Yang keynote

关于教育中长期规划教育信息化问题的思考

杨宗凯 Yang Zongkai 华中师范大学 Central China Normal University (National engineering research center for e-learning)

About the Chinese educational development plan

National situation

Background for the plan

  • needs for the plan
  • international situation

One chapter about ed tech 教育信息化 - has revolutionary impact (革命性影响) Lists ten big projects - 教育信息化 is one of them

Chapter 19

  • improve hardware
  • development of high quality educational resources
  • national information management system (教育管理信息系统)

International situation

  • US: “Transforming American Education - Learning powered by technology. National Education Technology Plan” - published in US in 2010
  • UK: JISC strategy 2010-2012
  • Japan: Handbook for education technology
  • Korea: A number of reports, KERIS etc

Thoughts about Chinese plan

Four targets

  • meet people's expectations and hopes
  • resolve real problems
  • take into consideration the national situation
  • meet international challenge

Explains the process of coming up with the plan.