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Understanding the Mechanism of Change - Korea’s ICT Use in Education-: 

Understanding the Mechanism of Change - Korea’s ICT Use in Education- Vision Forum for the Future of Education in Jordan September 15-16 2002 Sam-Young Suh, Ph. D. President National Computerization Agency Republic of Korea

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AGENDA Introduction ICT in Education: Facts and Figures ICT Policy for Education Lessons Learned The Next Step Conclusion

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Introduction: ICT Assets in Korea

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A model of sustained economic growth and Emerging as a leading information society KOREA IS...

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3.1 0.37 24.4 1.4 7.8 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 1995 1998 2001 No. of Internet user (million) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 No. of subscriber (million, household) Internet user Broadband Internet subscriber No. 1 in Broadband Internet Access

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Top Internet Users in the World 'Korean Net surfers spend twice as much time than their neighbors. ' - Nielson/NetRatings (13 March 2001) Korea: 16 hours andamp; 17 minutes/month Hong Kong (2nd-placed): 9 hr andamp; 46 mns Japan (third): 7 hr andamp; 56 mns .com Domain: 2nd behind US Internet Café (PC Rooms): 30,000 nationwide Internet Stock Trading: 66-70% Internet Banking Users: 14.4 million

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High ICT Penetration Government e-Procurement: 91.7% PC penetration: 20.7 million (December, 2001) Mobile subscribers: 30.8 million (June, 2002) e-Commerce: 71.9 billion USD (September, 2001)

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ICT as an Economic Engine Average annual growth rate of IT industry since 1998 → 16.4% (average annual economic growth rate: 4.0%) Production in IT sector: 122.2 billion USD(12.9% of GDP, 2001) IT export takes 25.5% of the total export in 2001

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'Koreans are the world’s most active and sophisticated Internet users...' - May 3, 2001, Wall Street Journal '.... there are no proven models for Korea to follow' - Alvin Toffler, Over the Crisis: A Vision for Korea in the 21st Century 'As one of the most wired countries in today's world, South Korea is surpassing the United States in broadband penetration.' - June 7, 2001, CNN

ICT in Education: Facts and Figures: 

ICT in Education: Facts and Figures

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Internet access for all schools and classrooms (as of April 2001) Computer labs in every school (2000) Every classroom with multimedia equipment such as projection TV, beam projector, and screen monitor PCs for teachers and students in school teachers per PC: 1.0 Students per PC: 8.13 (Dec. 2000)

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29,000 teaching-learning materials in multimedia format and 5,399 educational software in use 15 Cyber Universities with 89 courses and 16,700 enrollments (November 2001) 23 Life-long Education Center and 203 Life-long Study Center for ICT training Teachers’ high ICT competency and usage

ICT Policy for Education: 

ICT Policy for Education

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Educational Reform: Context Emerging knowledge and information society Problems lack of creativity low quality of educational environment increase of private spending on education ⇒ ICT = Enabler for educational reform as well as instructional tool

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Educational Reform and ICT Policy 'Reform Measures to Establish the New Education System'(May 1995) Framework Act on Informatization Promotion(1996) Annual Action Plan on ICT for education Masterplan for ICT use for education 1st(’97-’02) and 2nd(’01-’05) MOE expanded as MOE andamp; HRD

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President’s New Year Message (Jan. 2000) '… I will have the Master Plan for ICT Use in Education completed by the end of this year, two years in advance. I will make our children build their ICT skills in this knowledge and information society…' Connecting all schools to the Internet 1 PC for every classroom and every teacher ICT Training for students in low-income families PCs and free internet access for those with high academic performances

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Basic Assumptions Kids like computers. ICT is enabler as well as disruptor. Government’s massive investment at the initial stage produces the results: pump-priming effect Key stakeholders’ participation does work.

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Strategies Government’s strategic initiatives Education quality driven Bridging digital divide Partnership with stakeholders Deregulation, assessment, and recognition

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Objective 'Making greater use of ICT in all aspects of education'

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The Course of Actions: Five Pillars Providing sufficient and adequate infrastructure Development and dissemination of multimedia contents Training and support for teachers, students, etc. Building e-Administration system Providing legal and policy foundations

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Providing adequate Infrastructure 'Comprehensive Plan for ICT in Elementary and Secondary School(‘97∼2002)' President’s New Year Message(Jan. 2000) Concerted effort to partner with a national telecommuni- cation provider by MOE andamp; MIC Establishing computer labs and equipping every classroom with a PC, projection TV, beam projector, and screen monitor

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Development of Multimedia Contents Developers: government-operated organizations, teachers, students, and private sector, etc. Educational S/W Contest and educational S/W exhibi tions Multimedia Teaching-Learning Plan Modules 1st~10th grades, 10 basic subjects EDUNET: Portal Providing various educational contents and services for teachers, students, parents, etc.

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ICT Training andamp; Education 25% of in-service teachers are trained every year ICT training course for school CEO’s Pre-teachers: computer labs, courses, qualification Students: ICT Skill Standard for Students, ICT subject in the 7th National Curriculum

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Building e-Administration System Comprehensive School Information Management System (’97) student record-keeping, school management support, etc. Nationwide Educational Administration Information System One of the strategic initiatives for e-Government BPR/ISP(’00. 9. - ’01. 3.) and system development (’01. 10. - ’02. 10.) under way

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Providing Legal andamp; Policy Foundations Reorganization of MOE Korea Education andamp; Research Information Service (KERIS): Supporting arms of the MOE and other educational institu- tions Enactment and regulation 7th National Curriculum: 10% rule Life-long Learning Act, School CIOs, ICT Skill Standards, etc.

Lessons Learned: 

Lessons Learned

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What Has Happened ICT is SOMETHING : Change in teachers’ perspective Interactive teaching-and-learning process based on teamwork Teachers as facilitators, not instructors Easily accessible by parents to information about their children’s, educational programs, etc. Textbooks PLUS multimedia materials

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Issues Digital divide among teachers There still remains resistance. Playing games is first. Technical support matters. Hackers’ use as a tool for hacking.

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…..We know that something is going on…...

The Next Step: 

The Next Step

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By the year 2005 Improving ICT infrastructure, connectivity and resources available at every school. Internet access at the speed of more than 2Mbps 1PC per 5 students Integrating ICT into teaching-learning process Use of ICT in curriculum: 20% and more

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One-stop, non-stop service in educational administration One of the building blocks for e-Government. Professional development for teachers 33% of teachers trained every year ICT Skill Standard for teachers Focus on supporting life-long learning

Conclusion: 

Conclusion

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Education in Jordan ' Building solid foundation, Jordan needs to transform the education system in order to meet the challenges of the knowledge economy. - A key set of measures are required to ensure financially feasible and sustainable programs.' - World Bank-

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Recommendations Political commitment is a prerequisite. Better assessment and monitoring is needed. Resource commitments must be large enough. Private-public sector partnerships are essential. Schools and teachers are key actors. training, training, and training motivation and incentives

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'That applejack isn’t doing us any good in the bottle…' Thank you.

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For more information, Suh, Sam-Young, Ph.D. ssy@nca.or.kr President / National Computerization Agency Republic of Korea