Role of digital connectivity in education
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Call us 1300SYSTEM (1300 797 836) Address: Level 2, 144 Marsden St, Parramatta, NSW 2150 Phone: 1300SYSTEM (1300 797 836) FAX: 02 9635 4215 Email: [email protected] Website: www.rentaphonesystem.com.au Role of Digital Connectivity in Education Politicians, policy makers, educationists and parents – everyone is finally waking up to the importance of technology and connectivity in the educational sphere. There is an increasing awareness, acceptance and efforts being made to ensure that ‘connectivity’ is a primary right for every student. Internet is being increasingly employed in the improvement of learning. An Australian government policy statement articulates this changing paradigm in the best possible manner, “Australia will have technology enriched learning environments that enable students to achieve high quality learning outcomes and productively contribute to our society and economy. “The Fibre Connections to Schools (FCS) initiative is an integral part of the Australian Government’s Digital Education Revolution (DER) suite of initiatives. These initiatives recognise that Australian students need greater access to, and more sophisticated use of information and communications technologies (ICT). They need the best hardware, high speed broadband connections, quality digital content and well trained teachers to integrate technology into teaching and learning.” Towards this end, various efforts being mooted across the globe include: - Offering dedicated, uninterrupted and cost-effective connectivity options to students to help them access and exploit the global reservoirs of information and information tools for better learning, understanding and experience. - Enabling virtual collaboration facilities amongst students and faculty to improve information exchange; promote collaborative learning and exchange of ideas. - Encouraging and enabling teachers to devise digitally stimulating and compatible teaching methods. And use technol ogy for improving children’s learning capabilities. - Facilitating online interaction of parents with teachers for improved liaison. The realization of the above objectives is possible with the collaborative efforts of the four most important factors: Leadership: There is a need for strong, decisive and long term leadership in the space of digital education. If our governments and educational institutions can come together put in place such strong leadership, it will go a long way in improving education using digital connectivity. Infrastructure: While several improvements have come about in the connectivity space. The last-mile connectivity is still a challenge in far flung areas. Without the right infrastructure it would not be possible to employ connectivity any better.
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Call us 1300SYSTEM (1300 797 836)
Address: Level 2, 144 Marsden St, Parramatta, NSW 2150 Phone: 1300SYSTEM (1300 797 836) FAX: 02 9635 4215 Email: [email protected] Website: www.rentaphonesystem.com.au
Role of Digital Connectivity in Education
Politicians, policy makers, educationists and parents – everyone is finally waking up to
the importance of technology and connectivity in the educational sphere. There is an
increasing awareness, acceptance and efforts being made to ensure that ‘connectivity’ is
a primary right for every student. Internet is being increasingly employed in the
improvement of learning.
An Australian government policy statement articulates this changing paradigm in the
best possible manner, “Australia will have technology enriched learning environments
that enable students to achieve high quality learning outcomes and productively
contribute to our society and economy.
“The Fibre Connections to Schools (FCS) initiative is an integral part of the Australian
Government’s Digital Education Revolution (DER) suite of initiatives. These initiatives
recognise that Australian students need greater access to, and more sophisticated use of
information and communications technologies (ICT). They need the best hardware, high
speed broadband connections, quality digital content and well trained teachers to
integrate technology into teaching and learning.”
Towards this end, various efforts being mooted across the globe include:
- Offering dedicated, uninterrupted and cost-effective connectivity options to
students to help them access and exploit the global reservoirs of information and
information tools for better learning, understanding and experience.
- Enabling virtual collaboration facilities amongst students and faculty to improve
information exchange; promote collaborative learning and exchange of ideas.
- Encouraging and enabling teachers to devise digitally stimulating and compatible
teaching methods. And use technology for improving children’s learning
capabilities.
- Facilitating online interaction of parents with teachers for improved liaison.
The realization of the above objectives is possible with the collaborative efforts of the
four most important factors:
Leadership: There is a need for strong, decisive and long term leadership in the space of
digital education. If our governments and educational institutions can come together put
in place such strong leadership, it will go a long way in improving education using digital
connectivity.
Infrastructure: While several improvements have come about in the connectivity space.
The last-mile connectivity is still a challenge in far flung areas. Without the right
infrastructure it would not be possible to employ connectivity any better.
Call us 1300SYSTEM (1300 797 836)
Address: Level 2, 144 Marsden St, Parramatta, NSW 2150 Phone: 1300SYSTEM (1300 797 836) FAX: 02 9635 4215 Email: [email protected] Website: www.rentaphonesystem.com.au
Teacher’s Involvement: Teachers & faculty must take the most important step in
integrating connectivity & digital tools to improve learning amongst children. Teachers
are the vital cog in the wheel to use increased connectivity in education.
Learning Resource: As connectivity improves, there is now an acute need for learning
resources to be available in the digital formats. This will encourage students to use the
connectivity channels more authoritatively.
Educational institutions ought to become more enterprising in the use of technology for
their parent-teacher liaisons. A dial-in system to access the ward’s attendance or
progress reports can be a great tool. Parents can be connected over conference calls or
via two-way voice messaging platforms, a business phone system can be deployed for
this purpose. A mobile app could be an interface worth exploring.
Expanding the reach of education and improving the connectivity to students from far
and wide are the two main objectives of digital connectivity. And with dedicated efforts
these can bring far-reaching results.
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ip-office-phone-system/
Level 2, 144 Marsden St, Parramatta NSW 2150
1300SYSTEM (1300 797 836)
02 9635 4215
www.rentaphonesystem.com.au
