ICT in Education UNESCO Bangkok Workshop Overview Jonghwi Park Programme Specialist ICT in Education, UNESCO Bangkok Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education

Click to edit Master title style Project Overview Duration: August 2013-July 2017 (48 months) Funding source: Korea Funds-in-Trust Beneficiary countries: Member States in AP with three pilot countries (Nepal, Uzbekistan, Philippines) Country implementation: Aug 2014-Aug 2016

Click to edit Master title style Project Timeline at a Glance Aug 2013 Aug 2014 Aug 2016 Aug 2017 Pilot Implementation Dissemination & Localization Country analysis Case study Guidebook Toolkit Supporting pilot countries for: Standards development Assessment and qualification system adaptation TEI and PD Curriculum update/ development Enhanced Guidebook Enriched Toolkit Case Study Inception Meeting Oct 2013 Regional Project Meeting Preparation Monitoring & Evaluation

Click to edit Master title style Suggested procedures for country piloting ActivityTimeframeOutputsMain actors 1 Developing workplan31 Jan 2014 Country workplanBGK/FO 2 Building country TFT31 Jan 2014 List of TFTFO/MOE 3 Country background report28 Feb 2014 CBRMOE/FO 4 fact finding missionMid March – Sept 2014 Country e-readiness report BGK/FO/MOE 5 Regional workshop in BGK (to introduce the project and toolkit) Aug 2014 Mutual understanding of the project Refined project modality BGK/FO/MOE 6 National consultation workshop for competency standard development January-May 2015 Standards Performance indicators FO/BGK/MOE 7 Revise and finalize the CS, PIs and assessment instruments through online consultation (policy-level endorsement to adopt the CS and PI-based assessment) Jan 2015 – June 2015 Standards & PIs Assessment instruments Updated policy Progress report MOE/FO/BGK 8 Regional workshop in BGK (to review the developed CS together) Aug or Oct 2015 Refined and finalized CS, PIs and assessment BGK/FO/MOE 9 National consultation workshop for curriculum development with TEIs Nov 2015 – Jan 2016 Updated curriculum draftFO/BGK/MOE 10 Revise and finalize the curriculum (through online consultation) Jan 2016– June 2016 Updated or newly developed curriculum MOE/FO/BGK 11 Regional workshop in BGKAug 2016 Finalized toolkitBGK/FO/MOE Note: FO indicates UNESCO Office in the country of concern. The order of main actors represents the degree of accountability.

Click to edit Master title style Suggested procedures for country piloting ActivityTimeframeOutputsMain actors 1 Developing workplan31 Jan 2014 Country workplanBGK/FO 2 Building country TFT31 Jan 2014 List of TFTFO/MOE 3 Country background report28 Feb 2014 CBRMOE/FO 4 fact finding missionMid March – Sept 2014 Country e-readiness report BGK/FO/MOE 5 Regional workshop in BGK (to introduce the project and toolkit) Aug 2014 Mutual understanding of the project Refined project modality BGK/FO/MOE 6 National consultation workshop for competency standard development January-May 2015 Standards Performance indicators FO/BGK/MOE 7 Revise and finalize the CS, PIs and assessment instruments through online consultation (policy-level endorsement to adopt the CS and PI-based assessment) Jan 2015 – June 2015 Standards & PIs Assessment instruments Updated policy Progress report MOE/FO/BGK 8 Regional workshop in BGK (to review the developed CS together) Aug or Oct 2015 Refined and finalized CS, PIs and assessment BGK/FO/MOE 9 National consultation workshop for curriculum development with TEIs Nov 2015 – Jan 2016 Updated curriculum draftFO/BGK/MOE 10 Revise and finalize the curriculum (through online consultation) Jan 2016– June 2016 Updated or newly developed curriculum MOE/FO/BGK 11 Regional workshop in BGKAug 2016 Finalized toolkitBGK/FO/MOE Note: FO indicates UNESCO Office in the country of concern. The order of main actors represents the degree of accountability.

Overview of the Workshop

Click to edit Master title style Collectively review and understand the current readiness of teachers of the country and compare with the national education goals and vision Introduce participants to diverse approaches to developing ICT competency standards for teachers Provide an overview of the development process of ICT competency standards for teachers; and Identify and draft domains, standards and corresponding performance indicators Objectives of the Workshop

Click to edit Master title style By the end of this workshop The taskforce team will: 1)Agree on the scope and approaches to developing the competency standards 2)Identify priority areas/domains 3)Build a capacity to develop competency standards and performance indicators 4)Draft a work plan for the full development

Click to edit Master title style Day 1 SessionPresenters/ Facilitators OutputsDuration 1Overview Intro to Nepal’s Education Sector Goals and ICT in Ed Master Plan Intro to Competency Standards: Why, What and How NCED UNESCO -1.5 hr 2AUnderstanding teachers readiness in Nepal National Teacher Competency Standards and Teacher’s Professional Development Programme Pre-service Teacher Education Results of the Teacher Readiness Survey NCED Tribhuvan U Mr Ganesh Bahadur Singh Mutual agreement on where we are and where we should be in terms of teacher ICT development 2 hrs LUNCH 2BReflecting National Education Goals in the Development of Teachers’ ICT Competencies UNESCO Group work Worksheet A1.5 hrs 3Diverse Approaches to Developing Competency Standards for Teachers UNESCO Group work Mutually agreed approach(es) 1.5 hrs

Click to edit Master title style Day 2 ModuleSessionFacilitatorsOutputsDuration 4ADeveloping competency standards (1): Domains UNESCO Group work Worksheet B (Mutually agreed domains) 2 hrs 4BDeveloping competency standards (2): Competency standards UNESCO Group work Written standards for at least two domains 3 hrs 4CDeveloping competency standards (3): Performance Indicators UNESCO Group work Written PIs for at least one domain 3 hrs (to be continued on Day 3)

Click to edit Master title style Day 3 ModuleSessionFacilitatorsOutputsDuration 5Group presentation + consultationNational TFT UNESCO 2.5 hrs Lunch 6ALooking forward: Sustaining the Momentum Building a system to sustain the capability building efforts Discussion – how to set-up and institutionalize such a system in Nepal? (Co-chairs: Dr. Tulashi Prasad Thapaliya, NCED/Mr. Tap Raj Pant, UNESCO Kathmandu) UNESCO Dr. Tulashi Prasad Thapaliya/Mr. Tap Raj Pant 1 hr 6BNext steps and future planNational TFT/ UNESCO Work plan for finalizing NCST 1.5 hrs

Click to edit Master title style THANK YOU. Jonghwi Park ICT in Education, UNESCO BANGKOK (