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1. Advancing e-Learning Landscape in Macau's K-12
Schooling - Challenges in the 21st Century
Advancing e-Learning in Macau
Challenges in the 21st Century
1Macau Anglican College

2. Advancing e-Learning Landscape in Macau's K-12
Schooling - Challenges in the 21st Century
Background Information
• We have over 1300 students (K1 –F5)
• We offer IPC and CIE Curriculum
• Our teachers are drawn from around the world
• Highly experienced teachers (40+ years of experience) to
recent graduates
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3. Advancing e-Learning Landscape in Macau's K-12
Schooling - Challenges in the 21st Century
e-Learning Infrastructure
• We have the following:
– At least 1 PC & projector in every classroom
– About 10 interactive smart boards
– 2 fixed computer labs
– 4 mobile labs (2 with laptops & 2 with Ipads)
– Every teacher has a school laptop
– eClass Junior LMS, ilearner and AR e-learning programs
– Moodle run by our ICT teacher as a pilot project
– Most if not ALL our P5 – F5 students have smart phones
– Printing Press capable of converting textbooks into digital
copies
• CLEARLY, THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS THERE TO
ADVANCE e-LEARNING
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4. Advancing e-Learning Landscape in Macau's K-12
Schooling - Challenges in the 21st Century
Prospects and Opportunities
• More teachers showing some interest in e-learning (younger
teachers mainly)
• Many teachers use different Web 2.0 and mobile applications
(e.g. Facebook, edublogs and WhatsApp) to supplement
classroom based traditional approaches
• Successful Moodle LMS pilot project – whole high school will
migrate to Moodle next year
• Our four mobile labs are also very handy for K3 to F5 classes.
• Whenever technology is effectively applied to teaching and
learning activities in our school, students become engaged and
motivated to learn.
• When technologically challenged teachers use technology in
their classes, they too can develop necessary skills essential for
the 21st Century.
• More communication and collaboration, more school outside of
school plus many more
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5. Advancing e-Learning Landscape in Macau's K-12
Schooling - Challenges in the 21st Century
Challenges
• Bringing teachers on board to use eClass / e-learning platforms
• Many teachers are using / trying to use technology but it’s not
coordinated
• We have 21st Century Digital Native students ‘teaching’ 20th
Century trained teachers how certain ‘classroom technologies’
work [student teaching the teacher]
• Some teachers will naturally refuse to learn from students and
prefer to use their traditional ‘talk and write’ approaches
• Plagiarism is a challenge even though there is software
available
• Students lacking skills to use other research methods like using
textbooks, journals and magazines
• Anti-social behaviour, cyber bulling
• Breakdown in family social cohesion plus many more
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6. Advancing e-Learning Landscape in Macau's K-12
Schooling - Challenges in the 21st Century
Support or Partnerships
• The current LMS, eClass Junior has been subsidized by the
Macau Government
• There are some local universities (about three) running
Moodle
• We would want to work towards partnering one of them, next
year, when we start running our Moodle LMS
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7. Advancing e-Learning Landscape in Macau's K-12
Schooling - Challenges in the 21st Century
Short Term Plan
• A coordinated e-learning
strategy.
• Moodle LMS for high
school
• mLearning possibility?
Long Term Plan
• We hope to have every
teacher using an LMS in their
classes.
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8. Advancing e-Learning Landscape in Macau's K-12
Schooling - Challenges in the 21st Century
Conclusion
• We may not be where we want to be BUT we are not where we
used to be, in terms of advancing e-Learning at our school.
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