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Explore the challenges, benefits, and future of integrating ICT in education policy and leadership with Gerry White, Chief Executive of Australia's national ICT agency. Learn about the real cost benefits, innovations like EdNA and TLF, and policy drivers for eLearning. Discover the potential for borderless global access, unlimited information, and a connected world with ICT services. Join the movement towards personalized, wireless, and mobile learning experiences. Stay ahead in the evolving landscape of education technology!
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Innovatingwith Technology Gerry White Chief Executive The challenge to education policy, leadership, and management GERRY WHITE 6 September 2006
Why use ICTs Real cost benefits: 1% increase in skilled workers = 0.65% increase in gross domestic product benefit to cost value of at least $10 for every dollar invested
Other benefits • Improved learning outcomes • More engaged learners • More effective teaching without increasing workload • Collaboration and cooperation between schools and between governments
Australia Population 20 million: • 3.343 million students • 311,000 teachers • 60,187 trainee teachers • 9,615 schools • 67.6% State Government • 19.9% Catholic • 12.5% Independent
Challenges for management • accessibility • flexibility • shared vision • collaboration
Challenges for leadership • champions • partnerships • best practice • openess and sharing
Five modes of eLearning • classroom • independent • networked • organisational and community • managed
Innovations with ICTs • EdNA Education Network Australia – providing many free web services for schools since 1997 • TLF - national collaboration to develop learning objects @ 5c per learning object per student • HotMaths – new concept providing free basic arithmetic practice plus subscription services • myfuture – a free career exploration service
eLearning policy drivers • Establish and extend online knowledge networks • Re-conceive the role of teachers and teaching • Leverage resources to enhance online knowledge networks • Demystify online education
Other policy drivers • Maintain pressure on issues of technology access • Develop ICT skills for education and training personnel across geographical and organisational boundaries • Establish a seamless global learning/research framework • Create greater public awareness of the benefits of online knowledge networks
Future of ICT services • borderless global access • unlimited information • connected world • web based • accessible anywhere • wireless • mobile • open • personalised
Thank you Gerry White Chief Executive Australia’s national ICT agency in education and training www.educationau.edu.au