The Malaysian i-THINK Programme

Building the skills to attain The New Economic Model and Achieving Vision 2020

ProblemSolving

Creating Value

NextGenHuman Capital

ACT

Creative

Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTs)

Students

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One of the challenges is to help students think more independently

Teachers direct how students

learn

Limited interaction

between students & teachers

Emphasis on remembering

facts & information

Unable to analyse & solve problems

Challenges with creative thinking

Less prepared to meet future needs

of employers

Current Situation

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We need to equip our young people with Higher Order Thinking skill-sets to succeed in the 21st Century

Have analytical &

critical thinking skills

Able to work with & tap on

others to solve problems

Motivated to be lifelonglearners

Able to think creatively

Future Aspiration

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We need to equip our young people with Higher Order Thinking Skill-set (HOTs) to succeed in the 21st Century

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HOTs

Youth unemployment has been at elevated levels around the world, and expected to stand at 12.7% in 2012, translating to 75 million out of work youth …… The high level of unemployment can be partly attributed to a skills mismatch – a growing gap between employers’ needs and skills that students acquire at secondary and tertiary levels of education.

Source: Skills for Employability: The Need for

21st Century Skills Results for Development Institute, Washington DC, 2012.

Job-seekers in Year 2025

“80% of the jobs that young people will have in their lifetimes don’t exist yet.”

- Ed Barlow• Body parts Engineer• Fusion Engineer• Memory Augmentation Surgeon• Waste Data Handler• Bionic Technician• Advanced Mechatronics• Personal Branders

• Retirement Counselor• Computational Linguist• Underwater Archaeologist• Virtual Accountant• Climate Change Reversal Specialist • Personal Branders• Virtual Clutter

The needs and requirements of the workforce will continue to become more complex and demanding as

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Global Competitiveness

AdaptiveTalent

FDI, DDITalent

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Brain Drain)

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ryAgensi Inovasi Malaysia Act 2010

Innovation Culture

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Innovation Skills

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National Innovation Strategy

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AIM’s role in this joint initiative with MoE is largely to infuse analytical, critical and creative skills into the education system.

A Futureskills Lab was conducted in June 2011, attended by 25 participants from MoE and AIM .

AIM & MoE conducted a Need Analysis of 59 classrooms at 16 schools in Sept 2011.

10 schools nationwide, were identified and selected by MoE to begin the pilot initiative in January 2012 involving 10,000 Students and 800 Teachers.

Followed by 1,007 schools in 2013 and the remaining 9,000 in 2014 – 5.4mil Students, 412k Teachers.

The initiative began with 8 Thinking Processes, new ACT (Analytical & Critical Thinking) Tools will be gradually introduced.

Joint Initiative – MoE & AIM

1. 59 classes observed over 16 rural & urban schools

• 27 classes in primary schools

• 32 classes in secondary schools

2. Lesson observations

3. Interviews with• Teachers• Students• Parents

Needs Analysis – 2011

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21st Century Learnin

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Higher order thinking skills

Project-based/

inquiry-based

teaching and learningStudent-centered lessons

Students being self-directed

Connected Curriculum -real-world,

rigorous and relevant

Students working independently & interdependently

What were we looking for?

• Teacher-centered• Lower levels of Bloom’s taxonomy• Low levels of student motivation• Absenteeism• Textbook driven• Crowded classrooms• Lack of resources

What we saw and heard!!

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Thinking Toolbox

CoRT-Cognitive Research

Trust

6 Thinking Hats

Collaborative Inquiry

Habits of Mind

Philosophy for Children (P4C)

Thinkers’ Keys

Thinking Maps

FutureSkills – The Thinking Toolbox

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Why Online Training?

Current Challenges

- Face to Face Training

- Teachers leaving schools for courses

- Massive Funding – Total estimated cost for 9700 schools:

RM760 per teacher

- Self Directed, Lifelong and Collaborative Learning

- Interactivity, Engagement via Mobile Social Learning Platform

- Reachability – 24/7 access by 450,000 teachers

- Seamless integration with1BestariNet

- Minimise teachers leaving schools

- Education Blueprint Requirement

- One-off expense for 9700 schools: RM27 per teacher

Online Training

CONFIDENTIAL

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Proposed Approach - SDL & CoL

Self Directed & Collaborative Learning

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What is the SIM?

