Educational

Technology in
the Asia Pacific
Region
 Five progressive
states/city imposing ICT
policies and strategies in
schools
New Zealand
Australia
Malaysia
Singapore
Hong Kong
New Zealand
 Goal
Government with the education and
technology sectors, community groups,
and industry envisions supporting to
the development of the capability of
schools to use information and
communication technologies in
teaching-and-learning and in
administration.
 Strategy
Improving learning outcomes for students
using ICT to support the curriculum.
Using ICT to improve the efficiency and
effectiveness of educational administration.
Developing partnership with communities
to enhance access to learning through ICT.
 Focus areas
Infrastructure for increasing schools
access to ICTs to enhance education.
Professional development so that
school managers and teachers can
increase their capacity to use ICT.
 Initiatives
An On-line Resource Center with a
centrally managed website for the
delivery of multimedia resources
to schools
A computer recycling scheme
A planning and implementation
guide for schools
ICT professional development
schools/clusters
Australia
Australia IT
Initiatives
 Common Features
to Panning, Funding
and Implementation
Strategies
 Fast local and wide area networks
linking schools across the state
and territory
Substantial number of computers
in schools, ensuring adequate
access
Technical support to each schools
Continuing teacher training in
the use of technology for
instruction
Sufficient hardware and
software
Digital library resources
Technology demonstration as
models for schools
Malaysia
They have some
qualifications
to consider A
SCHOOL, a Smart
School
Classrooms with multimedia,
presentation facilities, email and
groupware for collaborative
work
Library media center with
database for multimedia
courseware and network access
to the Internet
Computer laboratory for
teaching, readily accessible
multimedia and audiovisual
equipment
Multimedia development
center with tools for creating
multimedia materials
Studio/theatrette with control room
for centralized audiovisual equipment,
teleconferencing studio, audio room,
video and laser disc video room
Teachers room with on-line access to
courseware catalogues and databases,
information and resource management
systems and professional networking
tools
Server room equipped to handle
applications, management databases
and web servers
Administration offices capable of
managing databases of students and
facilities, tracking student and teacher
performance and resources,
distributing notices and other
information electronically
Singapore
Singapore
Master plan
for IT in
Education
The master plan
has four key
dimensions
Curriculum and assessment
Learning resources
Teaching development
Physical and technological
infrastructure
Curriculum
and
assessment
A balance between
acquisition of factual
knowledge and mastery of
concepts and skills
Students in more active and
independent learning
 Assessment to measure
abilities in applying
information, thinking and
communicating
Learning
resources
Development of a wide range of
educational software for instruction
Use of relevant Internet resources
for teaching-and-learning
Convenient and timely
procurement of software materials
Teaching
development
Training on purposeful use of IT
for teaching
Equipping each trainee teacher
with core skills in teaching with IT
Tie-ups with institutions of higher
learning and industry partners
Physical and
technological
infrastructure
Pupil computer ratio of
2:1
Access to IT in all
learning areas in the
school
School-wide network
Hong Kong Education
Program Highlights
Government aims to raise
the quality of school
education by promoting
the use of IT (INFOMATON
TECHNOLOGY) in teaching and
learning.
The IT initiatives are:
On average, 40 computers for each
primary school and 82 computers for
each secondary school
About 85,000 IT training places for
teachers at four levels
Technical support for each schools
An information Education Resource
Center for all schools and teachers
An IT coordinator for each of 250
schools which should have sounds IT
plans
Computer rooms for use by
students after normal school hours
An IT pilot Scheme to provide
schools with additional resources
Review of school curriculum to
incorporate IT element
Development of appropriate
software in collaboration with
government, the private sector,
tertiary institutions and schools
Exploring the feasibility of setting
up an education-specific Internet
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