E-Education & E-Learning in Austria Mag. Axel Zahlut European Network for Innovative Schools Austria

Do we need a change? "Education is what most people get, some teach and few have!" Karl Kraus

Changing circumstances Why?

Current data Background?

Austria's basic Structure HOW?

strategical Objectives Future?

Changing circumstances Why?

"Modern technologies provide access to information in an unlimited way but also, without any oder! Therefore students will have to learn how to manage the information they get and to put in order." Prof. Hans N. Weiler (Prof. Emeritus in Stanford) CLOUD

Shifts ? Teacher-centred vs. student-centred approach e-inclusion (professional & private life) practical level

Current data Background?

5 students per computer 50% of schools use e-learning or web % of the teachers in training since ECDLs completed annualy modular ECDL exams annualy over 25% of schools involved in int. projects Source: efit21, 2010

Austria's basic Structure HOW?

SCHOOLS european level national level federal state

SCHOOLS EUROPEAN LEVEL - 13 current international projects - 16 international projects completed specific and targeted content or future design of the classroom

SCHOOLS NATIONAL LEVEL - 16 national projects with specific tasks and challenges - new eContent for classroom use

SCHOOLS FEDERAL STATE - educational server - regional content collected - valuable information for parents, students and teachers

SCHOOLS - involvement in as many initiatives as possible - e-learning, sports and additional subjects - participations in school networks - e-learning platforms

SCHOOLNETWORKS eLSA

Is there an affordable e-Learning environment?

strategical Objectives Future?

6 Enhance quality of teaching and learning Teach digital competences Enhance the success on the labour market Modernize the organisation structure Integrate the society Boost art and culture

enhance quality of teaching and learning quality of using and sharing content learning platforms and content portals investments in the infrastructure netbook project for competence-based learning individualization of learning and teaching

teach digital competences raising the awareness of the necessity of digital skills appropriate teachers training & further training EPICT, Virtual Pedagogical Academia, New Middle School

enhance the success on the labour market setting benchmarks for ICT in education standarizing methods of teaching jobs for information technology more appealing - especially to girls and young women school pilot IT & gender, industrial certificates, ECDL

modernize the organisation structure using ICT in the educational administration for a powerful infrastructure services and applications for target groups modern applications on all levels E-Government edu.card, edu.net, broadband connection, statistic-datawarehouse, ELAKedu.net

integrate society access to the potential for everyone: e- inclusion removing barriers for social integration including ICT and media used by juveniles in the pedagogical approach media literacy edu.gov - E-Government in classedu.gov

boost art and culture presentation independent from location with ICT access for future generation without any barriers including it in class easy access to the digitalized cultural heritage Culture Pool, digitalization of the portfolios of museums, galleries, and archives

eEducation & eLearning is not a concept! It is a necessary fact!! CONCLUSION

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