Dr. Kong Siu Cheung, Head, Department of Mathematics and Information Technology, Hong Kong Institute of Education

1. e-Learning Readiness of
Hong Kong Teachers
Dr. Kong Siu Cheung
Department of Mathematics and Information Technology
The Hong Kong Institute of Education

2. e-Learning in School Education in the
Twenty-first Century
 With a goal of shifting to learner-centered learning paradigm:
 Emphasizing the process of active, constructive and interactive
learning among students for the development of subject
knowledge and twenty-first century skills
 Under the trend of creating digital classrooms within campuses:
 Supporting students to use portable devices that are wirelessly
interconnected for resource retrieval and interpersonal
communication in general classrooms

3. The Implication of Using Digital
Resources in Learning and Teaching
http://diy.fwg.hk/exercise.php?a=chi&e=biyu

4. Inquiry-based Learning in Mathematics
http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=64

5. e-Learning in Primary Schools
in Hong Kong

6. A Review of e-Learning Readiness of
Primary School Teachers in Hong Kong
 A one-month questionnaire survey with all the 482 primary schools
in Hong Kong
 72.20% of local primary schools participated in the questionnaire
survey (N = 348)
 The principal or his/her representative in each surveyed school
anonymously completed the web-based questionnaire in a “self-
administered” approach in December 2012
 Four main questions covered the themes of IT integration into subject
teaching and professional development for IT in education

7. Current Situations of IT Integration for e-
Learning: Teachers’ Extent of Using IT for
Teaching
 Teachers across different subject areas in general often used IT for subject
teaching, with mean ratings above 4 (“a lot”)
 Computer/IT subject teachers nearly “always” (with the mean rating closing
to the level of 5) used IT in subject teaching

8. e-Learning Readiness of Primary
School Teachers in Hong Kong
 Local primary school teachers are generally confident of and adapted
to the use of IT for learning and teaching across different subjects
 There is a trend of using emerging technology for learning and
teaching, apart from the digital devices commonly found in school
 Local primary school teachers have many professional development
opportunities to enhance their capacity to continuously integrate IT
into learning and teaching
 There is a trend of joining interschool sharing sessions, apart
from the internal sharing sessions commonly provided by schools

9. Reflection on the e-Learning Readiness of
Primary School Teachers in Hong Kong
 The teacher-centered teaching paradigm commonly implemented in
local primary schools at present makes
 primary school teachers lacked of rich experience in the
pedagogical use of IT for promoting active, constructive and
interactive learning under the one-computer to one-student setting
typical for digital classrooms
 existing professional development unable to fully support
teachers to build confidence and competency in engaging
students in active, constructive and interactive learning desirable
for digital classrooms

10. Ways Forward for e-Learning Readiness:
Implications for Professional Development
 Professional development in future should be
 sustainable
 scalable
 To better prepare teachers for the long-term and impactful changes in
teaching motivations and teaching practices for the promotion of
learner-centered learning paradigm

11. e-Learning Readiness of
Hong Kong Teachers
Thank You for Your Attention!
Dr. Kong Siu Cheung
Department of Mathematics and Information Technology
The Hong Kong Institute of Education