Oystein Johannessen Vienna 24022010

1-to-1 in education: 5 Policy Statements for Sustainability 1-to-1 in education Conference Vienna 24022010 Deputy Director General Øystein Johannessen Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research

Statement 1: Norway: 1-to-1 in education is a means to an end! • No dedicated 1-to-1 policy. Close to 1-to-1 in upper secondary education. Heavy investments in recent years from regional authorities. • ICT is embedded in national educational policy. No dedicated national ICT strategy • Digital skills regarded as one of five basic skills in the National Curriculum. ICT embedded in subject curricula in all subjects at all levels • National Centre for ICT in Education from 2010 2 Kunnskapsdepartementet

Statement 2: 1-to-1 aligns with tech trends 3 Kunnskapsdepartementet

K-12 Technology Trends • Collaborative Environments • Online Communication Tools • Mobiles • Cloud Computing • Smart Objects • The Personal Web 4 Kunnskapsdepartementet

Statement 3: 1-to-1 in education requires policy coherence • Horizontal coherence --> see next slide • Vertical coherence: Strong links between levels (national, regional, local) • Mediating agents (centres, NGOs etc) 5 Kunnskapsdepartementet

Horizontal coherence • Available and robust infrastructure • Digital Content • Safe use of Internet 6 Kunnskapsdepartementet

Statement 4: Get your knowledge base right • Double knowledge challenge – Availability – Professionals uptake • Benchmarking, Monitoring and Evaluation • TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) • Digital Divide Issues and Gender Issues • International Collaboration and Peer Learning 7 Kunnskapsdepartementet

Statement 5: 1-to-1, implementation and innovation from within • Emphasis on pedagogical innovation, not pedagogical restoration • Government can facilitate, but not dictate innovation • Identify “Zones of Innovation” – e.g. In subject curricula • On institutional level: Support the innovators • Robust infrastructure is a critical factor 8 Kunnskapsdepartementet

Thank you for your attention • http://slideshare.net/oysteinj/ • http://oysteinj.typepad.com • joh@kd.dep.no 9 Kunnskapsdepartementet

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