4 March 2010 (Thursday) | 14:00 - 15:00 | http://citers2010.cite.hku.hk/abstract/10 | Mr. Jordi VIVANCOS, Head of the Knowledge and Learning Technologies Unit, the Council of Education of Catalonia

1. Perspectives and Policies in Educational ICT in Catalonia, Spain Jordi Vivancos CITERS 2010

2. Index Overview of Catalonia Education System Background of ICT in Education 1 to1 computing: current ICT policy Future Perspectives

3. Georeference & Context

5. Population: 7.500.000

6. 16% of all Spain

7. Capital city: Barcelona

8. GDP/h (2009): 29.000 €

10. Competences based curriculum Key competences

11. Alf. In Digital competence = convergence of literacies Information literacy + Media literacy + ICT literacy

12. Background of ICT in Education Sustained policies for promoting ICT in Education since 1983. All Primary and Secondary schools connected to Internet in 2000 Large availability of Web Learning Resources Long effort in ICT teacher inservice training Small scale 1 to 1 pilot projects Interregional collaboration trough ICT plans, leaded by Education and Industry Spanish Ministries Internet in the School (2002-2005) Internet in the Classroom (2006-2009)

14. The impact of ICT in education is low, if compared to other sectors. and countries.

15. Teachers tend to use ICT for instruction, rather than promoting methodological innovations.

16. Organization of school time, curriculum framework and lack of time, are declared main inhibitors factors.

18. Edu365.cat: A Digital learningresource portal Launched on 2001. > 12.000 hours of interaction Audience: 130.000 daily visitors.

19. Educational web portals audience

20. Spectrum of ICT in classrooms

21. Internet bandwidth in schools 100Mb 20-40 Mb 8 Mb 4 Mb 1-2 Mb

22. Internet access from home EU countries (2009) Catalonia Source: Eurostat 2009

23. Drivers for 1to1 computing policy Digital competence mandatory by new Education Law. Government commitment for Digital inclusion. Research evidence that ICT is adopted slowly. Need to reduce families and government expenditure on textbooks. Dropping cost of netbooks. Build on the vision of OLPC and following the path of similar international initiatives.

24. ICT in Education: an evolutionary process Context Which content and methodologies facilitate rich learning environments? - 1:1 Resource How to integrate ICT in subjects? - 1:10 Content What to teach of computer literacy? - 1:100 2010 1980 2000 1990

25. School 2.0 Program (2009-2012) State wide Program launched on May 2009. Cofinancing investements General framework: One netbook for every student and teacher, from upper primary to lower secondary Every classroom with WIFI and IWB Provision of Digital Learning Resources by AGREGA platform Methodological approach to ICT in Teacher training Encouraging families to participate in the project Agreements with companies

26. Educat1x1: Catalonia 1to1 initiave 4 years plan within the framework of Spanish School 2.0 program Specificities: Project starts in secondary education Participation is voluntary and decide at school level Netbooks are property of families that pay half the cost of personal equipment . Push to publishers for digital content production

27. Project initial deployment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baqiW8sOxhY

28. Project timeline Initial phase started in September 2009, with 6.500 students from 70 Secondary schools Today: 25.000 students from more than 250 secondary schools (over 10 schools joining every week). September 2010: 90.000 students from 600 lower secondary schools are expected. 2011-12 : Upper primary classes are scheduled to join the project, to complete 250.000 students.

29. 1 to 1 budget (2009-2012) School 2.0 investment 200 M€/year (cofinanced by State & Autonomous gov.) Catalonia budget (> 35 M€ / year) covers: Classrooms equipment Computers subsidies for students Digital Learning Resources School VLE deployment New approach for Teacher inservice training Internet access (not covered by cofinancing)

30. A netbook in every student and teacher backpacks Source : bitsOfBobs

31. Interactive Whiteboard, Wifi and battery power in every classroom

32. Push to supply digital learning content from publishers From textbooks to Digital Learning Resources

33. VLE in over 70% secondary schoolsA platform for ubiquitous learning Identifyer / password Classroom access Comercial or Open digital learning resources Home access Learning activity monitoring

34. DLR: From “Tiles to mosaics” strategy

35. Need for repositories of OER developed by teachers http://Alexandria.xtec.cat

36. Teacher training new focus Digital Inclusion Web based learning scenarios Digital learning Resources evaluation Ethical and safe use of Internet Methodology + Curriculum Planning + Software Classroom management VLE Software tools ICT equipment Computers, IWB, communications...

37. Social network for Teacher support

38. Minimum 10” screen Batteries > 4 hours Weight < 1,5 kg Protected hard disk Dual boot (Linux – Windows) Computer family cost is 150 € 20% of students fully subsidised. Different provision models Netbooks requirements

39. Assessment and support Collaborative work for Knowledge building e-pedagogy Family participation e-Responsibility Networked professional development School VLE Digital Learning Resources e-maturity Plan Policies 2.0 Digital Classrooms Open standards Students Teachers e- Inclusion Digital competence Methodological Innovation School Administration Advanced ICT infrastructures

40. Thank youjvivancos@xtec.cat