eSkwela - ICT for ALS - Jan 2012 MMTan

With eSkwela, there is fun...there is discovery...

there is engagement...there are partnerships and

opportunities...but more importantly, there is hope!

ICT for ALSMaria Melizza D. TaneSkwela Project Manager, Commission on ICTICT in Education Programme Officer, UNESCO-Bangkok

19 January 2012 * BS Residences, Bangkok, Thailand

Accreditation and Equivalency Program

• Existing DepEd program for functional literacy• Community-based learning centers• 15 years old and up • Life skills approach; print-based modules

4 A’s definition

Activity • experience and acquire new knowledge and skills

Analysis • new knowledge and skills are linked to what they already know and can do; reflectively think about how new knowledge and skills can be used

Abstraction • forming own meaning / understanding; verbalizing it

Application • a way of trying out, or applying what the learners have learned to an actual situation

Some ALS A&E Modules – Life Skills Communication Skills

Are You Listening?

A Language of Our Own

Effective Communication

Effective Writing

The Interview

Are you a Critical Reader?

How to Become an Intelligent

Listener

Panitikang Filipino

Filling-up Forms Accurately

Problem Solving & Analytical Thinking

Reproductive Health

Skeletal System

Addictive and Dangerous Drugs

The Cost of Environmental

Degradation

Composting

Buying Wisely

Business Math

Basic Accounting

Searching for Patterns

Water and its CostsSustainable Use of Resources/

Productivity

Marks of a Successful Entrepreneur

Water Pollution

Wanted: Clean and Fresh Air

Workers’ Rights

Ideas for Income-Generating Projects

Dev’t of Self and a Sense of Community

Building Relationships with Others

Dealing with Fear, Anger, and

Frustration

Ironing It Out

Changing Roles

Civil and Political Rights

The Beautiful World of Our Native

Brothers

Expanding One’s World Vision

The Major Religions of the World

Think Globally, Act Locally

How to Resolve Conflicts

• DepEd-BALS’ A&E Program: life skills for out-of-school youth and adults; opportunity to “move up”

• Filled with challenges

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HS I HS IVGraduate

College I CollegeGraduate

Enter/Stay Drop Out

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2008 figure: 9 Million

+ 4 M illiterates

BALS estimates:

40 M dropouts

ALS for EFA!


Project Objectives

• To support the efforts of DepEd to integrate ICT in the teaching and learning process

• To help BALS broaden access to basic education

• To help BALS produce and use interactive multimedia learning materials for out-of-school youth and adults, with particular focus on the development of life skills

• To reduce the digital divide by providing disadvantaged youth and adults with access to ICT


a beacon of hope...

~ estimated 6,500 learners (2007-2011)…and counting


Profile of eSkwela Learners

• Both in urban and rural areas• 15 yo & up (general: 15 to 35 yo; ranges up to

68 yo)• Non-completers of basic education

(elementary or secondary) for various reasons– Lack funds – Schools are too far away– Families have other priorities– Simply not interested

• Most: not ICT users• Income class: wide range; has work

experience• Want a new lease on life, transformed “me”,

better opportunities, better lives for the family• Prefer the presence of teachers


Designing eSkwela

“If you change the technology but not the method of learning, then you are throwing (good) money after bad practice.”

“there is no benefit in giving kids iPads in school

if you don't change (the) school”

- Prof. Cathy Davidson, Duke University iPads in the Public Schools (Jan 2011)


Designing eSkwela

“Embrace new ways of learning--not just a marvelous and very expensive tool. (What is required is) not a device but a pedagogy and a set of institutional practices that put energy, imagination, creativity, and inspiration at the center of learning.”

- Prof. Cathy Davidson, Duke University iPads in the Public Schools (Jan 2011)


Designing eSkwela

eSkwela = “Alternative Learning” + ICT

ICT-enabled, learner-centred education in safe, caring & inviting environments that assist learners in overcoming challenges, acquire life skills, & obtain credentials so that they become lifelong learners as well as productive members of the community

Customized Instructional Model

(CICT & BALS)Content & Apps Devt

Training forLFs, CMs, NAs(CICT, BALS, community)

Community Support for Operations and

Sustainability (covered by MOA)

Infrastructure Set-up (community / shared facilities;

application process)

Project Components

Monitoring & Evaluation

(CICT & BALS)

Multi-stakeholder approach

eSkwela Module Guides via LMSA LEARNING COMMUNITY VIA INTERNET & INTRANET

Learner Entry (different goals):

FLTInterviewILA

Learner Entry (different goals):

FLTInterviewILA

Tertiary Education /

College

Tertiary Education /

College

VocTech / Livelihood Courses

VocTech / Livelihood Courses

EmploymentEmployment

A&E TestA&E Test

Personal GrowthPersonal Growth

eSkwela Instructional Model (ver 2)

