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K-12 e-Learning in Various Countries

Invited Lecture in the Seminar, “The Use of Technology in Education:

New Ways of Teaching and Learning Through the Implementation of Online Trends”,

Assumption College Academic Seminar 2010 Conference Room, Saint Louis-Marie Memorial

Building, Assumption College, May 13, 2010

Prof. Dr. Srisakdi Charmonman

CEO of The College of Internet Distance

Education, Assumption University

www.charm.au.edu

Dr. Poonphon Suesaowaluk

Associate Program Director

for MS (ICT)College of Internet Distance Education,

Assumption University

Co-Author.

K-12 e-Learning in Various Country.

1. Introduction.2.K-12 eLearning in USA.3.K-12 eLearning in UK.4.K-12 eLearning in Canada.5.K-12 eLearning in Japan.

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K-12 e-Learning in Various Country.

6.K-12 eLearning in Korea.7.K-12 eLearning in

Singapore.8.K-12 eLearning in

Malaysia.9.Concluding Remarks.

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1. Introduction.

Searching Google for “K-12 e-Learning”, over 57 million entries were found.

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eLearning is gaining more and more popularity all over the world

University level: no field of study where eLearning is not used.

Short courses and training level: formal academic institutions, learned societies and companies are providing eLearning.

Introduction (Cont.)

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K-12: State of Michigan, USA passed the first law in the worldrequiring eLearning in high schools.Each year, 450,000 students take eLearning in Michigan.


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K-12: State of Florida, USA passed a regulation allowing any K-12 student to study in eLearning mode for any and all of the courses, if one wishes.


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Searching Google for “K-12 e-Learning in USA”, over 35 million entries were found.

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Searching Google for “K-12 e-Learning in UK”, over 7 million entries were found.

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Searching Google for “K-12 e-Learning in Canada”, over 6 million entries were found.

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Searching Google for “K-12 e-Learning in Japan”, over 4 million entries were found.

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Searching Google for “K-12 e-Learning in Korea”, over 2 million entries were found.

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Searching Google for “K-12 e-Learning in Singapore”, over 600,000 entries were found.

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Searching Google for “K-12 e-Learning in Malaysia”, over 400,000 entries were found.

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2. K-12 eLearning in USA.

2.1 Introduction.2.2 The Virtual High

School.2.3 Michigan Virtual

School.2.4 Florida Virtual School.

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eLearning is one of the most important and potentially significant new instructional approaches available for supporting the improvement of teaching and learning in American K-12 schools. 17

2.1 Introduction.

The U.S. Department of Education released the revised National Educational Technology Plan titled “E-Learning: Putting a World Class Education at the Fingertips of All Children”. 18


The plan proposed the following National Educational Technology Goals: Goal 1: “All Students and teachers will have access to information technology in their classrooms, schools, communities, and homes.”Goal 2: “All teachers will use technology effectively to help students achieve high academic standards.”

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Goal 3: “All students will have technology and information literacy skills.”Goal 4: “Research and evaluation will improve the next generation of technology applications for teaching and learning.”Goal 5: “Digital content and networked applications will transform teaching and learning.”

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National Educational Technology Goal (Cont.)

The Virtual High School (VHS) is America’s first public virtual high school, a consortium of high schools offering online courses taught and designed by cooperating teachers who are accredited in their respective States.

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2.2 The Virtual High School.

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www.govhs.org/Pages/Welcome-Home

VHS originally was called the Concord Virtual High School.

It was started in 1996 with an award of a five-year, $7.5 million Technology Innovation Challenge Grant to the Hudson (Massachusetts) Public School and the Concord Consortium, a nonprofit education research and development company.

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The Virtual High School (Cont.)

Online classes were first offered during the 1997-98 school year, 30 online courses to about 500 students in 27 schools in 10 states.

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The Virtual High School (Cont.)

The Michigan Virtual School (MVS)is an online resource that enables Michigan high schools and middle schools to provide courses taught by certified teachers and other learning tools that students would not otherwise have access to.

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2.3 Michigan Virtual School.

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www.mivhs.org/Home/tabid/38/Default.aspx

MVS was funded by the Michigan Legislature in July 2000 to be operated by the Michigan Virtual University, a private, not-for-profit Michigan corporation.

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Michigan Virtual School (Cont.)

MVS works in cooperation with individual school districts to grant course credits and diplomas.

Michigan high school and middle school students can take a variety of courses and learn any place where there is a computer and an Internet connection.

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Eligible students include: Gifted and talented

students. Special-needs students. Students who need to

“make-up” credits. Public and non-public

school students. Home-schooled students. 29


The Florida Virtual School (FLVS) is an established leader in developing and providing virtual K-12 education solutions to students all over Florida, the U.S. and the world. 30

2.4 Florida Virtual School.

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www.flvs.net/Pages/default.aspx

FLVS was founded in 1997 and was the U.S. first, state-wide Internet-based public high school.

In the year 2010, FLVS serves students in grades K-12 and provides a variety of custom solutions for schools and districts to meet student needs.

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Florida Virtual School (Cont.)

Students from all over the world can choose from more than 90 courses including core subjects, world languages, electives, honors, and Advanced Placement courses.

Courses are accepted for credit and are transferable.

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Every FLVS course is taught by highly qualified, certified instructors who are experts in the subject matters.

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Teachers and students interact regularly through - eMail.- Voice Mail.- Telephone Conversations.- Instant Messenger.

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Teachers are available from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily, as well as during weekend hours.

Students are encouraged to contact the teacher when there is a need of any kind.

Teachers speak via telephone with students and their parents at least once per month.

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3.1 Introduction.3.2 Briteschool. 3.3 Accipio Learning.3.4 North Star UK.

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3. K-12 eLearning in UK.

Several virtual schools (or virtual schooling services) in the UK are specifically designed to assist disadvantaged school-age students.

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3.1 Introduction.

Notschool.net (2005) in the UK is an online research project that aims to re-engage school-age students into learning who have previously been out of more traditional educational systems.

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The project aims to establish a virtual community and develop students' self-esteem through the use of new technology and community support.

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The Liverpool Virtual School, which was the first virtual school in the UK when it opened in the year 1999, is an online school that gives students from deprived areas of Liverpool access to their own computers and e-learning packages.

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Briteschool is an online school using the British National Curriculum as a means to help students who may wish to go back into mainstream education at any time, or who wish to go on to do

the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSEs).

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3.2 Briteschool.

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www.briteschool.co.uk

Briteschool also aims to cater for students who wish to follow the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme, and for those who wish to prepare for the Common Entrance examinations.

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Briteschool (Cont.)

Briteschool is - a virtual high school (VHS).- a virtual primary school (VPS).- a virtual night school (VNS).

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Briteschool (Cont.)

Briteschool virtual school also offers Primary and Secondary education for home-schooled and expatriate students.

Experienced online teachers offer virtual lessons and tuition in Math, English, Sciences, French, Spanish,

History, Geography and Computing.

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Briteschool (Cont.)

Briteschool cyberteachers use a combination of microphone, text chat, a whiteboard, presentation software and weblinks to deliver their online lessons.

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Briteschool (Cont.)

Accipio Learning is the U.K.’s leading provider of live, online teaching to secondary school students

who are unable to attend mainstream schools or who may be at risk of temporary and permanent exclusion.

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3.3 Accipio Learning.

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www.accipio-learning.com/index.html

Accipio’s virtual school delivers its services through live, interactive lessons allowing pupils to communicate with teachers and peers in a safe and secure virtual learning environment.

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Accipio Learning (Cont.)

Accipio Learning supports 80 local authorities and over 100 schools and works with over 1000 pupils each academic year.

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Accipio curriculum and approach are entirely focused on supporting pupils who may be socially and economically disadvantaged and/or may have disengaged from mainstream education.

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Accipio is typically used by local authorities and schools to provide the backbone of their alternative provision programmes.

Accessing Accipio is simple

with pupils learning from home, school inclusion setting, authority centre, work or college placement.

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Accipio provides complete flexibility and can deliver between 5 to 30 hours of education per pupil each week, tailored to the needs of each individual, addressing the personalized and digital learning agendas and working as part of a blended education solution for many young people.

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Live lessons take place via the online classroom with a maximum of 15 pupils in each class.

Lessons are taught by experienced subject-specialists, supported by technical and education support teams.

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Lessons are fully interactive with teacher and pupils talking to each other in real time, communicating via the online whiteboard and the classroom "chat" facility. 56


Accipio’s teachers set an extension activity (called a "Challenge Sheet") for each lesson, helping pupils to check their understanding and guiding their independent learning. These are usually completed online and are often self-marked,

giving pupils instant feedback.

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North Star UK (NSUK) was founded in September 1999. It was the first fully online learning community providing secondary education in the UK.

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3.4 North Star UK.

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www.northstaruk.org

NSUK can provide detailed information about the progress that a child is making. Parents have their own area within NSUKMoodle where they can discuss matters with other NSUK parents. 60

North Star UK (Cont.)

NSUK parents will be able to email all staff at any time. In addition, annual reports are sent near the end of each year.

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NSUK subjects include: - Biology - Business Studies- Chemistry - English- Maths - Geography- History - ICT- Physics - RS (Divinity)- Sociology - Psychology

4.1 Introduction.4.2 Alberta Distance

Learning Centre. 4.3 Abbotsford Virtual

School. 4.4 Virtual High School

(Ontario).

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4. K-12 eLearning in Canada

Online colleges and programs in Canada allow international students to experience quality Canadian education without leaving home.

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4.1 Introduction.

A Conference on Educational Technology predicted that by 2019, more than half of all post-secondary courses in Canada will be offered online.

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Alberta Distance Learning Centre (ADLC) provides effective, successful, and specialized distance learning opportunities.

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4.2 Alberta Distance Learning Centre.

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www.adlc.ca/content/view/17/59/

ADLC is a world leader in the delivery of distance learning programs to students in Grades 1 to 12.

Distance education at ADLC is offered in print, online, and blended formats. 68

Alberta Distance Learning Centre (Cont.)

ADLC is a provincially-funded school serving students and schools - throughout Alberta.- Northwest Territories.- Nunavut.- all over the world.

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ADLC is staffed by experienced certificated teachers and dedicated support personnel assisting students to achieve their educational goals.

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ADLC offers flexibility to students who may be working from home, abroad, or in traditional schools.

Students may take all or part of their school programs with ADLC, or they may take one or more courses through contracted schools.

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Abbotsford Virtual School (AVS) provides: - Alternate learning environment.- Materials.- Resources.- Planning.- Reports. - Personal support for students learning at home.

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4.3 Abbotsford Virtual School.

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www.avs34.com/portal/

Abbotsford Virtual School program provides students from K to Grade 12 with a comprehensive list of online and paper-based courses and materials to match student’s needs. 74

Abbotsford Virtual School (Cont.)

AVS online courses are semester-based courses and operate like a "regular" high school course.

There are due dates for assignments and scheduled tests. 75


Students are expected to- Keep in contact with their teacher regularly- Follow weekly time lines.- Participate in online discussion forums.

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Students will have scheduled online meetings

for online help. Teachers have the same

expectations for students as they have for a regular face-to-face courses.

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Virtual High School (Ontario) or VHS is a private online high school.

VHS has its headquarters in Bayfield, Ontario, Canada.

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4.4 Virtual High School (Ontario).

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www.onlinehighschool.ca

VHS published its first internet course “Biology” in the fall of 1995, for a class of 23 students.

In the spring of 1996, its second course, “Canadian Literature” won the second place at the 1997 North American Web Conference (NAWEB) Award for online course development.

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Virtual High School (Cont.)

VHS courses adhere strictly to Ontario Ministry of Education curriculum standards.

VHS is inspected every two years to ensure compliance with the standards of the Ontario Ministry of Education.

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Ontario Ministry of Education compliance allows VHS the capacity of granting Ontario Secondary School credits which can lead to an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD).

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VHS currently has about 2,000 students per year, all of whom pay tuition for the right to take the online courses.

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There are currently 51 fully online courses.

There are no semesters as students may enroll at any point in time, move through their courses at their own pace and graduate from their course at any point in time.

All courses run under the course management system.

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5.1 Introduction.5.2 Japan Online School.

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5. K-12 eLearning in Japan.

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5.1 Introduction.

The online learning system

“Tokyo Jogakkan Primary School Science Net for e-Learning” was created for elementary school students.

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Students participating in online education tend to be from large schools in urban areas where teachers are using a blended model to integrate e-Learning into the curriculum.

Students must pay for access to online courses.

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Researchers from universities and private companies create online courses in Japan.

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Rural areas in Japan have been researching ways to use e-Learning in the K-12 curriculum and will most likely take the lead to expand it throughout the country.

