ICT indicators in Education

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ICT indicators in Education

• Simon Ellis
• Head of Communication Statistics

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Objectives

• Why do we want ICTS in schools and colleges?
• How do we measure ICTs in schools colleges?
• The answer to question 1 determines the answer to
  question 2

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Some questions

• Does using a computer increase achievement?
• Why should children use computers?
• Why should teachers use computers?

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Why use computers?

• To increase school achievement
• For employment opportunities
• To increase social participation
• For access to services and information
• For their own sake

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What to measure?

• Content of used sites
• Frequency of use
• Nature of use
• Conditions of use eg language

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Existing data

• Mostly from internationally comparable school
  achievement tests
• Can be used to link ICT use to
• achievement
• Home background including home computer
• School conditions, including teachers use of
  computer
• Alternatively use household survey data

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A Breakdown of the School Surveys
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Coverage of Arab States
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Access to Basic Infrastructure
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Remote Access
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ICT access in Schools
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Access and Geography
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Thailand pilot survey Teachers

• Total teachers 467,347 ICT
  trained teachers 338,726 or 42.48
• Teachers per 1 PC in Primary schools 201
  in Secondary schools 2.31
• Percentage of teacher use of ICT
  for instruction 85 for
  administration 15
• Percentage of teacher with cell phone 79
• Percentage of teacher with e-mail 13.7

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Thai pilot survey students

• Percentage of students
• with cell phone 20.1
• with computer at home
  40.1
• with e-mail
  5.9
• Percentage of students who can
• use a computer 22.7
• use digital
  camera 7.8
• write a webpage
  0.16
• Percentage of student using
• internet for education 9.9
• internet at
  school 9.0
• internet every
  week 3.2

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Results and outcomes

• No benefits to learning unless all students have
  personal computer
• No benefits to learners unless teacher has
  thorough knowledge of computers

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Some successes

• Jordan Education Initiative
• 100 pilot Discovery schools feb 2004 linked in
  Jordan National Broadband Learning Network
• Bahrain
• All secondary and intermediate schools connected
• How to measure impact?
• How to replicate?

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