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E-initiatives in Estonia

E-initiatives in Estonia. Mart Laanpere Tallinn University Centre for Educational Technology. Roadmap. Tiger Leap: computers to schools Village Road: Open Internet Acces points, Internet to village libraries E-government, e-participation ID card and E-elections

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E-initiatives in Estonia

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  1. E-initiatives in Estonia Mart Laanpere Tallinn University Centre for Educational Technology

  2. Roadmap • Tiger Leap: computers to schools • Village Road: Open Internet Acces points, Internet to village libraries • E-government, e-participation • ID card and E-elections • E-university, e-vocational school

  3. Tiger Leap: 1997-2000 • Goals: ICT infrastucture, teacher training, curriculum development, technological support, educational software • Investments: 10 MUSD from state budget, 2 MUSD Phare ISE programme, 5 MUSD local municipalities, etc. (only 0,12 MUSD from local business & industry) • Results: computers and Internet in all schools, 65% of all teachers trained, 61 educ. software packages purchased and 39 produced, teachers portal, etc.

  4. Tiger Leap: 2001, 2006 • Follow-up strategy Tiger Leap Plus: • ICT competencies for all, virtual learning environments, sustainable development, co-operation • Current strategy Learning Tiger: • E-learning services, systems and tools, digital content (learning object repositories), research, curriculum integration,

  5. Village Road Programme • Open Internet Acces Points (financed by Open Estonia Foundation - Soros) • Peatee 1998: backbone for public net • Külatee 1999-2001: state programme to connect all municipalities • Külatee 2: connecting all libraries • Külatee 3: wireless coverage

  6. E-government • National IT policy 1998 • X-road 2001: data exchange layer between registries and databases • Service portals: riik.ee, eesti.ee, id.ee • TOM (www.eesti.ee/tom) • E-Governace Academy (eGA.ee) • More info: www.ria.ee

  7. ID card & e-election • By February 2006, ID cards had been issued to 61% of the population (over 900 000 ID cards) • Uses: authenticantion, digital signature, encryption, ID-ticket, e-election • Local elections 2005: 9135 e-votes (almost 2%)

  8. E-university • EeU 2002: consortium of 6 universities led by EITSA (see www.e-uni.ee), copied from Virtuaaliyliopisto :-) • Production of e-courses, staff development, research • eVoc 2005: consortium of 36 vocational schools and applied colleges

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