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The “WorLD” ProgramThe “WorLD” Program

To establish a global learning network linking thousands of students and educators around the world

To establish a global learning network linking thousands of students and educators around the world

The Mission

To improve & expand educational opportunities and horizonsTo prepare youth to develop skills to effectively enter a

global economy based on knowledge and information To build bridges among the leaders of tomorrow

To improve & expand educational opportunities and horizonsTo prepare youth to develop skills to effectively enter a

global economy based on knowledge and information To build bridges among the leaders of tomorrow

The “WorLD” The “WorLD” ProgramProgram

By end of year 2001:By end of year 2001:

Link secondary schools Link secondary schools in 40 developing in 40 developing countriescountries

Via Internet and E-mail Via Internet and E-mail To partner schools To partner schools

around the worldaround the world For Collaborative For Collaborative

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The WorLD Program is “Knowledge for Development”

Provides educators, youth and their communities access to information, experts and knowledge around the world

Bridges the Knowledge Gap: developing country students and teachers are on a level playing field with their peers in industrialized countries

The WorLD Program is “Knowledge for Development”

Promotes preservation and dissemination of existing knowledge, and production of new knowledge, in developing countries

Promotes two-way, North-South learning and sharing of knowledge

What does WorLD What does WorLD provide?provide?

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>ConnectiviConnectivityty

>>>>>Training and ContentTraining and Content

>>>>>>PartnershipsPartnerships

>>Telecommunications Policy AdviceTelecommunications Policy Advice

>>>Monitoring and EvaluationMonitoring and Evaluation

Who are we Reaching?

PartnerCountry:USA

WorLD Country: Uganda

WorLD School Partnerships- early 1997

Projects

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PartnerCountries

ArgentinaAustraliaBelgiumCanadaFranceGermanyIsraelItalyJapanLithuaniaMexicoMacedoniaNetherlandsRomaniaRussiaSpainSwedenThailandUSA

WorLD CountriesGhana (14) Uganda (10) South Africa (32) *Turkey (10) * Zim(0) Senegal (12+15) Mauritania (6) *Lebanon (15)Brazil (10+26) Chile (15) Mozambique (10) Paraguay (12+15) Peru (10+10)

WorLD School Partnerships - 01/99

Who are we reaching?

Africa: Ghana, Mauritania, Mozambique,Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Latin America: Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Peru

Mediterranean: Turkey, Lebanon

Collaborating with over 1000schools in 22 countriesaround the world

Demand: Over 20 countries

ASIA: China, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Pacific IslandsAFRICA: Burkina, Mali, Gambia,

Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Botswana

LAC: Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Jamaica, OECS, Costa RicaE.EUROPE: Kazakhstan, Czech

Who are we reaching

In-country? Ministries of Education Schools --> Pilot Approach

» Average of 10-30 schools/country » Of which 65% are outside capital cities

Teachers ---> Targeting Champions Students ----> Over 5,000 participating Communities ---> tele-centers, PTAs National Capacity Building ---> WorLD

Coordinators and Committees in each country

A Focus on Teaching and Learning:

WorLD Training: Objectives» Effective use of ICT in the classroom as a learning

tool» Promote Collaborative Project-based Learning» Cross-cultural awareness--> a long-term relationship to build local capacity

Types of Training» Intensive (1-2 weeks, in-country, using International

Experts)– at least 2 times/year (to date, over 500,000 hours)

» Ongoing (Bimonthly from National Experts/Coordinators)

» Teacher-to-Teacher (Formal and non-formal)» Regional and International Workshops

What can teachers/students What can teachers/students do?do?

