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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION - BUDGETING FOR THE CHANGE

and to powerful software tools to help them in their learning
he education system is going through a “Digital
Transformation” to meet the demands of the
endeavors.
“Knowledge Age” and changing forever into a
T Connected Learning Community. The Connected The connected Leaner has access from:
Learning Community approach is not a single entity or • Personal learning devices (online or offline)
product, but a series of architected frameworks, global
standards, and best practices. The following outlines what The connected Leaner has access to:
needs to be budgeted to improve the learning ecosystem, • Their files
including learning, teaching, parenting and administration • Their teachers
scenarios made possible when applying this framework, • Their peers
and the design objectives for making this potential real. • Rich content libraries
• Tools that let them express their ideas creatively
Every stakeholder of education should realize that in • Tools that help them better manage their time
the next decade we must prepare to charter the unfamiliar • Tools that help them work and learn as part of teams
terrain that lies ahead. We need a new kind of enabling • Tools that help them analyze the world around them
devices, very different competencies and a whole new
sense of direction. New times call for new organizations
that can handle uncertainties of the knowledge age of the Empowered Educator
future, rather than the industrial age of the past. The Empowered Educator is the conductor of the
Connected Learning Community. Their personal teaching
A sufficient financial budget should be provided to each and learning space is also accessible from a multitude of
stakeholder of education to equip themselves with the right devices including Web browsers and “thin client” edge
devices and technology to enable smooth Digital Teaching- devices for nomadic use, with the richest experience
Learning process.
occurring at their portable, intelligent teaching and learning
Connected Learner device.
The connected Learner is the focal point of the
Connected Learning Community. The connected Learner The connected Leaner has access from:
should be provided with access to a powerful learning • Their peers
space which enables them to analyze, critique, observe, • At their school
synthesize, and express—whether online or on the go. • At other schools in their region
While the richest learning experience (including mobile • At other schools in their state
and/or disconnected use) is provided by a smart client • Around the world
device, learning experiences are available through alternate • Their students
clients including “thin client” edge devices, Web browsers, • Through rich, timely data
and alternate devices such as mobile phones and personal • Through information about their performance
digital assistants. Through these various client devices, they • Through the students learning portfolio
have access to their friends and classmates, to their family, • Through real-time communication (either face to

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