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Education and Training in the i-Centres

Education and Training in the i-Centres. Krassimir Simonski , Ph.D. Project Manager Project Telecentres Mobile +359 888 219 600 E-Mail krassi@icentres.net. Agenda. Introduction i-Centres CADN Education Process Results Next steps.

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Education and Training in the i-Centres

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  1. Education and Training in the i-Centres Krassimir Simonski, Ph.D. Project Manager Project Telecentres Mobile +359 888 219 600 E-Mail krassi@icentres.net i-Centres

  2. Agenda • Introduction • i-Centres CADN • Education Process • Results • Next steps i-Centres

  3. “If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; ifyou are planning for a lifetime, educate people.”Chinese proverb i-Centres

  4. General Info • Statute: • Initiated and funded by: Ministry of Transport and Communications • Under implementation by: United Nations Development Program (UNDP) • Term: by the end of 2005 • Budget: 7,000,000 BGN i-Centres

  5. Fact Sheet • Number of telecenters • July 2004 – 5 • November 2004 – 22 more • April 2005 – 45 more • Visitors since July 2004 – over 100,000 • Trainees – over 2,000 • Number of services – 29 i-Centres

  6. i-Centres

  7. Vision Statement iCentres aim to narrow the gap between today’s Bulgarian civil society and the Information Society, by improving the technological and informational skills of citizens and business in rural areas and facilitating the flow of information i-Centres

  8. Mission Statement iCentres allow the affordable distribution of educational, informational, and value-add services providing forms of content, such as voice, video and data to citizens and businesses throughout the country. i-Centres

  9. Content Providers Regional iCentres I-Center ContentAggregation andDistributionNetwork CADN i-Centres

  10. i-Centres Education (II) • Goals: High quality continuous education • Areas: • IT courses • Local business related courses • Government related education and training • University distance learning courses • Language training i-Centres

  11. The Nature of Knowledge Easier to document and share Explicit Contributes to efficiency Easier to replicate 20% Leads to competency 80% Tacit Hard to steal Hard to articulate Hard to transfer High competitive advantage i-Centres

  12. Education Process • Education & Training Planning and budgeting • Organizing and Running of the Education i-Centres

  13. EducationTraditional Approach i-Centres

  14. i-Centres

  15. i-Centres

  16. Education (I) • Education Process Facts • Educated staff – • 133 TC managers, • 14 courses: • TC structure, organization and finctions • IT - MS UP, Cisco • Business – Economics, DSS • Language – MM English, e-Reading • 1 International Management Course in Korea i-Centres

  17. Education (II) i-Centres

  18. Education (III) i-Centres

  19. Education (IV) • Clients’ education: • 57 courses (IT – 41, Language – 13, Business – 3) • 292 people trained Approved Curriculum • 16 syllabuses • Courseware • IT and IS – Cisco, Microsoft Unlimited potential • Languages – Multimedia English, TRAINY(Children courseware) • Business – Economics, Entrepreneurship, Decision Supports System • Partnership with the universities • Sofia University – teachers, labs, courses • International Business School in Botevgrad - room, teachers, labs, courses • Technical University Sofia i-Centres

  20. i-Centres

  21. Practice Teaching & Learning Next steps Issues for Implementation SKILLS - Staff - Teacher - Student • CURRICULUM • -IT/ ICT • -Language • -Business • Curriculum 2004, 2005 . DELIVERY - mode - place - pedagogy - platform: a LMS ? ROLES - teacher - support - learner LEGAL ISSUES - acceptable use - Data Protection i-Centres

  22. Next stepsStrategic Partners • Education: other colleges, schools, universities • Training: private providers, NGO • Community/ Life Long Partnerships • Commercial producers (kit, materials etc) • Customers, incl. SMEs • Others: European and non-BG i-Centres

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