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The potential impact of advanced video technology on education & education policy trends in this area in Thailand
Assoc. Prof. Soranit Siltharm, M.D.
Deputy Secretary-‐General for Higher Education Commission, Thailand
Coverage
ØDigital Economy PolicyØICT for Thailand’s education policyØOHEC’s policy relating to ICT in education ØApplication of IT to enhance access and quality of Thai educationØAdvanced video technology (4K/8K) and its potential impact on education
ØEducational policy trends regarding advanced video technology technology (4K/8K) in Thailand
Digital Economy Policy
Digital Economy
Soft Infrastructure-‐ Privacy-‐ Cyber Security-‐ Law & Regulations-‐ Standard
Digital Society-‐ Digital Citizens and Literacy-‐ Quality of Life -‐ Education
Hard Infrastructure-‐ Broadband-‐ Broadcast-‐ Data Center-‐ International Gateway
Service Infrastructure-‐ Digital Government-‐ Paperless Process-‐ Open Data
ICT for Education Master Plan (2011-‐2013)
ICT for Thailand’s Education Policy 2005 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Ministry of ICT
Ministry of Edu
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National Broadband Policy (2011-‐2020)
2nd Thailand ICT Master Plan (2009-‐2013)
3rd Thailand ICT Master Plan(2014-‐2018)
IT 2010 Policy (2001-‐2010) ICT 2020 Policy (2011-‐2020)
ICT for Education Master Plan 2008-‐2010
OHEC
The 2nd 15 year-‐long range plan on HE(2008-‐2022)
ICT for Education Master plan 2013-‐2025
Use ICT for e-‐Commerce, e-‐Industry, e-‐Education, e-‐Society and e-‐Government
A.D.
New distance education law (2005)
Digital Economy Plan (2014-‐present)
Updated DE regulation (2014)
-‐ Seamless connection from basic education, vocational education, and higher education-‐ Emphasize on developing infrastructure for lifelong learning to create knowledge-‐based society
The 3rd 15-‐year long range plan on HE (2017-‐2031)
OHEC’s Policy relating to ICT in Education
According to the 2nd 15-‐Year Long Range Plan on Higher Education (2008-‐2022), OHEC has formulated strategies on developing education by focusing on using ICT to:v Reduce the gap between basic education, vocational education and
higher educationv Develop educational infrastructure to prepare
for lifelong learning society
Application of IT to enhance access and quality of Thai education
Source: https://sites.google.com/site/comchula& www.techxcite.com
Promotion of ICT in education
Ø UniNet stands for Inter-‐University Network
Ø Develop ICT infrastructure for education
Ø Administer and support asystem that inter-‐connects public universities
Ø Initiate, promote and support online distance education in higher education
Ø Create local and international university network on e-‐learning, R&D, learning resources sharing
OHEC
UniNetwas launched by OHEC in 1995 to serve as academic and research integrated network providing ICT infrastructure accessible by all HEIs across the country.UniNet currently connects most of HEIs as well as over 10,000 schools and all vocational institutions in Thailand.
UniNet Framework: Self Learning Center and Sharing Education Resource
Need for High-‐Speed National R&E Network
Type Number of Institutes
University and College
> 350
Research Center/ institute
> 15
School > 30,000
• Optical Network Backbone with DWDM @
N x 10Gbps
• Fiber to the University @ NxGbps
• Fiber to the school @ 10 – 100 Mbps
• Public libraries @ 10 – 100 Mbps
New backbone network
v Fiber optic network nationwide (> 66,000 Km)
v Multiple wavelength channels (10 Gbps each)
v Network bandwidth capacity (50 Gbps)
v 122 distribution nodes in the backbone network
Current R&E Backbone Network
Members of Thai R&E NetworkMembers Number of Members
Universities/institutes 223
Vocational Education 426
Educational Service Area 227
Basic Education (schools) 9,719
Municipality Public Libraries 151
Researchand other education 51
Total 10,797
Network Utilization in 2015
Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb March April May June July August SepIIG (International Internet Gateway) 36 43 44 46 42 39 40 46 48 55 65 76NIX (National Internet Exchange) 7 12 14 13 10 9 8 11 11 12 14 16Research and Education Network 18 31 32 29 33 23 9 30 34 41 48 51
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IIG (International Internet Gateway) NIX (National Internet Exchange) Research and Education Network
(Gbps)
48 universities using eduroam
@Thailand
eduroam (education roaming) is an international roaming service for users in research & higher education.
Tele-‐ConsultationInterhospital Pediatric Oncology Conference in collaboration with-‐ Phramongkuthlao Hospital-‐ Chiang Mai University-‐ Khon Kaen University-‐ Ubon Ratchathani University
Tele-‐EducationStudents can attend virtual classes that look as if they are attending the same classroom.
