Part+2+a+-+E-learning+development+in+New+Zealand

= The New Zealand Ministry of Education has created a series of initiatives for Secondary school e-learning development. = >
 * The ICT strategic framework was established in 2006-2007 to provide goals and priorities for the government and all four sectors of education in New Zealand. It focusses on goals for a learner centred approach to National Digital learning. The strategy provides a guide to four dimensions to be addressed by 2010 – connectivity, content and confidence & capability.
 * An e-Learning action plan was developed for schools 2006 – 2010 which identifies how schools that are coming up with their own ICT focus fit in with and support the wider range of digital and Information Communication Technology being co-ordinated by the Government. This e-Learning action plan builds on the previous two ICT strategies for schools - Interactive Education (Ministry of Education, 1998) and Digital Horizons (Ministry of Education, 2002) which contribute to the Government's goal to build a system that provides students with 21st Century skills through e-Learning in schools.
 * The Ministry currently offers fully-funded software packages for state and state-integrated schools.
 * The development of the use of Managed Learning Environments (MLE) in New Zealand schools is on-going for two reasons
 * 1) Administration of student and staff information
 * 2) Management of curriculum and pedagogical resources
 * Internet security and monitoring solutions that best meet the needs of each school is provided by the Ministry.
 * The Ministry continues to work with both accredited and non-accredited SMS vendors to provide data sharing services to schools.
 * In February 2010 the Minister of Education approved a range of initiatives to improve student attendance and engagement in schools

In recent years the Ministry of Education has published research on e-learning which covers pedagogy as well as reports on Ministry initiatives and their successes -


 * March 2002 – Highways and Pathways – exploring New Zealand’s e-learning opportunities
 * March 2007 - School ICT Network Infrastructure Upgrade Project: Evaluation of early impacts
 * [[image:http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/__data/assets/image/0011/74684/pubID-72552-cover.gif align="right"]]June 2008 - TELA: Laptops for Teachers Evaluation - Final report Years 9-13
 * July 2009 -Outcomes for teachers and students in the ICT PD School Clusters Programme 2005-2007 - A national overview
 * March 2010 - A Literature Review focused on Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) and e-Learning in the Context of Te Reo Māori and Kaupapa Māori Education
 * December 2011 - ICT in schools report 2011: Information and Communications technology in New Zealand Schools 1993-2011

All these are available from

Education Counts Publications (2012) The latest initiative is to roll out Ultra fast broadband to cover 97.7% of New Zealand schools by 2016

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Te Kete Ipurangi. (2010a)



** Discussion point: How is it significant that New Zealand has made the commitment to Ultra Fast Broadband for New Zealand schools? What will it achieve? **

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