What are the key educational issues of importance to policy makers in the UK?
In summary, in the UK, policy makers are concerned with:
Improving standards of core skills in primary and secondary education
Freeing up education provision to allow more private sector involvement
Ensuring a world class Higher Education (HE) system
Affording the expansion of the Further Education (FE) sector
How do these policy makers in the UK contribute to the country's technology enhanced learning agenda?
Through a cross-sector technology strategy for education
In brief, this aims to provide:
An integrated online information service for all citizens
Integrated online personal support for children and learners
A collaborative approach to personalized learning activities
A good quality training and support package for Information Communications Technology, for practitioners
A leadership and development package for organizational capability in ICT
A common digital infrastructure to support transformation and reform
Through a joint research council call for technology enhanced learning
The UK research councils understand the need to develop the technology enhanced learning field by bringing together researchers from different disciplines, such as learning, cognition, information and communication technologies and education and the broader social sciences. Funding is being provided by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to encourage researchers to work together and find solutions to the challenges which face the development of technology enhanced learning, particulary to understand the how people learn in both formal and informal settings, and what we need to do to respond to societal changes and exploit opportunities created by new technologies. More information can be found here
Through embedding education within the overall technology strategy for the government
For more information:
Department for Education and Skills http://www.dfes.gov.uk/publications/e-strategy/fore.shtml
Department for Trade and Industry http://www.dti.gov.uk/innovation/tech-priorities-uk/about_the_programme/page11697.html
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