eskwela - ict for als - jan 2012 mmtan
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With eSkwela, there is fun...there is discovery...
there is engagement...there are partnerships and
opportunities...but more importantly, there is hope!
ICT for ALSMaria Melizza D. TaneSkwela Project Manager, Commission on ICTICT in Education Programme Officer, UNESCO-Bangkok
19 January 2012 * BS Residences, Bangkok, Thailand
Accreditation and Equivalency Program
• Existing DepEd program for functional literacy• Community-based learning centers• 15 years old and up • Life skills approach; print-based modules
4 A’s definition
Activity • experience and acquire new knowledge and skills
Analysis • new knowledge and skills are linked to what they already know and can do; reflectively think about how new knowledge and skills can be used
Abstraction • forming own meaning / understanding; verbalizing it
Application • a way of trying out, or applying what the learners have learned to an actual situation
Some ALS A&E Modules – Life Skills Communication Skills
Are You Listening?
A Language of Our Own
Effective Communication
Effective Writing
The Interview
Are you a Critical Reader?
How to Become an Intelligent
Listener
Panitikang Filipino
Filling-up Forms Accurately
Problem Solving & Analytical Thinking
Reproductive Health
Skeletal System
Addictive and Dangerous Drugs
The Cost of Environmental
Degradation
Composting
Buying Wisely
Business Math
Basic Accounting
Searching for Patterns
Water and its CostsSustainable Use of Resources/
Productivity
Marks of a Successful Entrepreneur
Water Pollution
Wanted: Clean and Fresh Air
Workers’ Rights
Ideas for Income-Generating Projects
Dev’t of Self and a Sense of Community
Building Relationships with Others
Dealing with Fear, Anger, and
Frustration
Ironing It Out
Changing Roles
Civil and Political Rights
The Beautiful World of Our Native
Brothers
Expanding One’s World Vision
The Major Religions of the World
Think Globally, Act Locally
How to Resolve Conflicts
• DepEd-BALS’ A&E Program: life skills for out-of-school youth and adults; opportunity to “move up”
• Filled with challenges
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College I CollegeGraduate
Enter/Stay Drop Out
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2008 figure: 9 Million
+ 4 M illiterates
BALS estimates:
40 M dropouts
ALS for EFA!
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Project Objectives
• To support the efforts of DepEd to integrate ICT in the teaching and learning process
• To help BALS broaden access to basic education
• To help BALS produce and use interactive multimedia learning materials for out-of-school youth and adults, with particular focus on the development of life skills
• To reduce the digital divide by providing disadvantaged youth and adults with access to ICT
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a beacon of hope...
~ estimated 6,500 learners (2007-2011)…and counting
19 January 2012 * BS Residences, Bangkok, Thailand
Profile of eSkwela Learners
• Both in urban and rural areas• 15 yo & up (general: 15 to 35 yo; ranges up to
68 yo)• Non-completers of basic education
(elementary or secondary) for various reasons– Lack funds – Schools are too far away– Families have other priorities– Simply not interested
• Most: not ICT users• Income class: wide range; has work
experience• Want a new lease on life, transformed “me”,
better opportunities, better lives for the family• Prefer the presence of teachers
19 January 2012 * BS Residences, Bangkok, Thailand
Designing eSkwela
“If you change the technology but not the method of learning, then you are throwing (good) money after bad practice.”
“there is no benefit in giving kids iPads in school
if you don't change (the) school”
- Prof. Cathy Davidson, Duke University iPads in the Public Schools (Jan 2011)
19 January 2012 * BS Residences, Bangkok, Thailand
Designing eSkwela
“Embrace new ways of learning--not just a marvelous and very expensive tool. (What is required is) not a device but a pedagogy and a set of institutional practices that put energy, imagination, creativity, and inspiration at the center of learning.”
- Prof. Cathy Davidson, Duke University iPads in the Public Schools (Jan 2011)
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Designing eSkwela
eSkwela = “Alternative Learning” + ICT
ICT-enabled, learner-centred education in safe, caring & inviting environments that assist learners in overcoming challenges, acquire life skills, & obtain credentials so that they become lifelong learners as well as productive members of the community
Customized Instructional Model
(CICT & BALS)Content & Apps Devt
Training forLFs, CMs, NAs(CICT, BALS, community)
Community Support for Operations and
Sustainability (covered by MOA)
Infrastructure Set-up (community / shared facilities;
application process)
Project Components
Monitoring & Evaluation
(CICT & BALS)
Multi-stakeholder approach
eSkwela Module Guides via LMSA LEARNING COMMUNITY VIA INTERNET & INTRANET
Learner Entry (different goals):
FLTInterviewILA
Learner Entry (different goals):
FLTInterviewILA
Tertiary Education /
College
Tertiary Education /
College
VocTech / Livelihood Courses
VocTech / Livelihood Courses
EmploymentEmployment
A&E TestA&E Test
Personal GrowthPersonal Growth
eSkwela Instructional Model (ver 2)
Learner
Other Learners
eModules
Mentors/ Experts
Learning Facilitator/s
Community
Project(Learner Portfolio)
ForumOther Resources
Life Skills, Blended, Self-paced, Localized, RBL & PBL
ALS Print Modules
Session Guides
eSkwela eLearning Modules
Module Guides
Face-to-face (F2F)
facilitation
ActivitiesPaper-
and-Pen Portfolio
Limited access to other sessions and Community
Learning Centers (CLCs)
F2F & online /
LAN facilitation
ICT-supported Portfolio
Learning Management System tools
Wider access to other sessions and CLCs
ALS A&E = life skills, adult learning, self-paced, learner-centered
appropriate multimedia
interactive
simplified
contextualized
localized
e-learning content
PRINT-based Life Skills Modules
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AlphaReview
BetaReview
(Reviewers)
Turnover of Sources
AlphaProduction
AlphaRevisions
BetaRevisions
Certification Distribution
Storyboards & Scripts
Production
Storyboards & Scripts Review
Concept& Theme Workshop
BetaReview
(Learners)
Enhanced Content Development Process
LINKS TO WEBSITES
FORUM / WIKI & TESTS
FORUM
PROJECT options: letter, article, photo essay multimedia video, recorded interview, song, radio play, brochure, blog, wiki, Google Group, ning, Facebook, YouTube, etc.
