Presentation to the Delegation of Jersey E-Digital Team

1. Presentation to the Delegation of Jersey E-DigitalTeam Erki Urva 10.06.2014

2. HISTORY • The aims of HITSA are to assist in preparation of the highly qualified IT specialists and to support information and communication technology-related education development in Estonia • Information Technology Foundation for Education started May 2, 2013, after a merger of: • Estonian Information Technology Foundation • Estonian Education and Research Network – EENet • Tiger Leap Foundation • Number of employees: 95 • Annual budget 2014: 12,7 MEUR • Offices in Tallinn and Tartu

3. Information Technology Foundation for Education • Founders: • Estonian Republic • Tartu University • Tallinn University of Technology • Eesti Telekom • Association of Estonian Information Technology and Telecommunications Companies • Non-profit organization • Vision 2020: • ICT skills supporting the development of the digital age society and their smart use are the sources of the prosperity of Estonia • Strategic objectives • OBJECTIVE No. 1: The graduates of each level of education are guaranteed modern digital competences • OBJECTIVE No. 2: The smart use of ICT in teaching, learning and organization of teaching increases the quality of teaching

4. Basic matrix structure of HITSA

5. HITSA structure 2014

6. Innovation Centre • Established by a merger of: • The Estonian e-Learning Development Centre (part of former EITF) • Tiger Leap Foundation • 3 consortiums/programs: • “Tiger Leap in School” • „e-vocational school“ • „e-university“ • Main activities: • Staff training and support • E-learning content development • Quality management • Learning services

7. Development Centre for Information Systems • Main activities: • Development and maintaining information systems for education; • Supported Information Systems: • SAIS – Admission Information System for universities • 5 universities, 13 institutions of professional higher education, 5 vocational schools • ÕIS – Study Information System for universities of applied sciences and vocational schools • 14 universities and vocational schools, 17 000 students • PlagiarismDetection System - KRATT • Educational portals, repositories • E-learning content management systems, learning environments • Basic IT solutions for schools

8. Development Centre for IT Education • Main activities: • Tiger University Program • 1 MEUR in 2014 • Funded by Estonian Government • ICT Program • 1,6 MEUR in 2014 • Funded: 85% European Regional Development Fund, 10% Government, 5% partner • IT Academy • 2,8 MEUR in 2014 (Government plus Skype sponsorship) • Infrastructure support programs for schools • ProgeTiger Program • School Robotics Program

9. IT Academy – Study IT in .ee • IT Academy – „Study IT in Estonia“ • Is not a new university; • Is a cooperation program between government, universities and industry; • Official launch: September 2012; • Main objectives: • To improve the international competitiveness of ICT studies; • To fulfil the needs of ICT industry for quality graduates; • To support the growth of Estonian economy • Main activities: • International marketing; • Additional financing of selected curricula; • Scholarships; • Compensation of tuition-free studies;

10. Estonian IT College – brief facts • Birthday: May 17th, 2000 • Status: Private, non-profit • Applied, the first degree level studies (Bologna-type) • Three curricula in Information Technology • Commercial (Cisco, Microsoft, Oracle, Sun) and open source software study programs • CISCO, Telecommunication, Robotics, Mobile and Multimedia labs • ~900 students • 13 full time lecturers, ~40 visiting lecturers from universities, enterprises and state structures

11. IT College - study programs and forms • Study programs • IT System Development (since 2000) • IT System Administration (since 2000) • IT Analysis (since 2003) • Study forms • Regular (max 50% auditoria load) • Evening (max 40% auditoria load) • Distance (max 25% auditoria load – on every 3-th Friday-Saturday-Sunday)

12. Estonian Education and Research Network – EENet • Established in August 1993 as a governmental non-profit organization. • From 1997 until April 2013 EENet operated as a state agency administered by the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research. • On April 12, 2013 EENet merged with EITF • 4 departments • ~1100 service contracts • 21 employees • Located in Tartu

13. Estonian Education and Research Network – EENet • The mission of EENet is to provide a high-quality national network infrastructure for Estonia’s research, educational and cultural communities. • Services: • Dedicated Internet access; • Webhosting, e-mail, ftp, DNS; • Consultations in the event of security problems; • Computing infrastructure for universities and research institutions; • Estonian GRID project etc. • Represents Estonia in several international organizations (TERENA, CEENet, EGI.eu etc)

14. EENet – Network and GRID Services • Backbone network and connectivity services: • 10 Gbps fibre-rings in Estonia • 5 Gbps international connection (GÉANT) • 7. FP projects GN3 ja GN3plus • Computing and storage capacity • 400 processor cores • 40 Nvidia Tesla GPU-s • 400 TB storage capacity

15. Thank you!