1. European Schoolnet ICT in Europe Insight into European Policies and Scenarios for ICT in Education Becta Research Conference 13 June 2003 Anja Balanskat European Schoolnet

2. 2 European Schoolnet www.eun.org www.eun.org Joint venture between 24 Ministries of Education European virtual campus for collaboration and learning Sharing learning resources, building communities

3. European Schoolnet 3 European Schoolnet Target audience: Teachers (www.eschoolnet.org) Principals (SMC) http://smc.eun.org/ Policy Makers http:// insight.eun.org Researchers http:// insight.eun.org

4. European Schoolnet 4 INSIGHT http://insight.eun.org Information about ICT policy development in education Evidence of good teaching and learning practices Analyse and publish knowledge in accessible formats

5. European Schoolnet 5 INSIGHT http://insight.eun.org Policy (Briefings, Country Reports, Trend papers) Practice Standardisation Research

6. European Schoolnet 6 Policy Context for elearning 2002 3rd /4 th Phase of ICT policy making Shift: Focus on learning process Quality of services and infrastructure Centralisation vs. decentralisation

7. European Schoolnet 7 Trends 2002 Innovation in education Exchanging best practice Focus on research Broader concepts for content provision Tools for knowledge sharing

8. European Schoolnet 8 Policy Context for elearning 2003 Educational Reform/ New Paradigms Government changes Economic climate Make or break point

9. European Schoolnet 9 Country Insights 2003 Switzerland Norway The Netherlands Hungary France

10. European Schoolnet 10 Switzerland 2003 Cantonal structure „National vision building“ ICT task force Linking school- university In service training

11. European Schoolnet 11 Norway 2003 National Learning Net Pedagogical use of ICT Development of broadband Monitoring ICT policy

12. European Schoolnet 12 The Netherlands 2003 Mission critical Autonomy/responsibility of schools and training institutions Inspectorates and school portraits/ changing assessment

13. European Schoolnet 13 Hungary 2003 Building the infrastructure Content provision Teacher Training Exchanging best practice Reusable learning objects Reform of teacher training institutions

14. European Schoolnet 14 France 2003 New Plan till 2007 Primary Education Computers for special needs Call centres Digital knowledge base Virtual Learning Environments EUN Study on VLE‘s (INSIGHT)

15. European Schoolnet 15 Scenarios for Education Think Study –Valnet Project EUN David Wood, University of Nottingham Scenario 1- Centralised control Scenario 2- Schools as Learning Organisations Scenario 3 -Schools as key nodes in the community Scenario 4- ICT melts down Axes of tension

16. European Schoolnet 16 EUN looking ahead- Ambient Schooling: what is it? Ambient: surrounding –The school surrounds the learner. I.e Resources (LO, musea, libraries) Teachers Experts Mentors Co-students –are available at the learner fingertips anywhere and often anytime

17. European Schoolnet 17 References Country Reports: EUN/Insight/ Policy Studies: EUN/Insight / Library Think Study: http://www.eun.org/goto.cfm?did= 19103 VLEStudy: http://www.eun.org/goto.cfm?did=25201