August 2010 sector update

100 years ago…

The computer room

1990s

BBC

The standalone schoolcomputer

1985

A potential education network2010-2016

The school network

1995-2010

The last 25 years……..

Adapted from Becta 2004

The last decade…

Then

• Pen• Chalkboard/

Whiteboard• Banda• Gestetner• 16mm projector• Slide shows• Telephone• Fax• Library

Now Next?

• Txting/Pxting• Blogs/Wikis• Pod/Vod-casting• Data projector• LMS/e-portfolios• IM/SMS• Digital cameras• iMovie• Google• Peer2peer

networks

• Virtual reality• Wearable computers• Ubiquitous identity• Voice recognition• Agents and avatars• Visualisation• Miniaturisation• Reusable paper• Semantic web• PLEs

1980/90s

Teaching and learning tools

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are needed to see this picture.

Then

• Pen• Chalkboard/

Whiteboard• Banda• Gestetner• 16mm projector• Slide shows• Telephone• Fax• Library

Now Next?

• Txting/Pxting• Blogs/Wikis• Pod/Vod-casting• Data projector• LMS• IM/SMS• Digital cameras• iMovie• Google• Peer2peer

networks

• Virtual reality• Wearable computers• Ubiquitous identity• Voice recognition• Agents and avitars• Visualisation• Miniaturisation• Reusable paper• Semantic web• PLEs

1980/90s

Teaching and learning tools

Analogue

Analogue

Digital

Digital

Connected

Connected

Ubiquitous

Ubiquitous

• Online world now integral to students’ lives

• Increasing evidence that learning in online environments can significantly enhance engagement + lift achievement.

• Particularly effective for students who don’t respond to traditional teaching methods.

• Students can collaborate and learn anytime, anywhere and from anyone.

• In other words – learning without limits

Why UFB in schools?

Current situation

• Vast majority of schools are now on broadband

• Speeds range between 0.5-5Mbps – inadequate for many online services to work properly

• Currently < 200 New Zealand schools have bandwidth required for streaming video, web conferencing, apps such as Google Earth

• Next generation of applications will assume high speed, symmetrical (i.e. fast in both directions) internet connections

Barriers• Fragmented ICT approach has resulted in a variety of network

architectures - to connect these (eg potential NEN) presents challenges

• Schools purchase individually – limits opportunity to centralise procurement and reduce cost

• Few schools have industry-level service (funding and geographic reasons)

• Digital divide issue

• Limited opportunities for remote support/provision of off-site support

The Government’s commitment

• 97% NZ schools (99.7% of students) will have access to UFB (100megabits/second) by 2016 (Crown Fibre Holdings)

• 3% remote schools will have access to fast broadband (10Mbps) by other means eg.satellite or point-to-point wireless

• $150 million investment signalled to prepare schools for the rollout

• $1.5 billion investment overall

How - urban? MED responsible overall for fibre rollout

Urban areas

• 61% of schools (but 75% general pop.)

• Crown Fibre Holdings (CFH) set up to manage the $1.35 billion ‘UFB Initiative’.

• Selection of private sector partners currently underway – announcements in October

• Fibre deployments planned to begin by end of 2010/early 2011.

How – rural ? Rural areas

• 39% schools (25% population)

• Separate $300 million Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI) overseen directly by MED (not CFH)

• RFPs being released end of August

• Deployment also due to begin before end of 2010/early 2011.

• Certainty will only emerge later this year -

Issues around roll out• Education is a priority area….however…to make it happen

requires a “whole of community approach”

• Local councils need to be involved

• Wider community demand improves chances of getting fibre sooner

• Health, business and homes targets also

• Areas with lower cost of laying fibre / higher return on investment likely to be higher priority for fibre providers

www.broadbandmap.govt.nz

Telecom fibre-optic network

Issues around roll out

• Rollout likely to happen within geographic areas

• Local fibre companies lay “dark fibre” only – services will come later (think roads/cars)

• How the rollout happens depends on government’s choice of infrastructure provider (national or regional)

Christchurch City:

• Enable Networks

• 150 km of existing fibre

• Over 325 km within the City by 2012

Infrastructure at the local level

What is the Ministry of Education doing?We’re helping prepare schools for the rollout in the following areas:

• Upgrading infrastructure/internal networks(SNUP and fibre in schools)

• Hardware and software initiatives

• Building capability

• Investigating centralised provision of content and services (NEN Trial Extension)

School ICT infrastructure – what’s happening and who is paying?

Cost of ultra-fast broadband (interim policy pending LFC/RBI announcements)

Access to ultra-fast broadband involves a number of cost components

1. Fibre drop

• One-off cost for fibre that connects your school to the fibre in the street

• Cost varies by provider, depends on distance from road, terrain etc

• Typical drop cost =$10-20K (based on current pricing)

• MoE pays 80/68% of this to the fibre provider (not to you)…

Cost of ultra-fast broadband (interim policy pending

LFC/RBI announcements)

2. Network access charges*

• Ongoing cost for basic access to fibre - paid to your fibre provider (likely to be more than cost of broadband over copper - greater speed and bandwidth)

3. Services*

• Any other services that you sign up for e.g. ISP/offsite backup/hosted LMS

* Not currently MoE subsidised

Fibre in street (MED/CFH)

“Last mile” connection

(MED/CFH)

School network (MoE)

“Fibre Drop” (MoE)

MED/MoE – who pays for what?

Why wait for the roll out?

