ICT JORDAN

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ICT - JORDAN

• Ministry of Education
• Amman
• The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

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Introduction

• The Ministry of Education has realized the
  importance of focusing on the human capital
  development factors in line with the future
  knowledge-based world economies. The Government
  of Jordan placed this as the highest among
  priorities for the country. This priority was
  indeed portrayed by His Majestys presence and
  active participation in the recent Education and
  high profile ICT Forums.

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• The Ministry of Education will continue the
  reform of its educational system, with emphasis
  on the incorporation of ICT, effective long-term
  usage of ICT in e-learning and eventually
  sustainable infrastructure for lifelong
  learning. Skills of the future critical
  creative thinking, problem solving and
  orientation towards research will be integrated
  in its ICT and training programs, rendering a
  richer and wider spectrum of benefits on all
  levels in the educational hierarchy.
• The ICT training, leading this change, is in
  parallelism with the development of curricula,
  built-up of technological infrastructure,
  increased connectivity and development of
  assessment methodologies and examinations
  procedures.

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• Currently, more than 1650 schools are equipped
  with PCs, networking and basic peripherals, in
  more than 1724 labs. It is expected to have about
  1100 secondary schools, selected from different
  directorates, connected to the Internet by
  year-end, as part of an agreement between MOE and
  JTC. Other public schools will be connected
  thereafter at the rate of about 200 schools per
  month, in efforts to achieve full connectivity of
  all public schools by December 2003. Four schools
  have video conferencing facilities

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ICT Strategies

• In order to assess the training needs of the
  Ministry, a draft pyramid (hereunder), was
  designed so that various training projects are
  positioned and fitted in, in line with the target
  sectors, levels of courseware, and tied up
  whenever possible to the ranking system, thus
  providing added incentives. This pyramid also
  serves in identifying and honoring priorities.

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GUIDELINES

•           Efficient usage of the technology
  infrastructure of distributed computers,
  peripherals, teaching aids, networks, Internet
  connectivity, software, electronic and hard copy
  training material at the Ministry, Directorates
  and schools.
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•           Effective usage of ICT as a tool in
  teaching and learning, with long-term vision
  leading to life-long learning readiness and
  receptiveness.
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•           Mentoring and demonstration of the new
  skills and concepts in order to assist and guide
  new trends.
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•           Dependence of capacity building
  projects and training schemes, such as those
  based on Training-of-the-Trainers with long-term
  vision plans, so as to reach a state of
  self-sustainability and autonomy.
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•           Follow-up on all ICT training and
  ensuring that trainees are implementing what they
  have been trained on.

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•           Adopt programs that have International
  Certification.
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•           Develop online content and proper full
  usage of the upcoming e-portal system, which has
  the potential of putting Jordan at the Number One
  position in designing and implementing such a
  comprehensive e-portal that connects all of its
  educational system in the country, at various
  levels.
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• .          Adopt appropriate measures, monitoring
  and evaluation systems for continuously assessing
  and evaluating the e-learning experience.
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• Stay updated with global ICT trends
  particularly those pertaining to educational
  systems and continuously track Jordans relative
  progress to such global trends.

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ICT TRAINING

• ICT Skills have become the demand of the future,
  led by the Internet-related IT skills as number
  one, tied up to an exponential growth. There will
  also be a tremendous demand for Web-based
  applications, seconded by networking and
  programming skills. Anyone who wants to get a
  good job will have to have IT literacy.

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• Hereunder is a list of IT projects that are
  either being implemented or under study at the
  PMU / ICT Unit with the E-Learning Team and
  related Directories

. ICT Literacy ICDL . Cyberlearning . Cisco
Sys. Inc. - CCNA Certification . Pc
Maintenance . Microsoft MCSE . Microsoft
MCAD.NET . Microsoft MOUS . Intel Teach to
the Future Project . INHOLLAND ICT-E Schooling
. Schools Online . iEARN . Executrain . World
Bank Links . Jordan Kuwait Bank . Jordan-Untied
States Business Partnership (JUSBP) .
NetCorps
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ICT LITERACY ICDL

• A 7 modules course, corresponding to 112 hours of
  Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Access and
  PowerPoint, preceded by a very basic Introduction
  to PCs and Windows Environment and ending with
  the usage of the Internet as the 7th, module.
  Online interactive content, is under
  consideration, and will be availed in both the
  Arabic and English Languages.

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CYBERLEARNING

• CyberLearning is a non-profit organization
  providing trainees with high quality online
  courses in IT and management, in conjunction with
  a state-of-the-art Learning Management System
  (LMS) that allows for customized tracking,
  reporting and assessing. Its establishment has
  been in address to the digital divide or other
  known as the growing gap between the haves and
  have-nots in the age of information technology
  and the growing needs for training people in the
  fast-moving information technology.
• The courses cover pretty much all the different
  IT topics at all levels, such as basic PC
  courses, Internet courses, Microsoft Office,
  Lotus, C, Visual Basic, Oracle, MCSE, Cisco, Web
  design, HTML, Cold Fusion, Internet application,
  e-commerce and A. This is done in a
  user-friendly interface and online help.

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CISCO SYS. INC. - CCNA CERTIFICATION

• Cisco Systems, Inc. Internet Protocol-based (IP)
  networking solution is the foundation of the
  Internet and most corporate, educational, and
  governmental networks around the world. Cisco
  Sys. Inc. is also positioned as a worldwide
  leader in networking. It offers various tracks of
  training and certification.
• The strategic movement towards total connectivity
  among all public schools, with thousands of local
  area networks, is generating consequent needs of
  the appropriately and professionally trained team
  of Ministry staff, who are capable of
  configuring, operating, managing and continuously
  maintaining and upgrading these networks with
  optimal performance and security levels.

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PC MAINTENANCE

• PC, peripherals, network and operating system
  maintenance customized to include A, Network,
  core Microsoft 2050 2051.
• A is considered as a core subject and
  prerequisite for many programs and is being
  offered free of charge to students in some
  countries. The aggregate of selected subjects
  would ensure a wide spectrum of readiness towards
  handling troubleshooting and cater for the urgent
  need to train 120 on maintenance and support of
  PCs, networks, peripherals and basic system
  technical support and troubleshooting handling,
  throughout the Kingdom

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Microsoft

• Microsoft, through will train schoolteachers and
  staff, based on the Train-the-Trainer initiative,
  on these tracks
• Microsoft Certified System Engineers (MCSE)
• MCAD.NET track and certification.
• Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOUS).
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Intel Teach to the Future Project

• His Majesty King Abdullah met with Intel
  Corporations CEO Craig Barrett in 2001 and later
  on in 2002. Two programs supporting education in
  Jordan materialized. The I-Lab, based at the
  University of Jordan and the Intel Teach to the
  Future Program to be implemented via the Ministry
  of Education in Jordan for the next three years,
  2003 2006
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• Intel Teach to the Future is a worldwide
  effort to help prepare todays teachers and
  students for tomorrows demands, via extensive
  teacher training programs aiming at effective use
  of technology in the classroom

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EXECUTRAIN

• The management of Executrain Center has conveyed
  20 complimentary seats for a 30 hours ICT
  Literacy program. 20 administrators, Managers and
  Schools joined this course. All Feedback Comments
  were very positive pertaining to the training
  operation as a whole and trainees were satisfied
  with their ICT Ice-breaker course.

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THANK YOU
Information Communications Technology
(ICT) Training Programme Project Management Unit
(PMU)