eLearnings: implementing a national strategy for ICT in Education, 1998

About the book:

2010 was an important year in the history of ICT in New Zealand, and to recognise this CORE Education has published a book celebrating a decade of the implementation of a National ICT Strategy for Education in New Zealand (1998–2010).

Few countries in the world have embarked on such an ambitious approach to a national ICT strategy for schools as New Zealand. This book archives the impact and implementation of the national ICT strategy in New Zealand, 1998-2010, from the perspectives of the people who effected that implementation. It is a story of both policy initiative from the ‘top down’ and local innovation ‘from the bottom up’, as seen through the eyes of some of the politicians, bureaucrats, industry partners, consultants, principals and teachers who lived the experience.

The book contains a collection of 'personal perspectives' from people who have been prominently and intimately involved in the implementation of the various Strategies over the last twelve years.

Contents include:

Designing the Vision

Policy perspectives on the development of the national Strategies for ICTs, 1998-2010.

Securing the Foundations

Perspectives on the development of a technical ICT infrastructure for centres and schools.

Building Teacher Capability

Sector and teacher perspectives on teacher learning and professional development.

Developing Digital Content and Digital Communities

Perspectives on learning ‘online’, the Virtual Learning Network and building online communities of practice.

Improving Student Learning and Engagement

Research and case studies on student learning in ICT contexts: elearning for literacy, languages, enquiry, and engaging local communities.

The Future - Trends, Challenges and Opportunities

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eLearnings: implementing a national strategy for ICT in Education, 1998–2010

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Acknowledgements

Contents

Editors' Preface

Foreword - Stephen Heppell

1. Introduction - Vince Ham

2. It's About Learning, Not Politics - Trevor Mallard

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3. 'In the Beginning' - Carol Moffatt

4. Building a National ICT Infrastructure for Learning - Laurence Zwimpfer

5. ICT Professional Development (ICTPD) — Bridging the Gap - Nick Billowes and Ross Alexander

6. Looking Back on the ICT Journey - Linda Tame

7. The Times, They are a Changing - Leslie Tait

8. Once Were Blackboards - Trevor Bond

9. Two Clicks to the World—A Teacher's Perspective - Allanah King

10. The Rise (and Fall?) of ICT in Early Childhood Education - Ann Hatherly

11. Digital Natives—The Development of ICT Within Ngāti Porou East Coast Communities - Jasmine Kaa and Nori Parata

12. Pursuing Possibilities Through Digital Opportunities - Garry Fallon

13. TKI—One Decade On - Ross Alexander

14. Learning From Each Other—Online Communities of Teachers - Phil Coogan

15. Personalised Learning: The Quiet Revolution of Learning Management Systems - Mark Treadwell

16. Increasing Access for Learners—The Virtual Learning Network - Rachel Roberts

17. The Impact of the New Zealand ICT Strategies on Learning and Teaching: What the Research Says - Kwok Wing Lai

18. Literacy and eLearning—Possibilities for Transformation - Sue McDowall

19. Living and Learning Successfully in the Global Village - Dorothy and Russell Burt

20. "Here's my Blog Address—You'll be Needing That" - Tania Coutts & Beverly Kaye

21. Lapping up Languages with ICTs - Gayleen Mackereth

22. eLearning and Inquiry - Jan-Marie Kellow

23. The Future—Trends, Challenges and Opportunities - Derek Wenmoth