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Innovating with Technology

Innovating with 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

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Innovating with Technology

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  1. Innovatingwith Technology Gerry White Chief Executive The challenge to education policy, leadership, and management GERRY WHITE 6 September 2006

  2. 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

  3. Other benefits • Improved learning outcomes • More engaged learners • More effective teaching without increasing workload • Collaboration and cooperation between schools and between governments

  4. 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

  5. Challenges for management • accessibility • flexibility • shared vision • collaboration

  6. Challenges for leadership • champions • partnerships • best practice • openess and sharing

  7. Five modes of eLearning • classroom • independent • networked • organisational and community • managed

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Future of ICT services • borderless global access • unlimited information • connected world • web based • accessible anywhere • wireless • mobile • open • personalised

  12. Thank you Gerry White Chief Executive Australia’s national ICT agency in education and training www.educationau.edu.au

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