IMPLEMENTING e-learning FOR SMART SCHOOL

1. IMPLEMENTING e-learning FORSMART SCHOOL NoorShareezaAzzuraBintiSharuddin CikKu RohayaBintiChe Ku Ali Department of Information Communication Technology 2D Ladies e-mail : shareezaazzura@yahoo.com ckrohaya@yahoo.com A paper presented at Computer Laboratory, Faculty of Education UTM 30th March 2011 for Prof. Dr. Baharuddin Bin Aris, Ministry of Education and Smart School Project Team

2. ABSTRACT

3. Contents • Introduction • Project justification • Project aims • Target group • Project implementation • Budget • Monitoring and evaluation • Reporting • Management and personnel • Annexes

4. INTRODUCTION • Vision 2020 • Malaysia’s National Philosophy of Education • Malaysian Smart School • Information Age • Learning Platform • Learning Management System • Learning Content Management System

5. Vision 2020 • aim : produce sustain and productivity-driven growth of people • how : with technologically literate and critically thinking work force • why :to prepared them to participate fully in the global economy of 21st century

6. Malaysia’s National Philosophy of Education • to develop the potential of individuals in a holistic and integrated manner • to produce individuals who are intellectually, spiritually, emotionally and physically balanced and harmonies • transform from memory-based learning designed to an education that stimulates thinking and creativity • active participationby parents and the wider community

7. Malaysian Smart School • learning institution • 90 smart schools ; 1999 • systematically reinvented in terms of teaching-learning practices (skills and technologies) and school management (concepts and materials) • to prepare children for the Information Age

8. Information Age provide all-round development (intellectual, emotional, spiritual and physical growth of individu) to produce a technologically literate work force strategies to increase the participation of stakeholders like parents and society applying technology effectively in teaching and learning to democratise education

9. Information Age • offer equal access of learning opportunities and accommodating to different learning abilities styles and paces • stakeholder need to take part and fully use the advantages of technologies provided • especially the internet revolution in human communication and resource sharing • schools need to have a Learning Platform

10. Learning Platform • system of information and communication technologies • deliver and support teaching and learning • enable effective ways of working within and outside the classroom • Learning Management System and Learning Content Management System

11. Learning Management System • web-based software package • manage and deliver online and instructor-led training content to learners • high-level and strategic solution for planning, delivering and managing all learning events • online, virtual classroom and instructor-led courses • user can easily facilitate anytime, anyplace and any pace

12. Learning Content Management System • software that is used to create, maintain, reuse and deliver learning content or personalised e-learning content in the form of learning objects more efficiently • it is provides just in the time training • create enough contents to meet the needs of learners

13. PROJECT JUSTIFICATION • Problem Statement • Priority Needs • The Proposed Approach • The Implementing Organisation

14. Problem Statement • Curriculum and instruction must be cope up with the demand of ICT • Pedagogical shift from teacher-centered role to student-centered • Different learning abilities styles and paces • Busy lifestyle and heavy workload • Stakeholder need to take part in educational system

15. Students • Need to travel frequentlydue to their parents job • Shy in classroom because they don’t have gut to speak or asking questions in the classroom because they think they might being laughed • Live in areas where there is frequent bad weather

16. Unable to attend school because of an illness or diseases • Have family problems which lead them fail to go to school such as having money matters, being scolded or beat by parents and etc • Have part-time job or other responsibilities • Have been expelledfrom school

17. Teachers • Busy lifestyle • Heavy workload • Want everything to be updated with latest information • Need to monitor the student’s progress • Time constrain in completing syllabus

18. Parents • Busy lifestyle • Want their children to study at home but don’t have time to monitor them • Don’t want to be their teacher • Don’t have enough/much money to send their children to tuition

19. Priority Needs • Students • Teachers • Parents / Communities

20. Students • can access and follow up learning materials at home and at school • do their homework online • share their school work with friends and family • catch up on lesson they have missed and they don’t understand • able to work in group by communicating with other people using forums, chat and wikis

21. Teachers • focus on the specific needs of students by tailoring resources and activities to groups or individuals • prepare their lessons online and it can be used again and again • can access their student’s progress anytime

22. Parents and Communities • share useful information through newsletters, documents and noticeboards • parents can access their children’s progress anytime

23. The Proposed Approach • Intervention to provide e-learning in selected Smart School • e-learning : • Learning system that support electronic hardware and software online (synchronous) or offline (asynchronous) • Can be used in face-to-face format or in open and distance learning • User can share information and knowledge • Can easily facilitate anytime, anyplace and any pace

24. The Implementing Organisation 2D Ladies

25. 2D Ladies • Information Technology and education process services • 7,000 professionals’ workers • operating in 7 offices in Malaysia, 1 office in Singapore, 6 offices in Indonesia and 10 other offices all over other Asian’s region countries • works with other leading commercial and government clients including Asia countries, America and Europe

26. continuous member development philosophy drives business, attracts and retains clients and increases employment brand • provide consulting, system integration and outsourced IT and education services • end-to-end services and client-first delivery approach • offering services to five high-growth industry sectors • provide IT and education business expertise

27. Organisation Chart

28. PROJECT AIMS • Project Goal • Project Objectives • Project Results

29. Project Goal

30. Project Objectives

31. Project Results

32. TARGET GROUP • 13 Smart School had randomly selected from each state

34. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION • Activity Plan (schedule) • Resource Plan

35. Activity Plan (Schedule)

36. Resource Plan

37. Moodle Tools

38. Design & Development Committee Director Head of Department Content Expert Instructional Designer Multimedia Specialist Evaluator Graphic Artist Author Editor System Administrator Photographer Technician Quality Control Typist Mentor

39. BUDGET • Income • Expenditures

40. Each Smart School had been provided by Ministry of Education with :

41. Income

42. Expenditures

43. MONITORING & EVALUATION • Hosting • Design and Branding • Training • Curriculum • Administrator

44. Hosting • servers are backed up, resilient and stable enough to guarantee there is no downtime for your site • constantly update your e-learning to improve reliability, security and in a highly performance environment • manage regularly any upgrades : normally during school holidays

45. Design & Branding • provide consultants to your school • fill in a form online through our website (www.2Dladies.com/ITDept) • request customisation and attractive appearance of your e-learning • e.g : match your own school colours and logo • attract people use it in a very convenience mood

46. Training • comprehensive additional training programme • to enable you to use and administer your e-learning effectively • this will be charged according to the course/training skills needed • 2 main types of training offered : a) Curriculum Training b) Administrator Training

47. Curriculum Training • beginners course (e-learning layout and add basic activities and resources) • advanced courses (more elements, e.g : multimedia) • trainers : • vast experience • familiar with e-learning using Moodle in Primary, Secondary and private schools

48. Administrator Training • for in charged person who manage their e-learning hosted school • learn how to configure their site and manage users effectively • secondary schools are advised to attend both the Basic and Advanced Essentials course

49. REPORTING • Technical Support • Consultancy • 2D Ladies e-learning Moodle

50. Technical Support • available free of charge via e-mail and telephone • support staff will give you expert advice and find answers to your questions as quickly as possible. • e-mail : helpdesk@2Dladies.ict.org call.centre@2Dladies.ict.org • Tel : 1-300-300-800