Material for the MEST, Kosovo. Twinning 2014.

1. ICT in education !
Setting criteria for the pilot schools"
Esko Lius
Expert, Digital Learning
Twitter: @eskolius

2. What is an ICT pilot?!
What it is not?!

3. ICT pilot in general"
✤ “The implementation of an ICT technology,
software, or related project on a small controlled
scale to allow for its full impact, benefits and
weaknesses to be evaluated before implementation
on a regional or nationwide basis.”!
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✤ This and next slides are based on GeSCI guide to piloting ICT in education !
http://www.gesci.org/assets/files/Knowledge%20Centre/pilot-ICT-projects.pdf"

4. ICT pilot in general"
✤ A test project for learning purposes "
✤ Based on initial assumptions and hypotheses"

5. ICT pilot in general"
✤ A test project for learning purposes "
✤ Based on initial assumptions and hypotheses"
✤ Not a spearhead or phase #1 of larger deployment"

6. ICT pilot in general"
✤ Usually selecting pilot schools is based on a
representative sample: a variety of different
situations must be tested"
✤ Monitoring and evaluation have an impact on !
next step"

7. Pilot must define"
✤ Objectives (curriculum!)"
✤ Timeframe"
✤ Sample"
✤ Team"
✤ Budget"
✤ Monitoring & evaluation"

8. Stages of a pilot"
✤ Preceding analysis"
✤ Setting up"
✤ Project presentation & communication"
✤ Training"
✤ Running the pilot"
✤ End of project: M&E, redefinition"

9. Elements of a pilot"

10. Spearhead project"
✤ Objectives are set already in the beginning"
✤ Identifying innovation leaders & best practices"
✤ ”Ladders” for the slower schools to step on, !
to adapt after the spearhead schools"

11. Spearhead project structure"
MEST"
Innovation Leaders & promising practices !
identified"
Leading Adopter schools"
Other schools following"
Adapted from Diana Laurillard, several sources"
Phase 1: Identify"
Phase 2: Help LA’s"
Phase 3: Make LA’s new IL’s"
Phase 4: Spread action"

12. Spearhead project"
✤ Exchange of"
✤ Policies"
✤ Ideas & methods"
✤ Approaches"
✤ Learning design"
✤ Change mechanisms"
✤ Requirements"
Adapted from Diana Laurillard, several sources"

13. Spearhead project: example"
✤ Digital Schools of Distinction Criteria (Ireland)"
✤ Leadership and Vision"
✤ ICT integration in the curriculum"
✤ School ICT culture"
✤ Continuing Professional Development"
✤ Resources and infrastructure"
✤ http://www.digitalschools.ie/criteria/"

14. Spearhead project: example"
✤ Omnia VET mobile learning (Finland)"
✤ Tablets (iPads), mICT support, pedagogical support available"
✤ Teachers commit to implement, report, and share"
✤ Teacher teams apply for piloting, answering eg."
✤ “What are the learning objectives that pilot is meant to affect?”"
✤ “How do the learners make their competence visible?”"
✤ “How is working-life orientation covered in the pilot?”"

15. Spearhead project: essentials"
✤ Devotion to implementation"
✤ Measuring, evaluation, and reporting"
✤ Sharing best practices & peer-mentoring "

16. An example of connecting !
Key competencies & 21st century learning"
From Ruben Puentedura, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYYcvADUovY"