NEW DIGITAL EDUCATION STRATEGY CZECH REPUBLIC Daniela Rikov

NEW DIGITAL EDUCATION STRATEGY CZECH REPUBLIC Daniela Růžičková Our Future Online: Trends and Challenges in Distance Learning Prague 20. 5. 2015

A world map created by John Matherly at search engine Shodan shows every device connected to the internet. OUR VISION Our educational system garantees that each individual acquires competences for information society and allow her or him to use opportunities for open learning throughout her/his life.

DIGITAL EDUCATION STRATEGY v Work started in January 2014 v Approved by the government in November 2014 v Proposes a set of interventions in v Pre-school education, v Elementary (primary and lower secondary) education , v (Upper) secondary education, v Teachers training v Covers broader area, cooperation with other stakeholders will be needed

DIGITAL EDUCATION STRATEGY Our educational system garantees that each individual acquires competences for information society and allow her or him to use opportunities for open learning throughout her/his life.

DIGITAL EDUCATION STRATEGY Our educational system garantees that each individual acquires competences for information society and allow her or him to use opportunities for open learning throughout her/his life.

DIGITAL EDUCATION STRATEGY Our educational system garantees that each individual acquires competences for information society and allow her or him to use opportunities for open learning throughout her/his life. content methods

DIGITAL EDUCATION STRATEGY Priority objectives § to open education to new methods and ways of learning through digital technologies § to improve students' competencies in working with information and digital technologies § to develop students' computational thinking

FIELDS OF INTERVENT IONS Public understanding of the goals and processes of integration of ICT Equal access to digital resources in education Supportive system for the school‘s ICT implementation and development Inovative practices their monitoring, evaluation and dissemination 1. Opening up education 2. Development of students‘ digital literacy 3. Development of students‘ computational thinking Conditions for development of students‘ digital competencies and computational thinking Conditions for development of teachers‘ digital competencies and computational thinking Building, renewal and maintance of school digital infrastructure

FIELDS OF INTERVENT IONS Public understanding of the goals and processes of integration of ICT Equal access to digital resources in education Supportive system for the school‘s ICT implementation and development Inovative practices their monitoring, evaluation and dissemination 1. Conditions for development of students‘ digital competencies and computational thinking Conditions for development of teachers‘ digital competencies and computational thinking Building, renewal and maintance of school digital infrastructure

PRINCIPLES OF IMPLEMENTATION v Predictable funding of schools from the state budget v Use of subsidies of EU Funds v Respect for the autonomy of schools and competency of the school management v Regular evaluation and updates v Involment of public, private and non-profit educational activities v Ethical and safe use of digital technologies

KEY SUCCESS INDICATORS v Establishing National Coalition for Digital Jobs v Project outputs (digital materials) supported from the current Operational Programme of the ME are accessible and published under open licences v Fast and effective broadband connections v Improving results in international surveys (ICILS, PIAAC) v Improving results in the Czech School Inspectorate evaluation of proficiency levels of pupils in the area of information literacy

DIGITAL EDUCATION STRATEGY is just the beginning…

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