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Hotspots: Australia & New Zealand. Susan Mann Education Services Australia David Glover Learning Media. Largest NZ educational publisher $US 24m revenues, 150 staff Strong literacy tradition Exporter to 34 countries Print & digital Government-owned for-profit company.
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Hotspots: Australia & New Zealand Susan Mann Education Services Australia David Glover Learning Media
Largest NZ educational publisher • $US 24m revenues, 150 staff • Strong literacy tradition • Exporter to 34 countries • Print & digital • Government-owned for-profit company
Distributes digital resources to all Australian states and territories • Develops technology systems for the education sector • $US 55m revenues, 150 staff • Maintains education metadata standard • Ministerial-owned non-for-profit company
Trends • Flat budgets • Targeted interventions • First peoples • Pacific migrants • Special needs • National standards • Network for Learning/UFB • Charter schools • Performance pay • Reducing budgets • Targeted interventions • Teaching standards • National Broadband Network • New national curriculum • Increasing school autonomy
Threats • Budget cuts • Piracy/sharing • Marketisation • Budget cuts • Piracy/sharing • Marketisation • Price over quality • OER
Opportunities • National Broadband Network • New national curriculum online • Teacher professional standards • Agreed education metadata • 21st century skills agenda • Content for N4L • Inbuilt assessment tools • Partnerships for Asia • NZ developer services • Innovative pedagogy • Test market for going global
More information • www.learningmedia.co.nz • www.educationcounts.govt.nz • www.stats.govt.nz davidglover@learningmedia.co.nz • www.esa.edu.au • www.esa.edu.au/scootle susan.mann@esa.edu.au