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By Winnie Pek Hoon Er (Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia)
E-LEARNING SERIES ON ICT IN EDUCATION
1 2 FREE SOFTWARE FOR EDUCATORS
3 MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES
WEB TOOLS FOR EDUCATORS
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5 DIRECTORY OF ICT RESOURCES FOR T&L (SCIENCE, MATH, LANGUAGE)
COLLECTION OF E-LEARNING TOOLS (AGE 3-13)
6 COLLECTION OF E-LEARNING TOOLS (ADVANCED LEARNERS)
7 DIRECTORY OF FREE EDUCATION RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS: CLASSROOM PRODUCTIVITY
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DIRECTORY OF FREE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS: SCIENCE
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INTRODUCTION
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Aims of the efforts• Expand access to learning, improve
quality of teaching & learning, ensure inclusion
What have been done?• The ICT in Education Resource
Centre of UNESCO Bangkok has launched 9 pieces of educational resources.
OUR RESEARCH PROJECT
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Target group: RDTC trainers, in-service teachers, pre-service teachers across Asia & Pacific countries.Objective: to identify the
impact, challenges, and types of supports needed by the target group on using UNESCO educational resources.
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UNESCO CDs/DVDs
Number of trainings attended
Supports
Rewards & Recognition
Infrastructure
Trainings provided
Challenges
Impacts on Teaching & Learning
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
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73.1%
23.8%
2.7%
0.4%
Malaysia Maldives Philippines Thailand
DATA COLLECTIONQuestionnaireo RDTC Trainers, pre-service
teachers, in-service teachers
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Focus Group Interview
Philippineso 1 pre-service
teacher
o 3 in-service teachers
o 3 RDTC trainers
Maldiveso 2 pre-service
teachers
o 15 in-service teachers
o 3 RDTC trainers
DATA COLLECTION
FINDINGS: RDTC TRAINERS
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Impactso Able to promote
UNESCO Educational Resources
o Receive recognition
o Self-motivated
o Positive experience
Challengeso Insufficient monetary
support
o Time constraint
o Lack of resources
o Lack of support from institution
o Localisation of resources
FINDINGS: IN-SERVICE TEACHERS
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Impactso RDTC trainings
are useful
o Interested to attend more trainings
o Will use UNESCO Educational Resources
Challengeso Insufficient hardware
o Poor internet connectivity
o Lack of time flexibility
o Some materials are not suitable for particular lessons
o Need localisation of resources
FINDINGS: PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS
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Impactso RDTC trainings
are useful
o Enhance future teaching and learning quality
o Will use UNESCO Educational Resources
Challengeso Not much challenges
o Some materials may not be suitable for particular lessons
o May need localisation of resources
AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT NEEDED
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Contentso Localisation
o Multi-languages
o More user-friendly, media-friendly, interactive, and easy-customised
o New resources and updated contents
Distributiono Medium of
distribution
o Recognition of RDTC status
Trainingso Number of trainings
provided
o Instructional guide
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IMPLICATION & LIMITATIONS
Implicationo Evaluate the impact of UNESCO
Educational Resources & corresponding trainings.
o Identify the areas of improvement.
o Optimise the use of funding & maximise the outcomes.
o Can be used as a guide.
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IMPLICATION & LIMITATIONS
Limitationso The findings are limited to the
countries that participated in the study.
o Cannot be generalised for other countries.
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CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATIONS
o Improvements are needed for contents and form.
o The new UNESCO Educational Resources get good feedback.
o The support from RDTC trainers is important.
o A same study can be conducted for all RDTCs.
By Winnie Pek Hoon Er (Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia)
E-LEARNING SERIES ON ICT IN EDUCATION
1 2 FREE SOFTWARE FOR EDUCATORS
3 MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES
WEB TOOLS FOR EDUCATORS
4
5 DIRECTORY OF ICT RESOURCES FOR T&L (SCIENCE, MATH, LANGUAGE)
COLLECTION OF E-LEARNING TOOLS (AGE 3-13)
6 COLLECTION OF E-LEARNING TOOLS (ADVANCED LEARNERS)
7 DIRECTORY OF FREE EDUCATION RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS: CLASSROOM PRODUCTIVITY
8
DIRECTORY OF FREE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS: SCIENCE
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