Results and experiences of the Taiwan National program in e-learning Gwo-Dong Chen

1. Results and experiences of the Taiwan National program in e-learning Gwo-Dong Chen Director of National E-learning Program Office chen@csie.ncu.edu.tw

2. Introduction of the Taiwan e-Learning Program in Governmental Organization and its operation Office of the president Executive Yuan Policies/Budget National Science Council (NSC) Taiwan National Program in e-learning & Program Office $ Fund for the Development of Science and Technology & Technology Budget • Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) • Industrial Development Bureau • Industrial Technology Department Ministry of Education (MOE) Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) Council for Hakka Affairs (CHA) Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP) Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission Bureau of Health ) (BOH Council for Culture Affairs (CCA) National Palace Museum (NPM)

3. mindset • Three tracks of learning and training • Formal education K-12,University MOE • Workforce [after formal education] CLA • Cooperate training [IDB MOEA] • Citizen (everyone) • Health, culture, minority tribe language • E-learning service and courseware providers • E-learning industries • Universities • Assure quality and sharing

4. strategies • Demand side driven • Create demand of government and industries • Improve e-learning technology capabilities • Assure quality and sharing [reuse] • Platform, service, content • Committee organization of e-learning program office • University professors, government officials, • Experts of government supported institute • E-learning industries

5. slogan • Meet the happiness of learning

6. Goals and Budgets of the program • A five-year national program from 2003 to 2007 • Another five years from 2008-2012 • Research and Development • Industry and Application • E-Learning for Everyone Budgets

7. Organization & Program Office • Convener: Prof. Chao-Han Liu • Vice President, Academia Sinica • Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois • Academician (Fellow), Academia Sinica • Fellow, IEEE • Co-Convener: Prof. Shing-Tsaan Huang • Fellow, IEEE • K.T. Lee Chair Professor, National Central University • Chief executive officer & Office director: Prof. Gwo-Dong Chen • Director, Research Center for Science and Technology for Learning,National Central University • Professor, CSIE, National Central University

8. Brief of the results

9. Department of Healthproject name: e medical school • Vision/Objectives • Educate the public knowledge of disease prevention and health care • Help chronic patients and their family self-care • Enrich professional information and knowledge for doctors/nurses • Narrow the digital divide of those knowledge • Policies/Strategies • Build e-learning platform and online courses for public, patients, family, professional (doctors, nurses) • Certification as promotion in Public servant system • Learning passport for public • Cooperate with working place, school, and hospital clinical diagnosis • Results • 10 major categories of chronic diseases, 96 types, 201 hours courses • Websites • http://fms.doh.gov.tw/

10. New Digital Learning Environment Technology Research Five Years ProjectbyMinistry of Economic Affairs/ Industrial Technology Department • Vision • Create a New Digital Learning Environment afford for learning anytime anywhere • Strategies • Develop advanced e-Learning technology to expand the economic scale of e-learning industry • Results • SCORM 1.2/2004 Learning Suit (Authoring Tool、LMS、LCMS) • Patents applied：72 cases • Technology transfer income：NT$ 49,812,000 National Learning Content Sharing Portal Chart • Effects • Establish Taiwan first K9 e-learning industry supply chain to prosper of the e-learning industry • Commerce investment attracting： NT$ 260,000,000 • Estimation of industrial value-added in 2010 ： NT$ 900,000,000 • Establish national learning content sharing portal to benefit 2.93 million teachers and students Website: http://el.ideas.iii.org.tw/Index_Eng.html Contact Email: cujing@iii.org.tw

11. Council of Labor AffairsProject Name: e-learning for labors • Vision/Objectives • On-the-job labors or people waiting for work can have various learning channels • Policies/Strategies • Provide labors with e-learning courses of rights and interests, combining with job training courses, safety and sanitation knowledge, tests for skill certification • Results/Effects • Provide labors high quality e-learning environment • Websites/Contact email address • Learning Portalhttp://www.cla.gov.tw • E-learning for labors httpt://cla.hilearning.hinet.net • Safety and Sanitation http://www.iosh.gov.tw/laboredue.htm • Job training http://el.evta.gov.tw • Instant Skill Certification http://etest.org.tw/evta/pm • E-Learning coupons http://www.et.nat.gov.tw

12. Council of Labor AffairsProject Name: Narrow Digital Divide • Vision/Objectives • Narrow the Digital Divide for elementary, unemployed, or disable labors • Policies/Strategies • Use e-learning and special learning devices to help those people • Results/Effects • Enhance the computer abilities for labors and the handicapped • Websites/Contact email address • Solution for Investment of industrial talents http://training.evta.gov.tw/ • E-learning for the handicappedhttp://openstudy.evta.gov.tw

13. Industry Development • Strategies • Demand Side Driven • Industry-Government-Academia Cooperation • Standards • Quality Certifications • Best Practices • Network Science Park • Learning Portal • Knowledge Forum

14. Industrial Results • Average CAGR is 67% in Taiwan, above the IDC prediction of global CAGR (26.6%) • Data Source: IDC worldwide Corporate eLearning, P.7(2004, December)

15. In Standard • Build an integrated e-learning resource repository • Cooperate with ADL, form Taiwan Partnership Co-Lab • An International standard organization, IMS, invited us join the definition of Chinese e-learning standard • SCORM is a common consensus of standard in Taiwan

16. In Quality Assurance Domestic experts help define, review and enhance e-learning qualities • Define three level qualities, labeled ‘A’ ‘AA’ ‘AAA’ • Submit & report our quality standard in ISO C36 • Products got certificated, got popular in Domestic and International Market [promoting international acceptance of our certificates • A certification center under program office to certificate e-learning service and courseware

17. Academia Development in Taiwan • 80s: Computer-supported education initiated by National Science Council (NSC) & Ministry of Education • 90s: NSC established research groups about information education & encouraged publication in well-known international journals. • 2000s: Conduct large-scale e-learning relevant research activities

18. Executive Strategies • Enlarge research topics • Enlarge research teams • Enhance collaboration with international top research teams • Enhance academia-industry collaboration and technology transfer

19. Academia Status in Taiwan • Six SSCI e-learning Journals • Computers & Education • Journal of Computer Assisted Learning • Educational Technology & Society • ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development • Innovations in Education and Teaching International • British Journal of Educational Technology

20. 2001.1-2006.12Papers by country Data Source: ISI web of science

21. 2001.1-2006.12 Paper Citations Data Source: ISI web of science

22. Pioneer Research in Taiwan • Learning companion (Tak-Wai Chan) • Web-based portfolio studies (Gwo-Dong Chen) • Internet literacy and ethics studies (Chien Chou) • Networked concept mapping (Kuo-En Chang) • Epistemology in networked learning (Chin-Chung Tsai)

23. Pioneer Research in Taiwan (Cont.) • Mobile & informal learning (Jin-Ping Sheu, Yao-Ting Sung) • Technology enhanced classroom learning (Cheng-Chung Liu & Tak-Wai Chan) • Large online learning communities (Shelley Young) • Authoring tools for teachers (Yao-Ting Sung) • Learning by posing questions (Fu-Yun Yu) • Digital language learning and distributed cognition (David Wible & Chin-Hwa Kuo)

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