Japan Online School (J-OS)provides private one-to-one lessons using web cams and headsets on Skype or Windows Live Messenger. It is a totally new style of learning Japanese language.

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5.2 Japan Online School.

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www.j-os.com/index.html

Online live lessons using video phone are available at learner’s home or office at any time learner chooses.

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Japan Online School (Cont.)

J-OS's online Japanese language lessons benefits: - Busy business people

can use their limited free time

to take lessons efficiently.

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- Homemakers and parents

looking after young children

can learn without leaving home.- Learners who do not have access to

a good Japanese language school

nearby can study.

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Japan Online School's private online lessons are recommended for:- Busy people who require time-efficient courses. - Learners who desire to have effective lessons. - Japanese language exam candidates

(Japanese Language Proficiency Test etc). - Japanese business language learners.

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- Beginners who wish to develop Japanese

language skills. - Learners who need professional instruction

by skilful teachers to achieve intermediate

and advanced language levels. - Learners who are not satisfied

with their current school or group lessons.

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6.1 Introduction.6.2 DoDEA Virtual School.

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6. K-12 eLearning in Korea

The Korean Ministry of Education (MOE)’s approach for K-12 has been targeted at blended learning.

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6.1 Introduction.

Eight out of ten K-12 students in Korea will attend cramming sessions outside of school hours and this has created a major industry in Korea.

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In the year 2000, the first online “Cramming Schools” was launched by Megastudy.net, and has become South Korea’s fastest-growing technology company, with sales grew 22.5 percent in the year 2009, to $195 million.

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In the year 2004, the government-run Education Broadcasting System (EBS) began running free tutorials on national examinations for secondary school students on the Internet and by 2009, it had 2.8 million subscribers.

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DoDEA has 60 year history of providing quality education for children of military families, the majority of which has been taught in traditional “Brick and Mortar" classrooms

DoDEA are planning to open the doors of fully-accredited DoDEA Virtual High School.

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6.2 DoDEA Virtual School.

The DoDEA Virtual School program is in the Humphreys Education Center and provides supplemental courses to students attending the United Shotokan Karate Federation (USKF)traditional schools.

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DoDEA Virtual School (Cont.)

DoDEA created the Virtual School program to deliver coursework to students worldwide and to provide synchronous instructional support via a virtual hub which places teachers in geographic locations closer to students.

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There will be 44 courses available by the official start of the program in the fall of 2010.

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While some learning will be able to take place any time, some of the requirements will be to participate in live, on-line discussions and video or audio chats.

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Although the use of synchronous support is not new to DoDEA's distance learning program, new and improved web-conferencing tools will enhance online instruction and provide students and teachers with opportunities to interact via the Internet.

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7. K-12 eLearning in Singapore.

7.1 Introduction.7.2 Crescent Girl’s School.7.3 Canberra Primary

School.

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7.1 Introduction.

There have been many efforts to implement eLearning in Singapore.

A few examples will be given in this Section.

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K12 International Academy, a private, diploma-granting school, provides online curriculum for Grades K-12 worldwide, including Singapore.

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Families are allowed full access to online school program.

The professional team is provided for Singaporean families such as:- Advisors.- Expert teachers.- Counselors- Etc.

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The Section example is Accenture Inc., received a project concession

from the Singapore’s Ministry of Education, in January 2010.

The contract from the Ministry’s School Cockpit System for 3 years.

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Accenture offers new flexibility to existing processesto support a new way of Singapore education.

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The School Cockpit System serves:- More than 300 Singapore schools.- 30,000 teachers.- 500,000 students.

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The School Cockpit System

supports both administration and operations to enhance productivity of many parties: - Teachers.- Heads of Department.- School Leaders.- Students.

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The third is Singapore 2010 Odyssey which will be held August 2010, the First 3D Virtual World based on the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games.

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Singapore 2010 Odyssey objectiveis to enter 3D content through schools, a pilot program to create world content.

K-12 schools can make interesting virtual classroom by integrating game content.

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7.2 Crescent Girl’s School.

Crescent Girl’s School is a pioneer“mLearning”, called “m-learning@Crescent”,launched on July 31, 2004.

Mobile Phone and wireless Tablet PC are integrated.

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www.crescent.edu.sg/main.html

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Crescent Girl’s School (Cont.)

The school operates on wireless network.

Some textbooks have been used as eBooksuch as eBook in Geography.

