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- Networks and Distance Education '98, Rio de Janeiro December 1998 IT in Education – The Role of Government Johan Groth <johan.groth@gogab.se> Internet Society (ISOC-SE) and Groth & Groth Ltd.
- Computers and Internet I
- Computers:
- rapid execution of simple instructions
- ” unlimited” memory
- Internet:
- a network of computer networks
- millions of connected computers
- Computers and Internet II
- New ways to communicate
- New ways to exchange information
- Imply changes in how we live, learn and work
- Changes – Analogue vs. digital information
- Easy to store and distribute information
- Easy to present information
- Easy to copy information, without loss of quality
- Easy to change format of information
- Easy to supply meta-information
- Changes – Computers vs. networks
- Share resources
- Share information
- Work together globally
- ” The network is the computer”
- Changes – Local vs. global
- Interests more important than ”closeness”
- Changes – Information consumer vs. producer
- Access all types of information with one tool
- Possible to create information in any format
- Cheap to create information in all formats
- Possible to reach a world wide audience
- Changes – Text only vs. multimedia
- Primacy of text is removed
- All formats equally easy to handle
- A return to ”pre-printing press times”
- Changes – Issues vs. concurrent publication
- Printed = permanent
- Possible to change with time
- Possible to change with user
- Possible to change with user’s needs
- Changes – Visible vs. invisible development
- Services become more important
- Products become ”invisible”
- Companies become ”invisible”
- ” Hard to explain what you are doing”
- How do these changes affect the educational sector?
- New ”doors” are opened
- Subjects change and merge
- No common teaching material
- New sources available, simple and cheap
- Processes rather than results
- Parallel changes (buildings, pedagogy etc.)
- IT in the Swedish educational system
- A rapid development of infrastructure
- Two thirds of all schools use Internet
- Nearly all high schools use Internet
- All universities use Internet
- Nearly all larger museums and libraries use Internet
- Swedish University Network
- Body within the National Agency for Higher Education
- Internet provider for universities, museums, libraries and students
- Important source of knowledge
- http://www.sunet.se
- The IT Commission
- An advisory body to the government
- ” Monitor, initiate and support the development of a society in which IT is a natural and integrated tool for everyone”
- Seminars, hearings, reports etc.
- http://www.itkommissionen.se
- The National Agency for Education
- Support a local IT development
- Information, services and examples
- The Swedish Schoolnet, Netd@ys, European Schoolnet
- http://www.skolverket.se/skolnet
- Ministry for Education and Science
- ” Tools for learning”, 1500 MSEK
- Further education of teachers
- ” A computer for each teacher”
- Support for Internet access
- E-mail to all teachers and pupils
- "Material" approach to introducing IT
- State buys hardware, Internet access etc.
- No consideration of local conditions
- Risk for unsuitable choices of techniques
- Weak coupling to other changes
- No successful examples exist
- "Immaterial" or content driven approach to introducing IT
- State supports local initiatives through information etc.
- Builds on local development and priorities
- Dynamics and flexibility is included
- Strong coupling to other changes
- Swedish K12-schools is a good example
- Competing factors when introducing IT Dr. Johan Groth 19 09-11-07 E-mail johan.groth@gogab.se WWW http://www,pi.se/gogab Page
- Speed
- Scalability
- Acceptance
- Start with a pedagogical idea
- Nothing is technically impossible
- Spend resources on education, not hardware
- Specify function, not hardware
- Flexibility through goal oriented curriculum
- Acceptance through decentralisation
- Focus on content rather than hardware
- Prepare for organisational and administrative changes
- Share knowledge rather than distributing hardware
- School is a special market, develop new products and services
- Participate in joint projects
- Every time and technology has possibilities
- IT can be a powerful tool to support communication and co-operation
- But: a forest is an unrivalled multimedia production!
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