Monitoring and Evaluation at the Jordan Education Initiative Osama Obeidat, Ph.D Monitoring and Evaluation at the Jordan Education Initiative Osama Obeidat,

Monitoring and Monitoring and Evaluation at the Jordan Evaluation at the Jordan

Education InitiativeEducation Initiative

Osama Obeidat, Ph.DOsama Obeidat, Ph.D

Introduction/BackgroundHow the JEI started?

•A group of nonprofit, Information Technology (IT), and telecom industry leaders in the World Economic Forum (WEF) agreed to join forces to improve education within one developing country•Jordan was selected because of the country’s vision for the future of education and its people•In early 2002, the WEF organized an Initiative kick-off meeting in London, inviting organizations from around the world to participate in the Jordan Education Initiative (JEI). •The JEI was conceived at the extraordinary IT and Telecom Governance meeting at the WEF meeting in January, 2003•The JEI was launched in the WEF Jordan meeting in June 2003 at the Dead Sea

JEI Vision

"A world class education innovation Center of Excellence that leverages public private partnership to leapfrog education

transformation in the region"

JEI Mission

“Accelerate education reform through innovative research, development, and

implementation, and further add value to students, teachers, and the education system, and effectively contribute in

building a knowledge economy and society"

JEI Objectives

• Improve the development and delivery of education through PPP.

• Introduce 21st century learning and teaching skills.• Encourage the development of an efficient public-

private model for the acceleration of educational reforms in developing countries.

• Build the capacity of partners for the development of innovative learning solutions in partnership with world class firms, and creating economic value.

• Create a model of reform and replicate it in other countries in the region.

• Expand innovation and research.

JEI Phase (I) was…

the foundation phase

JEI

Phase II

JEI Phase II• Increase adoption• Leverage the ICT resources to better impact

the students• Focused on-site support• Support school leadership• Trouble shooting• Change management VS. training• Community involvement• More innovation• Roll out

The model…

MadrasatiMadrasati

• e-Content• Training• Infrastructure

• e-Content• Training• Infrastructure

Rollout

OperationsOperations

• e-Content• Connectivity• ITN

• e-Content• Connectivity• ITN

PilotingPiloting

• R&D• Pilots• CM• ASP

• R&D• Pilots• CM• ASP

Innovation

ConsultancyResearchPapersProjects

ConsultancyResearchPapersProjects

•Capacity•Services•Promotion•Collaboration

•Capacity•Services•Promotion•Collaboration

GlobalOutreach

Impact AssessmentImpact Assessment (Strategy & Master Plan)(Strategy & Master Plan)

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M&ERollout

Current Projects• e-Content deployment and training … JEI training

• Site surveys … monitoring operations

• Teaching For Understanding (Harvard) … increased adoption and change in pedagogic approaches

• EFL Strategy … technology model

• Interactive White Boards (SMART Technologies) … innovation

• Interactive White Boards (KETAB) … innovation and local IT support

Current Projects• Reading Companion (IBM) … pedagogy and

after school program

• Class teacher (1-3) training (JEI/Menhaj) … pedagogic approaches

• Towards new schools Attitude (CADER/Microsoft) … driving change

• Classmate PC (INTEL) … innovation

• JEI proprietary training … research

Current Projects• ITN (Microsoft) … harboring innovations from

the field

• NeuroLanguage … after school program

• Four Nations … after school program

• Al-Hussein Society … special education

• MADRASATI Projects … rollout & PPP

Monitoring and Evaluation• Focuses attention on achieving outcomes important

to the organization and its stakeholders• Provides timely, frequent information to staff• Provides greater accountability  for aid lending• To make resource decisions• To re-think the causes of a problem• To make decisions on best alternatives• To help build consensus among stakeholders on

how to respond to a problem• To understand what caused the changes we are

monitoring• To understand if the implementation process

followed as anticipated, and with what consequences

Project-Level M&EHow are We Doing it? How are We Doing it?

JEI’s M&E Guided Principles

JEI’s M&E Guided Principles…cont.

M&E Cycle at the JEI

Developing outcomes

Monitoring of results

New Project

Baseline Data on Indicators

KPIs

Reporting Findings

Using the findings

Sustaining M&E

Position of the JEI in the national and global education M&E

EFA

GEIMoE

JEI

NCHRD

DCU

PEI

REI

EEI

MSPEs

MDGsNational Agenda

Outcomes/Achievements of the JEI

• Electronic Content• Professional Development• ICT Infrastructure and Resources• Performance of the Discovery Schools in the

National and International Assessment Programs

• Impact Assessment of the JEI • Site Survey

e-Curricula

Six subjects (3,373 e-learning lessons) developed:

CivicsICT EFL

Math Arabic Science

All e-Contents are deployed on EduWave

Teachers Training

• Training around 3000 teachers on the use of the computer for teaching through:– ICDL, – Intel Teach to the Future, – CADER, – World Links programs,– Subject Specific Training (SST).

In-Classroom Technology

• Technical infrastructure in all 100 Discovery School deployed

• 80,000 students, 3200 teachers in 100 Discovery Schools are fully networked, connected and have access to computer labs and online curricula

• Teachers provided with laptops and projectors to deliver e-contents.

National and International Assessment Programs

• PISA 2007• NAfKE 2006 AND 2008

Impact Assessment

• Task One: examine the current state of ICT use and pedagogical practices in the Discovery Schools.

• Task Two: analyzes the nature of the public-private partnership.

• Task Three: assess the information technology infrastructure and the adequacy of these platforms to support e-learning in the Discovery Schools.

• Task Four: assess the cost implications of scaling up the JEI technology platforms and e-learning approaches to additional school.

Impact Assessment Main Recommendations• Develop JEI capacity;• Deepen local evaluation and monitoring capacity

for education technology;• Provide learning opportunities for principals,

teachers and supervisors;• Continue supporting innovation and distribution

of e-content and infrastructure;• Expand and fortify technical support and

maintenance strategies to go to scale;• Provide opportunities for students and

community.

Site SurveyTo monitor and evaluate the roll out of the e-content in DS. Data are collected from each DS on the use of the e-content by subject and grade, the use of computer labs and laptop computers, training of teachers in the use of ICT and e-content, and the status and technical support of computer and network infrastructure.

The first survey was conducted on March 2005 and the latest one (14th) was conducted in March-April 2008.

4 surveys in 2005, 6 in 2006, 3 in 2007, and 1 in 2008

ConclusionThe current responsibilities of the Monitoring and

Evaluation Department are:  • Participating in preparing the developmental plans and programs

associated with the institutional capacity building.• Setting the appropriate performance measures needed for monitoring

and evaluation of programs and projects.• Collecting, studying and analyzing data and information related to

the projects and programs.• Carrying out formative and summative evaluation studies of the

projects to help the company take the necessary changes during the implementation of these projects

• Preparing progress reports for projects • Setting up monitoring and evaluation plans for all the projects

undertaken by the company. • Working with the PMU in identifying and solving problems faced

the projects and complete them within the stipulated time

ConclusionContribute and support the JEI to engage with local

and international partners, and with the MOE for new learning programs

– Building capacity of the department– Deliver monitoring and evaluation products and

services that generate income to the JEI– Making sure that the organization is on track in

achieving its objectives and to review progress against objectives and adjust planning assumptions, priorities and strategies as needed

Thank Youلكم شكرًا+

Osama.o@jei.org.jo