Quality in education with ict

Frans SchouwenburgKennisnetMarch 2011

Programme

1. What is Kennisnet?

2. Ambitions, research and developments

3. Is your school "Four in Balance"?

4. Model for a vision meeting

Kennisnet – some facts

• Founded in 2001: 140 FTE

• Funded by Ministry of Education

• Basic funding EURO 21 million

• Additional project funding EURO 15 million

• Key characteristics:

Innovative - Public – Independent -Expert

Products and services for schools

Research, practical guides

Co-ordination standards and agreements

Networks for professional development

Portals and platforms

portal

site

KENNISN

ET.NL

Media

literacy

Gifted

student

s

Digital

learning

materials

Teacher TV

Why ict in education?

To function in a knowledge society rich

with media

Ict in future professions

Improve quality and productivity of education

Teachers want

• Flexibility

• Customized education

• Configurable materials

• Variety

Ict makes teaching and learning

• More effective

• More efficient

• More interesting

Only if…..

Four in Balance model

Vision

Vision

Teachers want a vision with broad support within the school that was developed with teachers

74% of teachers feel any co-ordination between the planning and implementation of ict is lacking

Expertise

Teachers: operating skills: yes pedagogical skills: no

More than 40% of teachers feel that they are inadequately equipped to use ICT confidently in their lessons

Learning materials

Demand for useful, practical digital learning materials.

Needs are not met

Infrastructure

Investments in broad band

and interactive whiteboards

Laptops, laptops, laptops…

Teachers think a 1 to 1 ratio is necessary

Conclusions

Proven success rate largely ignored in schools

Can we continue our permissive approach?

Leadership is crucial

Digital picture books double number of words learned by pre-schoolers

Outlook driven

Technology driven

Strategy and leadership

support for the early adopters

projects are not embedded

no activity to stimulate laggards

Current situation

developments

quality

registration

learning materials

techology

it-skills

Options in learning materials

eloCollections of resource materials, components,

lessons, etc

Options in infrastructure

Anyp

lace

, Any

time

with

Any

thing…

Options in teacher development

Tpack - wet Bio

If there’s stuff on google, why stuff it in your head?

Is your school “4 in balance?”

Vision

4Model for a vision meeting

Design plan

Our dream (flash presentation) Learning behaviourRole teacherSchool

What do we have Strengths

What do we need To fullfill our dreamThink of: teacher development, infra structure, learning materials and concepts

Quick wins Where can we start right now?What other priorities do we see?

Process sheetDream 2020 4 in balance scores

What do we have?

What do we need?

Where do we start?

Designing the future

pedagogics

vision expertise

materials

infra leadership

transer of knowledge

Construction of knowledge

all methodsall primary sources

multi media

adaptive

Thank you!