eSkwela 2.

0
Emmanuel C. Lallana, PhD
Chief Executive, ideacorp

31 March – 03 April 2009, Matabungkay Beach Resort & Hotel, Lian,

Batangas
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Are we ready for eSkwela 2.0?

the free-software community tends to
use version 1.0 as a major
milestone indicating that the software is
"complete", that it has all major features, and is
considered reliable enough for general release.

Version 2.0 is the second

generation; improved version
Web 2.0 encapsulates the idea of the
proliferation of interconnectivity
and interactivity of web-delivered
content.
 Pre History

or how I got into ICT in Education

FIT-ED/eASEAN Task Force
ASEAN School Net
Pilipinas School Net
Coke edVenture
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CICT HCDG
Dissatisfaction with ICT
for Education initiatives
Why no internet in PCPS?
Why 10 computers?
Content/Length of Teacher
Training
OS, apps, content?
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CICT HCDG
ICT in
Intrigued by use of
some U.S. Charter
Schools
elem or high schools that receive
public money but have been
freed from some of the rules,
regulations, and statutes that
apply to other public schools in
exchange for some type of
accountability for producing
certain results
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CICT HCDG
Intrigued by use of ICT in some Charter Schools in the US

High Tech High (HTH) combats

the twin problems of student
disengagement & low
academic achievement by
creating personalized,
project-based learning
environments where all
students are known well &
challenged to meet high
expectations. http://www.hightechhigh.org/about/
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CICT HCDG
Notschool.net
an online community aimed at UK
teenagers who are out of school.
Between 500 and 700 young people are
involved each year.
“students” are provided
with an iMac computer,
printer and internet access
at home, with access to
other equipment (digital
camera, scanner and graphics
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CICT HCDG
Notschool.net
Oracle's Think.com provides
a secure place where the
young people can show
their work and develop
their own web pages using
prose and poetry, graphics
and music.
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CICT HCDG
Notschool.net
'students' may never meet
'mentors', but can
communicate with them
and with other researchers
through 'stickies' (virtual
sticky notes).
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CICT HCDG
Discovering BALS
ALS is a parallel learning
system; alternative to
formal education
instruction.
Life Skills oriented
Serving a huge population
but without adequate
(budgetary) support
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Funding or Katas ng AEF

4 eSkwela Centers
Transform paper based
modules into multimedia
Training
Rocky Road to a UNESCO
award
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Rating
“A” for Effort
“C” for Execution
Why only 42 of 80
modules?
What have we learned
from the 4 sites?
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Elements of eSkwela ver

2.0
Ver 2 of existing
multimedia modules
Need to solve mode of
delivery issue
Online A&E Exam
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modes of delivery
eSkwela sa Barangay
eSkwela sa CeC
eSkwela sa Simbahan
eSkwela sa Internet
Cafe
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modes of delivery
eSkwela sa Barangay and
its variants
4 PCs w/ a server
1 trained eSkwela
Mentor
Up to 32 learners a day
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modes of delivery
eSkwela sa Internet
Cafe
Leveraging available
infrastructure
Issues:
cost training eSkwela
Mentors
cost of using
computers
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Sustainability & Stakeholders

The future of eSkwela

depends on our ability to
convince education
stakeholders of its (superior)
role in addressing the
st
challenges of 21 century
education in the Philippines
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Stakeholders
Government Officials
National & Local Govt officials
Legislators
Education Community
DepED officials
Teachers, Principals, etc
TEIs, Normal Schools
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Stakeholders
Thought Leaders/Opinion
Makers
Business Community
Civil Society and Civic
Organizations
Youth, particularly OSY
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Nota Bene

The perfect is the

enemy of the
good.
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email address: eclallana@ideacorpphil.org

ideacorp: Harnessing ICT for

Humanity