Self-Instructional Module (SIM) is the portal (learning platform + digital content) developed to bring the i-THINK (Thinking Processes)initiative online

Powered by WTO-Teamie

A joint initiative of +

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Components of the SIM

Interactive Content

Collaborative Learning

Cloud Based Delivery

Learner Workflow on the SIM

Login

Learn (Self –Directed)Interactive Content with Guided Examples

Learn Thinking Processes, Use Practice Tools & Take Assessments

Collaborate (Group)Private Social Network with NewsfeedAsk Questions from Peers & Mentors, Share

Examples & Best Practices

Passed Assessment

Download e-certificate

Logout

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Accessibility of the SIM

Content• Flash• HTML5

Browsers• Web Browsers• Mobile

Browsers

Mobile Apps

• Android• iOS

SIM is developed using technologies that are backward compatible, future ready and device agnostic that enable anytime anywhere access for the learners

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Performance Tracking

Assessment Based & Peer Learning

Design of the SIM

The SIM is made up of components that make learning collaborative & fun, enable learners to engage & learn, and drive performance & behavior

Social Collaboration

Portal

Learning Management

Tools

Analytics & Notifications

System

Nationwide Community of Teachers

Familiar Social Network like UI

Enables sharing of knowledge

ReportsDashboard

Survey &SIM EffectivenessReport

Self-Instructional Module

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Pull Factor of the SIM

Incentive Based • Badges• Profile• Points• Leaderboard• Certificates

Journey so far

• 1000 schools from 16 states• 50,000 users• 3 months duration

Scope

• Average session duration of 18 min• Around 7,500 users login in everyday (at least twice)• Multiple devices are used by most of the learners e.g.

laptops, tablets & smartphonesStickiness

• More than 40,000 posts and 180,000 comments• Learners ask peers & mentors for help• Share images of maps, videos & best practices

Engagement

Screenshot # 1 - Newsfeed

Screenshot # 2 – Course Map

Screenshot # 3 – Interactive Content

Screenshot # 4 – User Profile

Screenshot # 5 – Mobile Apps

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Aligned with the Education Blueprint

An online learning platform for 412,000 teachers in 10,019 schools has been developed. This platform will dramatically save face-to-face training cost of the scheduled 9,000 schools by approximately RM350 million. Roll-out in April 2014 to the remaining 9,000 schools (365,249 teachers)

Social Mobile Media Platform Self-Directed

Self-paced learning

Examples & Practice Exercises

CollaborateShare & Discuss

Learn Best Practices

Scale & Reach

412,000 TeachersAnytime Anywhere Access

Social Mobile Media Platform

FutureForerunner for Future CPDs

KiDT

Kursus i-THINK Dalam Talian (KiDT)

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Malaysia has to build a workforce that possess the skills, qualities and aptitude that employers insist upon.

Agensi Inovasi Malaysia’s Mandate

Skills that bring about innovation

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"..the workforce remains relatively unskilled, with 77% educated only up to 11 years of basic education at the Malaysian Certificate of Education (SPM) level or equivalent, and with only 28% of Malaysian jobs in the higher skilled bracket.”

Source: RMK 10, page 193

Career Skills

Citizenship Skills Competencies

Master Thinking Skills

Life-long Learners

▪ Nurture and develop innovative

▪ human capital

Analytical & Critical Thinkers▪ Problem solving▪ Decision making▪ Risk taking

Creative Thinkers

▪ Visual thinking tools

Collaborative Problem Solvers

▪ Skills development & employability

ACT and Creative Thinking Self-Learning Content have been developed -

In-Service Teachers (60% will be around for 20 years)Pre-Service Teachers (new IPG trainee teachers)

General Workforce Undergraduate Students

SKILLED WORKFORCE

SUSTAINABILITY

STUDENT POPULATION

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MoE to transform IPGs into world-class teacher training universities by 2020. MoE to review current pre-service training curriculum to ensure that teachers are adequately prepared to teach

higher-order thinking skills.

Blueprint Executive Summary –Shift 4, Page 26

Moving Forward – Innovation Driven Economy

By 2014

KiDT to support i-THINK and include 165 ACT & Creative Thinking Modules

Evaluation & Accessment Framework to be developed to capture outcomes of i-THINK program thus far

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