Module Guides
LF Training Workshops (maturity model)
eSkwela Center Life Cycle
• PPP Stakeholders’ commitment; Steering Committee, assignment of roles
• Legal documents• Infrastructure
Set-up and System installation
• Trainings• Learner
Selection • Launch
• Blended learning sessions• Learner Orientation
• Regular maintenance
• M&E: Instructional Model + Site
Operations• Budget cycles
• Steering Committee
meetings• Periodic
assessment of center
performance
• Social Mobilization (local or via project team)
19 January 2012 * BS Residences, Bangkok, Thailand
Tapping Local Communities
CICT & DepEd overall supervision, macro direction, supervision of capability-building workshops, technical support, M&E, conduct of sturdy and competition
eSkwela Regional Coordinators
site application assessment, conduct of orientation, planning, training, and monitoring & evaluation activities for their respective regions
local communities
• DepEd Division Office or NGO or school
learning facilitators, learner registration, assistance in capability-building, advocacy of ICT integration in education
• Local government units, school boards, NGO, or civic / Church groups
infrastructure and utilities (room, computers, peripherals, internet connection, electricity), selection & salaries of personnel (LF, CM, NA), additional funding for operations
Vital for project ownership & sustainability
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Additional Interventions
• Monitoring & Evaluation mechanisms: site operations and use of Instructional Model
• Empowered Project Team• Designation & Training of ALS implementers
as:– Regional Coordinators– National Trainers for Learning Facilitators– Regional Trainers for Network Administrators
• Management Training for Center Managers • Technical Training for Network
Administrators20
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Profile of Operational Sites
Partnerships...Innovations...Empowerment...Community building...
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Journey
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Key Success Factors
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Network of Stakeholders
19 January 2012 * BS Residences, Bangkok, Thailandhttp://alseskwela.ning.com
A&E Test Performance
eSkwela Average
National Average
Feb 2008 57% 29%
Oct 2008 65% 23%
Oct 2009 46% 21%
Oct 2010 63% 33%
Benefits: Learners
• Free • Learning = fun, more engaged, creative, excited• PBL = application of what they learned from
eModules• A means for “transformed lives”: Hope for a
“better me” and a brighter future; improved self-esteem/ confidence
• ICT competence: additional skill for income-generation
• Links to other community programs/projects
19 January 2012 * BS Residences, Bangkok, Thailand
Benefits: Learning Facilitators
• ICT as an enabler and equalizer• Recognition of maturity models not only for ICT
competency-and-use but also for pedagogical practices and community-building
• easier implementation of self-paced approach • more work, more facilitative, more open to explore
and innovate• planning phase in PBL = life skills• monitoring and consultations for handholding
interventions• synergy and support groups, models
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Benefits: Community
• more optimized use of computer infrastructure and Internet connection investments
• motivated constituents; educated and “loyal” voters
• more constituents employable & more taxes potentially coming in
• multi-stakeholder partnerships for community projects/activities and “learner pathing”
• potential use of center/learner-developed projects for community advocacy projects
19 January 2012 * BS Residences, Bangkok, Thailand
19 January 2012 * BS Residences, Bangkok, Thailand
Moving Forward
BALS
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Continuing Challenges
• Resistance and apprehension to changes in roles and strategies– habit of exploration and experimentation must be developed
• Need for stronger advocacy on ALS and ICT in Education (actual utilization instead of mere deployment)
• Focus on A&E Test rather than life skills • Focus on technical skills rather than content of
outputs• Changes take time
– always consider maturity models and handholding mechanisms
– still a long way to go…
19 January 2012 * BS Residences, Bangkok, Thailand
Salamat po.
http://alseskwela.ning.com
The eSkwela Project
With eSkwela, there is fun...there is discovery...there is engagement...there are partnerships and opportunities...but more importantly, there is hope!