defining an overall organisational structure for computerising schools;
computerising course content and working methods;
providing schools with modern computers and ICT facilities;
providing schools with local and international educational computer
networks for the transmission of new educational materials;
encouraging educational staff (teachers, school heads and educators) to
use their private computer and ICT and, in particular, multimedia and
Internet services;
boosting the research and development sectors;
taking part in e-projects
The foregoing aims and strategies involve all educational levels and sectors
from pre-primary to higher education. In higher education, there is greater
emphasis on teacher training. The relevant institutions are also involved in
achieving these aims and strategies (and include educational bodies concerned
with lifelong learning programmes, as well as other bodies offering courses
outside mainstream education). (Source: phases I and II of the CLE Programme
(1994- 1997); Information Literacy Education. Phase II is currently being
discussed in the ministries concerned).
Although not yet formalised, the sharing of responsibilities will involve the
Ministries of Education, Science and Sport, the Ministry of the Information
Society, the local authorities and schools. The Ministry of Education, Science
and Sport and the Ministry of the Information Society will be responsible for
programme implementation. Another national body to be involved in the Programme,
the Council for Information Literacy Education, will be set up in due course.
The Slovenian network for education and other networks
Aims: interconnection of local education networks and with similar
international networks.
Measures for promotion and implementation:
permanent connection of educational institutions to the Internet for
high-speed exchanges (in terms of gigabytes);
publishing all learning-related activity on the Slovenian educational
network and the European network, European Schoolnet;
establishment of a virtual university on the Internet to transmit local
and international educational initiatives.
Computerising educational structures
Aims: computerising structures concerned with education.
Measures for promotion and implementation: a computerised educational
structure will be responsible for:
cofinancing the purchase of 60 000 network multimedia computers and
peripherals;
supplying and cofinancing basic software and software packages for
teaching;
maintaining equipment, supplementing it each year with new purchases and
modernising it;
employing and training people to organise activities linked to
information.
Education and training
Aims: use of computers and ICT in teaching and learning.
Measures for promotion and implementation: o enhancing and updating the
knowledge, skills and routine activity of educational staff (15 000 persons
annually);
financing education workshops, open days and projects in all schools;
organising local and international meetings of professionals to promote
projects and exchange experience;
actively involving eminent educational staff in local and international
meetings.
Research and development
Aims: create a stimulating research and development environment, and
introduce innovation in the use of computers and ICT in education.
Measures for promotion and implementation:
setting up at least five centres for research, development and innovation
in faculties and schools;
ordering and selecting annually 20 development projects for the production
of teaching software and educational materials on the Internet, as well as
100 smaller projects for the production of appropriate educational content
on the Web;
getting involved in bilateral and international research and development
initiatives.
Teachers, pupils and e-projects
creating a teaching and learning information environment in which teachers
can be proactive and train themselves;
creating a learning information environment for pupils, as well as all
citizens involved in lifelong learning;
cofinancing or fully financing national eprojects (Slovenian history and
the Slovenian geographical area, the Slovenian language and translation).
Experts and money
Aims: provide resources for development and innovation by experts and the
computerisation of the education system.
Measures for promotion and implementation: 30 full-time professionals and 200
professionals working for one-third of their time; EUR 46.25 million (SIT 10
billion) a year.
Centres for the computerisation of Slovenian education
Aims: establishment of help centres for working with the Internet, as well as
centres for organising the introduction of ICT into education and learning
within the education system.