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The school was selected to be one of the first 5 schools of the FutureSchools@Singapore Projects.

The purpose of the FutureSchool Projects is to develop innovative teaching.

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Five FutureSchools@Singapore are:1) Beacon Primary.2) Canberra Primary.3) Crescent Girls’ Secondary.4) Jurong Secondary.5) Hwa Chong Institution.

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7.3 Canberra Primary School.

Canberra Primary School implemented the solutions of SINGTEL Consortium to enhance its virtual classroom.

The school employs 3D educational games with simulations, interactive digital media,and mobile learning applications.

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www.canberrapri.moe.edu.sg

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Canberra Primary School (Cont.)

The Solutions from SINGTEL Consortium:

3 DHive

3D Online environmen

t for game-

based learnig

Students can team up in decision-making,

role-play,and problem solving skill

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The Solutions from SINGTEL (Cont.)

4 D Innersive Lab

Multi-sensory

functions and tools

Students can enjoy learning experiences from Physical Laboratory

that can imitate different kinds of environment.

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The Solutions from SINGTEL (Cont.)

Students can learn at their paceand identify areas for improvement.

ePortforlio

Multi-sensory

functions and tools

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8. K12 eLearning in Malaysia.

8.1 Introduction. 8.2 Malaysian Smart School.

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8.1 Introduction.

Malaysia’s vision of achieving fully developed nation status by 2020 and of becoming a competitive player in the global economy has made ICT an imperative in transitioning

the country from a production to a knowledge-based economy.

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The Malaysian government recognizes E-learning as a wondrous tool in improving education and ensuring students’ competitiveness in the era of globalization.

The government focused on the education sector.

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The Malaysian Ministry of Education has taken a few strategies in enhancing the use of ICT in education such as - the preparation of sufficient and up-to-date tested ICT infrastructure and equipment

to all educational institutions- the roll-out of ICT curriculum and assessment

- the emphasis of integration of ICT

in teaching and learning.

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8.2 Malaysian Smart School.

The Malaysian Smart School program was launched in July 1997 by the Prime Minister as one of the Multimedia Super Corridor's flagship applications.

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web3.mscmalaysia.my/smartschool/overview/

index.asp

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Malaysian Smart School (Cont.)

A computerized smart school management system was developed and implemented in the initial 90 Smart Schools throughout the country.

This task is entrusted to a private consortium to design, build, implement and maintain the project.

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Malaysian Smart School was implemented on a Pilot basis between 1999 and 2002.

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The Smart School Project is one of the most forward-looking ICT-mediated learning initiatives in the world

The Smart School Flagship

attempts to reinvent the teaching-learning processes.

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The Smart School Integrated Solution (SSIS) was rolled out to 87 schools in Malaysia at the cost of about USD78 million (or about 2,500 bath).

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The target is to have all 10,000 primary and secondary schools to be Smart Schools by the year 2010.

Technology is used as an enabler to Smart School practices in teaching-learning, management and communication with external constituencies.

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To complement the Smart School Project, browser-based teaching-learning materials for Bahasa Melayu, English language, Science and Mathematics were developed for the system.

Every courseware in the system is made available for purchase even for students who are currently not in the Smart School Project.

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More web-based smart school courseware are currently being developed so that students and teachers can view them on-line.

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In addition, initiatives have been made to add online content for Bahasa Melayu and English Language developed by school teachers.

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The new e-learning materials will be hosted in the Smart School portal BestariNet for easy accessibility through the Internet.

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The milestones proposed and the four waves of the Smart School implementation plan are: 1) Wave 1 - The Pilot (1999-2002)

Implementation on 87 schools 2) Wave 2 - The Post-Pilot (2002-2005)

Lessons learnt from the Pilot

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3) Wave 3 - Making All Schools Smart (2005-2010)Extending the digital transformation to all

4) Wave 4 - Consolidate and Stabilise (2010-2020) Technology becomes an integral part of the nation's learning process

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The Smart School Milestone (Four Waves)

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9. Concluding Remarks.

K-12 eLearning have been implemented in all developed and developing countries.

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Concluding Remarks (Cont.)

Presented in this paper are examples from: - USA.- UK.- Canada.- Japan.- Korea.- Singapore. - Malaysia.

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Concluding Remarks (Cont.)

Assumption College should learn from examples in developed and developing countries to implement K-12 eLearning for the benefits of all concerned.

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