•Prices for fibre and network access charges will be more competitive through Government’s procurement negotiations – a good reason to wait!

•Suggest any contracts you sign should not exceed 24 months

•Govt decision-making is underway – further announcements re next stage anticipated in next 6-8 weeks.

School Network Upgrade Project (SNUP)• Provides subsidised upgrades to internal data and electrical

cabling infrastructure

• 473 schools have been upgraded since 2006 ($18m)

• 100 more schools underway ($22m)

• 80 % costs for state /68% for state integrated funded by MoE

• Further 239 announced by Minister to start in Sept/Oct ($48m)

• By end of 2011 approx 1/3 of schools will have been upgraded

Significant investment in making schools fibre-ready over six years

…. this is what bad cabling jobs look like!

What SNUP includes• Audit + network design + tendering + project management

• Certified data and electrical cabling installation with a 20-25-year warranty

• 2 additional power outlets at each data outlet

• Gigabit Ethernet switching with a 5 year, next-day replacement warranty

What SNUP doesn’t include

• A new server (unless there is no existing server)

• Desktop or laptop computers

• Fibre drop costs

• Ultra-fast broadband – it just makes your network ultra-fast broadband ready!

SNUP – criteria for selection• To be selected, schools must register interest (by emailing

network.upgrades@minedu.govt.nz)

• Priority given to:• rural secondary schools• area schools• schooling improvement schools• Te Kotahitanga schools• ICT PD clusters• schools on satellite broadband• schools already on fibre• active E-asTTle schools• VLN e-learning clusters• ultra-fast broadband clusters (fibre loops)• NOT “I have a really bad network”

Hardware and software provision

TELA

• Provides laptops to Principals and teachers

• 86% uptake

• Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010 will be deployed on TELA machines from 11 October

• Schools will need to supply licence activation keys before laptops go to school

• Schools must be enrolled in the Microsoft NZ School agreement to access the licence keys

• Further details on http://faq.tela.co.nz

SMS/LMS/MLEs

• New initiative to fund a parent portal or a LMS that supports parental access

• Designed to improve student attendance & engagement

• For users of eTAP, MUSAC Classic, KAMAR or PCSchool

• Connects to eTAP portal, Ultranet, Moodle or KnowledgeNet

• minedu.govt.nz/goto/mle for further info

Building school capability

ICT Professional Development• Programme running since 1999

• $11.2 million investment annually

• 65% of schools have participated in programme

• 15% of schools participate at any one time

• 101 clusters including 12 regional clusters currently

• New models for sector capability that reflect the changing environment being developed

ICT PD – the challenge

How do we move from 15% so that all schools benefit from UFB opportunities?

• making full use of the infrastructure and tools available

• modifying schools’ traditional organisational approaches

• integrating ICT into effective teacher practice

• ensuring all professional learning providers understand learning in ICT-rich environments

Where to next?

With a completely clean slate…

• what support do you think schools will need?

• what could that look like?

Some ideas….• Roadmap: Where are we now? (self-review). Where are we

going to? (case-studies). How do we get there? (resources, services)

• Collaboration: regionally and nationally

• Spreading the word: student, teacher and principal mentors

• Beyond e-Learning : raise the e-capability of facilitators (e.g. Support Services providers)

• Efficiency: Targeting available resources to need

• Informing: e-learning practice should inform research & answer specific questions on student learning outcomes

NEN Trial Extension

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What do we mean by a NEN?

• Dedicated network

• Provides access to education and administration-related content and services via high speed internet

• Shared ICT service management and infrastructure creates economies of scale

• Allows schools to access content and services that they might not be able to afford individually

• Many examples globally – eg. nen.gov.uk

NEN potential benefitsFor teachers:

• Improved access to content and technology environments which enhance students’ learning

• Opportunities to share and learn in local, national and international communities of practice

For Principals and Boards

• Improved standard of technology and service delivery

For IT Managers

• Freed up to support teachers and students more directly

NEN – potential benefits

For students:

• Access to greater variety of learning opportunities - online portfolios, learning resources, discussion forums

• Can engage and collaborate with local, national and international learning communities

• Can create, author and publish in appropriate contexts

For parents:

• Greater transparency of curriculum, learning assessment and reporting.

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NEN trial extension - background

• Original trial in 2008 involved 23 schools

• 2009: approval given to extend trial to up to 200 schools and until June 2011

• Participating schools must have been on open-access fibre by June 30 2010

• MoE is contracting REANNZ to connect NEN trial schools to their existing research network - KAREN

NEN trial extension - objectives

Identify technical, financial and practical issues involved in:

• extending the trial to a larger number of schools that are already working in a range of collaborative models

• connecting new content and service providers to the trial version of the NEN

Identify potential benefits for schools in relation to learning, teaching and administration practices

NEN trial extension – content and services

• Te Kete Ipurangi and sub-sites (Digistore, NZC etc)

• Virtual Learning Network (Moodle, LAMS, Elgg, Mahara servers)

• Adobe Connect Web Conferencing

• Video Conferencing (Std and HD)

• Learning Management Systems (3)

• ePortfolio (myportfolio.school.nz)

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NEN trial - KAREN resources

Ongoing dialogue opportunities• online survey

• will be released late August/early September

•focus groups

• on particular topics will be held October/November

•Will revolve around the issues discussed today and will influence future development•All responses gratefully accepted!•We will email you to remind you

minedu.govt.nz/ufbinschools

med.govt.nz/

crownfibre.govt.nz