The document summarizes Spain's experience promoting education in the digital age through various programs led by red.es, a public company attached to the Ministry of Industry. Key programs discussed include providing broadband infrastructure to schools, developing a network of advanced education centers for ICT innovation, equipping classrooms with technology, producing digital learning content, and training teachers in integrating technology into lessons. Success factors highlighted include public-private cooperation, centralized purchasing to achieve economies of scale, and continuous evaluation.

1. London, January 11 st 2008 “ Promoting Education in the Digital Age ” The Spanish experience

2. Contents 1 Introduction 2 Programs in progress 3 Success Factors

3. Red.es Education in the Digital Age red.es is working on a daily basis to promote the development of the Information Society by carrying out programmes defined in the Avanza Plan DGTTI SETyC The Minister's Cabinet Sub-secretariat SGI SGE SETSI (Secretary of State for Telecommunications and the Information Society) red . es DGDSI Public company attached to the Ministry of Industry Health... Justice...

5. 2003 Internet in Schools (€272 M, red.es : €130 M) Introduction of ICTs in education centres by provisionning of a homogeneous standard quality infrastructure (broadband, LAN, computer room) 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Internet in the Classroom ( €453* M, red.es : €175.5 M ) Effective introduction of ICTs in the teaching-learning process (classroom equipment, digital contents, applications and training) Network of Advanced Education Centres for ICT use (€2.6 M red.es) National Network of 44 experimentation centres to innovate and test the integration of ICTs in the classroom Programmes in progress Campus Online € 7.8 M, red.es: €4.3 M ) Rollout of wireless networks in universities and mobility services between universities * €100 M as loans from the SETSI ENSEÑA (€6 M red.es) Onsite ICT courses and support services aimed at teachers, teacher trainers and families www.planavanza.es

6. Internet in Schools Infrastructures Broadband connectivity, local area networks and computer rooms Students per connected PC Centres with local area network PCs Broadband centres THE PLANNED OBJECTIVES HAVE BEEN EXCEEDED! € 272 M

8. Internet in the Classroom (IiC): 5 action lines Action Lines 1 5 2 4 3 Equipment and infrastructure for the classroom + Maintenance (SLA) Training material Dynamization Monitoring and Evaluation Digital Content and Applications Laptops... PCs... Projectors... Interactive whiteboards... Training materials... Enseña Digital content... Programs... Summer Congress Agrega

9. IiC-1: Infrastructure Executed: 46% of the total “ Mobility and shared use” No. of laptops Projectors Interactive whiteboards Peripheral equipment Wifi networks Equipment provided for effective use in the classroom € 128 M

10. IiC-2: Digital contents and Applications Standard Open source Scalability Sharing (Nodes Federation) National standard + Contents Development + Sharing among administrations LOM-ES : is a LOM application profile developed in Spain to describe a learning object and similar digital resources used to support learning. It is a LOM metadata schema extension. A XML binding has also been developed. Creating and cataloguing Digital Learning Objects (“creative commons licenses”) Learning federation: accessing and sharing of digital learning objects using interoperability standards by regional nodes - AGREGA € 4.3 M € 3.7 M

11. IiC-2: Applications AGREGA = It is a federation of regional learning nodes repositories that provide teachers and pupils access to world-class online curriculum digital learning content using advanced interoperability technologies

13. IiC-3: Training, two actions in progress Producing training materials aimed at preparing the teaching community, through different training categories, for the use and educational application of ICTs Training materials 1 Offering onsite courses and support services in the use of ICTs aimed at teachers, teacher trainers and families, to complement and reinforce actions already being offered by the Educational Administrations Enseña 2 € 4.3 M € 6 M

17. 1 Preparation and updating of a set of materials IiC-3: Training - Enseña 2 Onsite ICT courses and support services to teachers and teacher trainers Specific support and assistance to teachers in their own centres 3 4 Onsite guidance and promotion services for families 5 Web environment of the programme with all information and documentation Actions http://www.red.es/actividades/ensena.html

18. To analyse and share the best ICT solutions to favour school-family communication Study on school-family communication technologies solutions (2008) To discover the real availability of ICT resources, their use and the capacities and degree of satisfaction of teachers and pupils from the standpoint of teaching and learning Quantitative studies on ICT resources in education centres (2006 and 2008) To go into greater detail in the factors and contexts that have enabled success and in the teacher's basic skills for improvement Qualitative study on “best practices in the use of ICTs” (2007-2008) To prepare an online catalogue with the best ICT solutions and best practices for this type of student with special educational needs Study on the use of ICTs for students with Special Educational Needs (2007-2008) 1 2 3 4 IiC-4: Follow up and Evaluation 2 M€

19. To discover the real availability of ICT resources, their use and the capacities and the degree of satisfaction of teachers and pupils. Quantitative studies on ICT resources in education centres (2006) IiC-4: Quantitative studies said.... “ Training needs, especially in methodology” A very high percentage of them would like supplementary training in the different areas evaluated (especially methodology), even those areas where they have had previous training. “ Little confidence at the technical and teaching-related Levels” The teaching staff are more widely trained in “Office-like packages” than in teaching methodology, but in both cases only one in five teachers claim to be confident at a technical or teaching-related level. How do teaching staff use them and what relevant training do they have? What are seen as the key obstacles to a more widespread presence of ICT at educational centres? http://observatorio.red.es/estudios/educacion/index.html

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