level) -Vertical

expansion:

• Content Production

• eLearning Portal

• ICT mentorship program

• Safe Use of Technology

eLearning Master Plan 2

Evaluation

ICT Mentorship

Educational Portal

eContent Production & Publishing

Infrastructure

Content Production

• Strategy for content

From where and how: Mix and match content from

multiple sources and within multiple systems

• Own production

• Buying ready made

• Buying tailored

• From teachers

• From students

– Ownership of content

– Encouragement of Open Educational Resources

(OER Policy)

Electronic boards provides interactivity, thrill, and fun

for students and they are authoring tools for teachers.

Electronic Boards

Laptops became the main device that assist teachers

in the educational process. All schools were provided

with laptops.

Laptops

Document camera is an advanced device which is

used for recording and presenting educational

lessons. It has high quality features in zooming and

in photo and video recording. It is a tool for content

production.

Document Camera

Virtual labs ( math and science simulation systems)

Virtual lab is a software which helps learners stimulate

science experiments and assist in preparing

mathematical formulas : I t is an authoring tool.

King Hamad’s

School’s of Future Project

UNESCO-King Hamad Bin Isa Al-

Khalifa

Prize for the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in

Education

RCICT

Regional Centre for Information

and Communication Technologies

ICT Projects

Achievements:

King Hamad’s Digital Library

What is next?

One decade after the initiative of King

Hamad’s Schools of the Future.

Looking towards 2030: To equitable and inclusive quality

education and lifelong

learning for all.

Digital Empowerment in Education

Digital

Empowerment in

Learning

(1:1 learning)

Why?

• Harnessing ICTs to Provide Innovative &

Sustainable Solutions for Smart Sustainable

Development Model.

– ICT as a Driver of Innovative &

Comprehensive Educational Reforms.

• Readiness:

– A decade in a national project in ICT in

Education

– E-Government Services

Why?

– Empower students to be:

• productive & life long learner

• prepared for the Digital Life in Smart

Society(E-Inclusion 4 All Citizens).

• citizens with better opportunities to

live with quality and happiness.

Other initiatives:

Open Educational

Resources

To continue to add value and be

sustainable, Ministry of

Education supported many

other initiatives like OER.

Open Educational Resources

Establish a Team

Create OER System

Create a plan

Implement the Plan

Monitoring & Evaluation

Bahrain OER Initiative

Establish a Team

Create OER System

Create a plan

Implement the Plan

Monitoring & Evaluation

Bahrain OER Initiative

Establish OER Team

OER TEAM

Establish a Team

Create OER System

Create a plan

Implement the Plan

Assessment & Evaluation

Bahrain OER Initiative

Access to a venue for sharing open educational resources

Sources and Methods for collecting and creating OER

Infrastructure: Technology tools

Quality of resources (standards, responsible teams)

OER System: Sustainability

Establish a Team

Create OER System

Create a plan

Implement the Plan

Assessment & Evaluation

Bahrain OER Initiative

Raising Awareness

Developing Capacity

Technology Infrastructure

Develop & Publish the Policy

Implementation

Monitoring & Evaluation

OER Plan

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Raising Awareness: Communicating with and

training educators

Workshop for the stakeholders in MOE to inform

them about OER (Schools)

School Publications regarding OER

OER School Activities

Social Media

Raising Awareness

Developing Capacity

Technology Infrastructure

Develop & Publish the Policy

Implementation

Monitoring & Evaluation

OER Plan

Training Needs’ Assessment

Training educators

Training the trainers

Developing Capacity

Training Needs’ Assessment

Training educators

Training the trainers

Developing Capacity

Training Needs’ Assessment

Training educators

Training the trainers

Developing Capacity

Workshop for the stakeholders in Ministry of

Education to inform them about OER

(Curricula & Supervision)

Education Sector workshop December 24th, 2014

Training Needs’ Assessment

Training educators

Training the trainers

Developing Capacity

Train the Trainers

Workshop for all Educational Technology Specialists

(train the trainer) about Open License CC

April & May 2014

Raising Awareness

Developing Capacity

Technology Infrastructure

Develop &Publish the Policy

Implementation

Monitoring & Evaluation

OER Plan

• To develop an environment for open access,

KHSFP tested Moodle, a popular content

management system which is used as

Educators’ Forum (learning Communities).

• It is used for collaboration, communication,

training and publishing.

Content Management System

• Moodle was customised by the technical

team in KHSFP to create an OpenContent

directory.

• Teachers were encouraged to add their

lessons in the directory.

Content Management System

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eLessons on Website

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Fifth

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Vocational

Secondary

Intermediate

Primary

Raising Awareness

Developing Capacity

Technology Infrastructure

Develop & Publish the Policy

Implementation

Monitoring & Evaluation

OER Plan

Position of OER Policy

National Education Strategy

ICT in Education Strategy

Content Strategy

OER Policy

Workshop with UNESCO on OER Policy- September 2014

OER Policy Workshop– 22-24 September 2014

Introducing OER Policy to stakeholders-

December 2014

Raising Awareness

Developing Capacity

Technology Infrastructure

Develop & Publish the Policy

Implementation Monitoring & Evaluation

OER Plan

Open Licensing:

release of copyright through Creative Commons

Gathering Materials

Making Materials Available: Access to content

OER Implementation

OER

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