Learner

Other Learners

eModules

Mentors/ Experts

Learning Facilitator/s

Community

Project(Learner Portfolio)

ForumOther Resources

Life Skills, Blended, Self-paced, Localized, RBL & PBL

ALS Print Modules

Session Guides

eSkwela eLearning Modules

Module Guides

Face-to-face (F2F)

facilitation

ActivitiesPaper-

and-Pen Portfolio

Limited access to other sessions and Community

Learning Centers (CLCs)

F2F & online /

LAN facilitation

ICT-supported Portfolio

Learning Management System tools

Wider access to other sessions and CLCs

ALS A&E = life skills, adult learning, self-paced, learner-centered

appropriate multimedia

interactive

simplified

contextualized

localized

e-learning content

PRINT-based Life Skills Modules

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AlphaReview

BetaReview

(Reviewers)

Turnover of Sources

AlphaProduction

AlphaRevisions

BetaRevisions

Certification Distribution

Storyboards & Scripts

Production

Storyboards & Scripts Review

Concept& Theme Workshop

BetaReview

(Learners)

Enhanced Content Development Process

LINKS TO WEBSITES

FORUM / WIKI & TESTS

FORUM

PROJECT options: letter, article, photo essay multimedia video, recorded interview, song, radio play, brochure, blog, wiki, Google Group, ning, Facebook, YouTube, etc.

Module Guides

LF Training Workshops (maturity model)

eSkwela Center Life Cycle

• PPP Stakeholders’ commitment; Steering Committee, assignment of roles

• Legal documents• Infrastructure

Set-up and System installation

• Trainings• Learner

Selection • Launch

• Blended learning sessions• Learner Orientation

• Regular maintenance

• M&E: Instructional Model + Site

Operations• Budget cycles

• Steering Committee

meetings• Periodic

assessment of center

performance

• Social Mobilization (local or via project team)


Tapping Local Communities

CICT & DepEd overall supervision, macro direction, supervision of capability-building workshops, technical support, M&E, conduct of sturdy and competition

eSkwela Regional Coordinators

site application assessment, conduct of orientation, planning, training, and monitoring & evaluation activities for their respective regions

local communities

• DepEd Division Office or NGO or school

learning facilitators, learner registration, assistance in capability-building, advocacy of ICT integration in education

• Local government units, school boards, NGO, or civic / Church groups

infrastructure and utilities (room, computers, peripherals, internet connection, electricity), selection & salaries of personnel (LF, CM, NA), additional funding for operations

Vital for project ownership & sustainability


Additional Interventions

• Monitoring & Evaluation mechanisms: site operations and use of Instructional Model

• Empowered Project Team• Designation & Training of ALS implementers

as:– Regional Coordinators– National Trainers for Learning Facilitators– Regional Trainers for Network Administrators

• Management Training for Center Managers • Technical Training for Network

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Profile of Operational Sites

Partnerships...Innovations...Empowerment...Community building...


Journey


Key Success Factors


Network of Stakeholders

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A&E Test Performance

eSkwela Average

National Average

Feb 2008 57% 29%

Oct 2008 65% 23%

Oct 2009 46% 21%

Oct 2010 63% 33%

Benefits: Learners

• Free • Learning = fun, more engaged, creative, excited• PBL = application of what they learned from

eModules• A means for “transformed lives”: Hope for a

“better me” and a brighter future; improved self-esteem/ confidence

• ICT competence: additional skill for income-generation

• Links to other community programs/projects


Benefits: Learning Facilitators

• ICT as an enabler and equalizer• Recognition of maturity models not only for ICT

competency-and-use but also for pedagogical practices and community-building

• easier implementation of self-paced approach • more work, more facilitative, more open to explore

and innovate• planning phase in PBL = life skills• monitoring and consultations for handholding

interventions• synergy and support groups, models


Benefits: Community

• more optimized use of computer infrastructure and Internet connection investments

• motivated constituents; educated and “loyal” voters

• more constituents employable & more taxes potentially coming in

• multi-stakeholder partnerships for community projects/activities and “learner pathing”

• potential use of center/learner-developed projects for community advocacy projects



Moving Forward

BALS


Continuing Challenges

• Resistance and apprehension to changes in roles and strategies– habit of exploration and experimentation must be developed

• Need for stronger advocacy on ALS and ICT in Education (actual utilization instead of mere deployment)

• Focus on A&E Test rather than life skills • Focus on technical skills rather than content of

outputs• Changes take time

– always consider maturity models and handholding mechanisms

– still a long way to go…


Salamat po.

[email protected]

http://alseskwela.ning.com

The eSkwela Project

With eSkwela, there is fun...there is discovery...there is engagement...there are partnerships and opportunities...but more importantly, there is hope!

eSkwela - ICT for ALS - Jan 2012 MMTan

Documents

duke university

eskwela instructional

module guides

life skills

ict literacy

beta review

maturity models

public schools