Eskwela Brief

Project Brief 11 March 2009

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• to provide ICT-enabled learning opportunities (basic education equivalent, life skills, livelihood skills) for out-of-school youth (OSY) and adults • in partnership with DepEd-BALS Enter/Stay 100

Drop Out

0 34

80

42

57 77

60 100 40

66

86

58 43

20

23 0 Grade 1

Grade 6 Graduate

HS I

HS IV Graduate

College I

14 College Graduate

An Educational Crisis

Philippine Out-of-School • almost 17 million out-of-school youth and adults (2005) – 20% of population • the Bureau of Alternative Learning System (BALS) – “The Other Side of Education” – less than 1% of the total education budget

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CICT's ICT4E: Comprehensive Approach

Infrastructure

Educators Training

Applications Dev

Content Dev

Elem

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

HS

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

ALS

Yes

Yes

Yes

Tertiary

Yes

Yes

No

Deployment

Yes (only for pilot)

No

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

What we want by 2010

• extensive acceptance and support for eSkwela nationwide • be leading/automatic choice for ICT-based ALS and livelihood programs • primary model for ICT integration in education • physical and virtual eSkwela Centers that are well-managed, sustainable, and replicable

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Comparative Data on A&E Exam Passers 80.00% 70.00% 60.00% 50.00% 40.00% 30.00% 20.00% 10.00% 0.00%

1 QC

2 SJDM

3 Cebu

4 CDO

eSkwela

59.48%

27.78%

73.24%

73.42%

BALS - City

30.19%

21.00%

37.00%

46.00%

BALS - Region

32.43%

29.00%

38.00%

47.00%

eSkwela Average: 57%; National Average: 29%; Average of 4 Regions: 37%

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Component Reports

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Project Components

Infrastructure Deployment/ Set-up (community)

Customized Instructional Model (CICT & BALS) Content & Apps Devt

Stakeholders’ Training (CICT, BALS, community)

Monitoring & Evaluation (CICT & BALS)

Community Support for Sustainability

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Sample 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

Dev’t of Self and a Sense of Community

Reproductive Health

Building Relationships with Others

Skeletal System Addictive and Dangerous Drugs The Cost of Environmental Degradation

The Major Religions of the World Think Globally, Act Locally

Frustration Ironing It Out

Composting

Changing Roles

Buying Wisely

Civil and Political Rights

Business Math

The Beautiful World of Our Native

Basic Accounting

Borthers

Searching for Patterns Water and its Costs

Expanding One’s World Vision

Dealing with Fear, Anger, and

Sustainable Use of Resources/ Productivity Marks of a Successful Entrepreneur Water Pollution Wanted: Clean and Fresh Air Workers’ Rights

How to Resolve Conflicts

Ideas for Income-Generating Projects

eSkwela Model

Tertiary Education / College

Facilitation of Self-Paced Learning “Homeroom Moderator” + Online Tutors

A&E exam Learning Management System

Learner Entry: •Application •Functional Literacy Test •+ Interview •+ Personal Objectives •Individual Learning Agreement

Learner s

• PBL Module Guides • E-Learning modules • Links/Files • Communication & Collaboration Tools • Activities • Assessment/ Evaluation • Learners' Portfolio

Learner s

VocTech / Livelihood Courses

Employment

Mentors and Experts (OPTIONAL) Personal Growth A LEARNING COMMUNITY VIA INTERNET & INTRANET

eSkwela eLearning Modules

ALS Print Modules

PBL Module Guides

Session Guides

Face-toface facilitation

Activities

Paperand-Pen Portfolio

Limited access to other sessions and CLCs

Online / LAN facilitation

LMS tools

ICTsupported Portfolio

Wider access to other sessions and CLCs

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

Content Development Process Flow Turnover of print materials to be converted

Storyboard and Script (SS) Production

SS Review

Alpha Production

Alpha review (reviewers)

Beta Review (learners) Certification by partner agency

Final revision

Beta Production Beta Review (reviewers)

Reproduction

Distribution and LMS incorporation

Content Development: Targets

• Current # available: 41 • For release by May 2009: – Additional 174 ALS A&E modules (secondary and primary levels) – 4 TESDA courses • Upcoming: – 65 ALS A&E modules – December 2009 – CILC(7) for Teachers – August 2009 CICT

Site Expansion Process Flow Contact CICT eSkwela Project Team

Learner Enrollment Process

Personnel prepare the LMS & the center Launch

Operations & Sustainability

Download, fill up, and submit RAF & Letter of Intent (multi-stakeholder)

CICT assesses RAF & communicates with pointperson

Site Inspection & Social Mobilization

Draft legal documents

Formation of Steering Committee, meeting on partnership parameters

Infrastructure set-up personnel selection + competency check Personnel Training (CM, TT, NA), if needed Monitoring & Evaluation (Steering Committee, CICT, BALS)

Updates

• Current sites: 9 • Upcoming by Mar-Apr 2009: 5 – + 16? (Alaminos) • Potential sites for 2009-2010: – 42 at various stages of preparation – 189 BALS-designated sites (1/division)

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Collaborative Effort CICT, LGU, DepEd, school/PTCA, NGO Site Components Infrastructure

Personnel

Sustainability

Sub-components Center

Areas of Concern

Requirements

security, schedule, accessibility

clear guidelines and policies

Units

able to handle eSkwela resources

minimum specs

Internet Connection

reliability

LMS access; online tutoring

LMS & e-modules

set-up by CICT

“all systems go”

Center Manager

management

training - soon

Mobile Teachers/ Instructional instruction Managers / facilitation

training: ALS + eSkwela (to be discussed); regular Internet users

Network Admin

technical support

“on call”; training during set-up

Operations Instructional Model Learners

responsibilities Steering Committee

legal document/s

Learners' Pathing Advocacy, Linkages

baseline vs. targets

plans & tie-ups w/ other community stakeholders

Enhancements

M&E activities & reports

regular coordination; site visits; interviews

Hardware Specifications Workstations

Recommended

Minimum

Video Card

32 MB

1024x768 resolution

Sound Card

Any

Any

Optical Drive

Minimum of CD-ROM

Any

80 Gigabytes

10 Gigabytes available space

Network

Ethernet or Wireless

Ethernet or Wireless

Monitor

LCD (energy saver)

Any VGA monitor

Headset

Any

Any

Any licensed operating system / open source

Any licensed operating system / open source

Any

AVR

512 MB

512 MB

Hard Disk

Operating System UPS (with built in AVR function) Memory

Internet connection: broadband, must be at least 1gbps for 20 units or more

Hardware Specifications Server

Recommended

Minimum

Video Card

32 MB

1024x768 resolution

Sound Card

Any

Any

Optical Drive

DVD writer

DVD writer

160 Gigabytes

80 Gigabytes available space

Network

Ethernet or Wireless

Ethernet or Wireless

Monitor

LCD (energy saver)

Any VGA monitor

Headset

Any

Any

Any licensed operating system / open source

Any licensed operating system / open source

UPS (with built in AVR function)

Any

AVR

Memory

2GB

1GB

Hard Disk

Operating System

CICT Forms •

•

Readiness Assessment Form (RAF) – # of centers – target launch dates (note: training + learner selection must be prior to launch) – profile of each site vis-a-vis # of units, hardware specs, eSkwela personnel, learner targets, schedules, etc. draft MOA: – depends on model to be adopted CICT

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