Access a global body of educational resources and knowledge» International Libraries, Museums, Educational

Activities, Lesson Plans Design and participate in global collaborative

projects, selected from from a wide range of academic disciplines linked to curriculum» Social Studies/Biology/Chemistry/Physics/Math» Language skills/Music/Art

Contribute own content, perspectives, and heritage, to the body of world knowledge

Website Demonstration

Collaborative Projects

Characteristics: Linked to curriculum, often

interdisciplinary Link learning with real life

issues and community (poverty, health, culture, environment,etc)

Student-Centered and Hands-on Cross-national and (often) Cross-

linguistic Students/Teachers become collaborators & content/knowledge providers

Collaborative Projects

Examples: Environmental Awareness Women and Tradition International Cooperative Atlas The Refugee Project Global Arts Project Outreach to Our Communities The Genocide Project: Dealing with the

aftermath The Impact of Industrialization on Development Science Review Learning Through Literature

Teaming up for a better WorLD(over 40 partners)

Leading Content Providers/Networks» Global SchoolNet Foundation; Canada SchoolNet

(Industry Canada); Int’l Education & Resource Network (I*EARN), European SchoolNet

International and Local Private Sector» Sun Microsystems, 3COM, URLabs, CNN, etc.

Multilateral Agencies and Foundations» UNESCO, UNICEF, ADB, Rockefeller, US NSF

Governments» France, Japan, Italy, Finland, Canada, Switzerland,

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Key NGOs: » World Wildlife Fund, Sister Cities International

Monitoring and Evaluation

Objectives:

To assess the impact of the WorLD program within and across countries

To build local capacity to evaluate educational technology initiatives

To contribute to the global knowledge base in the field of educational technology

Monitoring and Evaluation Will assess:

» students’ information reasoning skills » students’ technology skills» students’ cultural awareness» teachers’ pedagogical skills and strategies

State-of-the-Art Instruments designed:» teacher, student & administrator surveys (pre &

post)» student assessment instrument (cutting-edge)» case studies » control groups for surveys

Underway in 6 countries:SRI Int’l/EDIES» Uganda, South Africa, Senegal, Chile, Paraguay,

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WorLD Financing(Estimated US$ million)

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FY99 FY99 FY99EDI: training, mngt.M&EEDI Bank Budget 1.0 0.9 0.1EDI Cofinancing 1.2 0.3 0.9

Connectivity/LabsWB Ed. Projects 2.0 2.0 (est.) -Other: (in-kind and fin.)

Public 1.4 0.5 0.9Private 4.0 1.8 (est.) 2.2

TOTAL: 9.6 5.5 4.1

Strategy for the Future:Balancing Tradeoffs

Support & Strengthen existing WorLD schools» Sustainability & Capacity-building

Effectively meet strong demand for expansion (over 20 countries)

Aggressively pursue co-financing» Private Sector, WB loans, Official Co-financing

Learn from experience and M&E Implement Exit Strategy:3

years/country

South Africa WorLD

Overview Highlights and Challenges Next Steps WorLD and the Country Team

Overview

Institutional --Dept. of Ed., Schoolnet SA, WorLD Coordinator, Nat. & Prov. Steering Committee

Partners -- IDRC, Dutch, Telkom, Sun, Microsoft, NetDay SA, 3 Com, Nat. Geographic, Others???

Schools -- 29 in 4 provinces. Training Centers -- 4 in 4 provinces. Teachers -- 101 teachers trained trained -- 1

International training and 3 provincial trainings. Collaborative Project work. Bridging understanding

-- see handout Budget -- 3 year horizon.

Next steps

M&E component to be implemented. Second Generation training -- Feb,

March, April, May. Intensive collaborative project work. Focus on Generating SA Private Sector

support Develop community learning center

concept

WorLD and the Country Team

CAS and Integration with Education Team

Other Partners Community Learning Centers Content Development Costs -- Impact

CAS and Integration with Education Team

How to be a part of future CAS discussions?

How we can provide input to these discussions?

How we can be of assistance to the CT during this process?

Other Partners

Who in education sector should be involved?

What NGOs and Donors should be involved?

Community Learning Centers

Schools as ideal site for information access, computer training, community outreach.

How can health, agriculture, and other sectors participate?

How to involve private sector in management of center?

Content Development.

Cultural content, Health information, Agricultural information, etc.

Getting students involved with sectors to work on real world problems and create content/information.

Costs and Impact.

Private Sector. Ideas for getting private sector more involved in the program.

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Thank You!!

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