GUIDELINES FOR EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENTING LARGE-SCALE COMPUTER-ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING (CALL) Indra Charismiadji by: Indra Charismiadji PT. Higher Learning International GLoCALL 2010 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

HIGHER LEARNING Started in 2003 Introducing CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning) in Indonesia  Hosting GLoCALL 2008 Advocate of Blended Learning from the start Offices di Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Solo, Palembang, Padang, Medan, Surabaya, and Lampung with more than 600 employees Implementing CALL in more than 2,000 educational institutions nationwide

INDONESIA 238 million people (world’s 4 th largest) 17,500 islands US $2,329 per capita GDP 33 Provinces with 562 districts English is a foreign language

THE PROJECTS FOR ICT-BASED ELT MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION: – 2010: 600 Vocational High Schools – 2011: 1000 Vocational High Schools – 2012: 8000 Vocational High Schools PROVINCE OF JAKARTA: – 50 High Schools – 30 Middle Schools – 90 Elementary Schools PROVINCE OF LAMPUNG – 30 High & Middle Schools PROVINCE OF YOGYAKARTA: – 40 High & Middle Schools CITY OF MEDAN – 30 High Schools – 30 Middle Schools CITY OF PADANG: – 30 High Schools – 20 Middle Schools CITY OF MAKASSAR: – 30 High Schools – 20 Middle Schools OTHERS: – 50 Schools SEAMEO SEAMOLEC: – 200 Teachers

WHY ICT-BASED ELT? Modern Education should be ICT-based: – Ministerial Decree no. 78 for the year 2009 on International Benchmarking Schools (SBI) – Ministerial Decree for the year 2007 on the quality standard of International Benchmarking Schools (SBI) “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results – Albert Einstein”  more passive English graduates and teachers than active ones

IMPLEMENTING THE COURSEWARE

DYNED (DYNAMIC EDUCATION) DynEd is the only courseware that takes a neuroscientific approach to English acquisition, reinforcing how we naturally learn a language Results: Life long English fluency Based in Burlingame, California – USA Produced world’s first Multimedia English Language Learning CD-ROM in 1987

Aligned with the TOEIC, TOEFL, Cambridge exams, and European Framework DynEd has more awards than any other program on the market today.

DATA-DRIVEN COURSEWARE MEASUREABLE ROI

HOW DID WE GET THE PROJECT? GLoCALL 2007 Vietnam GLoCALL 2008 Indonesia GloCALL 2009 Thailand Info about DynEd Introducing CALL to Indonesian Government DynEd has stronger presence in S.E.A

THE JOURNEY 1.Teacher Training 2.School IT Person Training 3.Infrastructure 4.Students Orientation & Placement Test 5.Teaching & Learning Process 6.DynEd Support Center 7.Retraining 8.Evaluation 9.Post Test

CHALLENGES Low level of computer literacy Traditional Teaching Infrastructure: – Lack of computers – Slow and limited internet access – Not enough electricity – Unlicensed Operating System Lack of funds Lack of information Low level of English Coverage area

CREATING ALLIANCES

MAKING TEACHERS COMFORTABLE

WE HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE Before the projects there were no reasons to do a computer-based teaching and learning Students are motivated to learn English More computers in schools Improvement in English skills

CALL FOR COOPERATIONS RESEARCH TRAININGS HUMAN RESOURCES BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IMPROVEMENTS

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