NREN NREN
International Backbone Network
Real-time communication
• Contents server• Access control system• Contents searching system
Real-time inter-university communication
On-demand access On-demand access
e-Thesis e-Journal e-Learning
e-Book Union Catalog Search Engine
Video on Demand Teacher TV
Research Paper
E-‐Learning resources and services
Video Streaming Content
Thai Library Integrated System (ThaiLIS)
Fosters collaboration among university libraries in Thailand and provides support & services on academic contents
Integrated System:TTTTT
Union Catalog
v Bibliographic data of university libraries in Thailand 3.4 M Bibliographic records located at 24 university libraries
v Operated the MARC Standardization v Distributes Web-‐based Union Catalog and
service for Inter Library Loan (ILL)
q Full-‐text collection of more than 400,000 full-‐text files located by 167 university libraries in Thailand
q Operates the Metadata Duplin Core Standardizationq Distributes Web-‐based Thai Digital Collection and
allows network users to access full-‐text immediately
Thesis Collection: Full-‐text Service
Reference Database Project
• Supporting international research
database
• Subscription to 78 member universities
Thailand Cyber University (TCU) Project Ø Thailand Cyber University (TCU) Project has supported distance learning via the internet since
2005.
Ø TCU serves as center assisting Thai HEIS to use ICT to enhance education quality, and provide e-‐learning to people so as to increase educational opportunities and support lifelong learning.
Ø TCU has been actively promoting sharable Open Educational Resources (OER) to Thai HEIs. Resources provided include courseware, learning media, e-‐books, e-‐journals, and digital contents via www.thaicyberu.go.th
Ø TCU offers over 700 freely available courses on the website
Ø TCU also offers numerous certificate programs whereby over 10,000 persons have participated.
TCU strategiesTo enhance the quality of higher education through e-‐learning by:
Ø Empower 9 regional universities to be regional e-‐learning hub
Ø Promote share open coursewares and learning resources among universities
Ø Human resources development through e-‐training, organization ofnational and international conferences
Ø Research for e-‐learning quality standard / best practice / guideline
Open courseware
Learning resources repository
e-‐learning conference
Open sourceinitiative
e-‐learning quality assurance system
Onlinelearning
communities
Best practicesdatabase
Infrastructuresingleaccount
ICT professional development
Research and development
Thailand Massive Open Online Course(Thai-‐MOOC)Objectives v To design and develop MOOC platform with standard guideline for supporting Thai HEIs to provide MOOCs
v To support HEIs in developing content and MOOCs
v To provide an opportunity for university students to take courses from other HEIs both for credits and not for credits
v To implement “the credit bank system” for transfer of credits from host institutions to home institutions
vTo conduct research on MOOC: system, pedagogy, media, and courseware guidelines for providing MOOC in Thai context
Priority MOOC CoursesØGeneral education courses (for 1st first & 2nd year students, common for all HEIs)
Ø Computer and technology coursesØ Languages and culture (especially Asian countries)Ø Life and health sciences coursesØ Business administration courses
e-Library Open
Educational Resources
Open Courseware
Self-paced learning
Group learning Massive
Thai Massive Open Online Course:Thai MOOC
Thai-‐MOOCØ Thai government has provided full support to establish Thai-‐MOOC.
Ø TCU is the responsible body for Thai-‐MOOC operation.Ø TCU has conducted a MOOC-‐like course since 2006, before the term MOOC is widely used through e-‐Learning Professional Certificate Program (ePRO).
Advanced video technology (4K/8K) and its potential impact on educationØ Advanced video technology (4K/8K) -‐ Feature• 4K = Ultra High Definition (UHD)• 3,840 x 2,160 pixel is the standard resolution.• Requires faster-‐than-‐usual Internet and network connections• Requires new standards of connections• 4K is especially effective on very large screens
Source: www.whathifi.com & http://asia.pcmag.com/hdtvs-‐home-‐theater-‐reviews-‐ratings-‐comparisons/4210/news/what-‐is-‐4k-‐ultra-‐hd
Advanced video technology (4K/8K) and its potential impact on education
Ø Enhance the quality of teaching & learning in the fields of health sciences
Ø Enhance the efficiency of tele-‐medicine, tele-‐conference, tele-‐meeting
Source: www.whathifi.com & http://asia.pcmag.com/hdtvs-‐home-‐theater-‐reviews-‐ratings-‐comparisons/4210/news/what-‐is-‐4k-‐ultra-‐hd
Educational policy trends regarding advanced video technology (4K/8K) in Thailand
Ø OHEC does not have policy to utilize advanced video technology (4K/8K) in Thai HE in the near future.
Ø Thailand is ready to utilize advanced video technology technology (4K/8K) in terms of IT infrastructure with the operation of UniNet.
Ø However, the contents produced in Thailand are not compatible with such advanced video technology.