Dr. I-Chang, Tsai

Vice President and Director General

Digital Education Institute

Practice of Computational Thinking Education in Taiwan

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Outlines

1. Introduction of III and DEI (Our goal and mission)

2. The educational challenges that Taiwan has encountered

3. Practice of Computational Thinking Education in Taiwan

4. Taipei Computational Thinking Experimental Education

Institute

5. Belief

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1. Introduction of III and DEI

Institute for Information IndustryFounded in 1979 Goal and Mission

• Digital Transformation Enabler

• Bridging The Digital Divide

Digital Education Institute Founded in 1980

Position

Think tank for the cultivation and development of national digital talents

Ensuring fair and high quality education, and promoting lifelong learning

Achieving comprehensive and productive employment, and let everyone have a good job

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unit:1000 people 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2019

College Graduate Second Specialty (1980~)

Government Employees, Teachers (1984~1996)

Corporate Employees (1992~)

ICT Technologies (1980~)

Professional Certificates/Diplomas (1992~)

e-Business/ IT Enable Services (2001~)

Digital Contents (2003~)

Smart Content

IOT, Cloud Computing

AWARENESS

TRAINING

PROFESSIONAL

TRAINING

PRECISION

LEARNING

DEI : ONE OF TAIWAN‘S LARGEST ICT TRAINING ORGANIZATION

Over 500,000 peopleAi, Big Data

5G, Digital Trans

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Moore's Law by DEI Learning

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* Moore's Law refers to Moore's perception that the number

of transistors on a microchip doubles every two years,

though the cost of computers is halved

Reduce Digi-Talents training time 50% off every ten years

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48 months

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3 months • Time to Value (salary increased by 30%)

• Time to Volume (500K cross-domain talents)

• Time to Market (leading foreign competitors)

2. The Educational Challenges That Taiwan Has Encountered

1979 III Founded 2019 2050

Population 18M 23.5M 20M

Newborn 420,000 180,000 140,000

GDP 2,000 USD 26,000 USD 110,000 USD

University Quota / Applied 10% / 1% 100% / 50% 100% / 100%

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The number of deaths in 2020 is greater than the number of births

600K soldiers

180K soldiers

Defense

Transformation

Industrial Transformation Social

Transformation

Autopilot

Light off factory

Automated Defense System

What Kind of Next Generation Talent Do We Need?

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Empower Each Child :

Nurturing Individual Potentiality

and Facilitating Lifelong Learning

Directions Governing for the 12-Year

Basic Education Curricula, 2019

No one can pick up a stone with a single finger .

To help each child achieve self-fulfillment, we

need to change our curriculum design and

quality instruction, and engage stakeholders in

education practices and collaboration.

1. Ability to design the future

2. Ability to have Int’l connectivity

3. Ability to work across domains

4. Ability to start entrepreneurship

5. Ability to integrate digitally

How to Nurture The Next Generation of Talent We Need ?

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examination

competition

Score

A Wheel-in-Action Diagram of Essential Literacies

Can mathematics test use computer ?

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Equip our student , support them to expore by Technology tools

Way of progression needn’t exam

Learning Portfolio replace Transcript

3. Practice of Computational Thinking Education in Taiwan

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Computational Thinking =

abstraction + problem decomposition + modeling and simulation + algorithmic thinking

Computational Thinking Practice = Computational Thinking +

Computational Tools ( Programming and Tools ) + Scenario (Wheel-in-Action)

Course Design for Computational Thinking

• Programming and computational thinking

• STEM and computational thinking (Maker)

• Integrate Computational Thinking into

other courses (i.e. Chemistry, Math,

Physics, Geography, Biology, etc..)

One – two hours per week

Camp activity (days to Week)

In Class (other subjects)

Experimental institution (Highlight)

CT Implementation Framework in

Taiwan

MOE CT Promotion Project

(operated by Taiwan Normal University )

Courseware Design for IT Professional

Teachers

Seed teacher training

Courseware Design for non-IT

Teachers

Seed teacher training

Integrate domestic and foreign CT

learning resources and learning

activities

APCS

Advanced Placement

Computer Science

Bebras

International Challenge on Informatics

and Computational Thinking

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http://compthinking.csie.ntnu.edu.tw/index.php/intro

4. Taipei Computational Thinking Experimental Education Institute

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Supreme

Master

Diamond

Platinum

Gold

Silver

Bronze

CT

capability

strong

decomposition

pattern recognition

data collection, analysis and representation

abstractionalgorithm design

evaluation

pattern generalization

Experience elements of CT in

scenarios designed to meet UN SDGs

Finish one unit of learning in a year

weak

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Interdisciplinary

integrate subjects and phenomenon by SGDs

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Experience Elements of CT in

Scenarios Designed to Meet UN SDGs

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Computational Thinking (CT)

Academic Subjects Learning

The reason that Kungfu guys can quickly learn martial arts well, is to have strong inner energy.

Humanities

English

Science

Math.

Morning Time

Subjects Based

Afternoon time

Phenomenon Based

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• Game-based Learning

Several players use a board, paper card, dice, miniature model, chip, hourglass, drawing pen or other special situational props to play games in the same space.

• DIY Learning

https://int.samlabs.com/pages/teaching-materials

Unplugged Activity

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Plug-in Activity

• Digital Resource Usage– Cloud Services

– SW Tools

– Open Sources

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• Programming Skill

– Google Blockly / Scratch

– Python

– Java

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• Non-SW Project

✓ Seminar

✓ Tourism Planning

✓ Wedding Reception

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• SW Project

✓ APP

✓ Web-based System

✓ Information System

✓ 。。。

Project and Presentation

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Support All Schools by CoLab

Cloud Programing Learning Platform

Standardization ability index teaching material

teacher assessment

Cloud programing compilation Python, Java, C/C++

Programing skill assessment report

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In remote areas, Schools are facing difficultly to have not enough resources to support CT teaching.

Joint LearningJoint Curriculum Joint ResourceDigital Content &

Learning Mgmt Sys

Students from different areas to engage collaborative learning, through OMO (online, Mobile, offline) system to explore their creativity and innovation.

Teachers in this program have the same curriculum and work together to participate in course design for all students.

Teaching supply hubs linked over 100 educational companies to create an ecosystem, implementing an Uber-inspired teaching aid system to help rural communities.

Reinforce learning effectiveness in a digital way

Smart CT School

Alliance

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Innovation Award by Finland

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Subjects Based learning

Phenomenon Based

Learning

Learning maturity time

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Singularity

5. Belief

CT School

General School

No Matter How Far You Are, You Can Always Have The Best CT Education by DEI

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Cloud Program Learning Platform –

CoLab

Standardization ability index teaching material

teacher assessment

Cloud program compilation Python, Java, C/C++

Program skill assessment report

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Advantages of Using CoLab

• Improve Coding Skills Anytime, Anywhere

• All learning processes can be tracked

◆How many times compile the code? Is it correct? How long does it take?

◆The learning portfolio is easy to be tracked and carried

• Personalized learning arrangements

◆Through the AI algorithm and the student's learning process, arrangeappropriate courses and exercises to polish the students' skills.

◆Early assessment, early intervention, improve learning effectiveness

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How to Help Teachers Flip Medical Education

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