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Information Sheet - edumall 2.0
edumall 2.0, a joint-project between MOE and IDA, will provide teachers with resources and learning ideas and approaches from varied providers. These will include the latest resources prepared by the Educational Technology Division (ETD) and the Curriculum Planning and Development Division (CPDD) of MOE, resources from the best national and international companies in digital educational materials, and resources from partnerships with national institutions. We also aim, over time, for edumall 2.0 to link with similar networks in other countries.
Over the next few years, edumall 2.0 aims to provide every teacher with a wide range of digital resources including full length videos, video clips, interactive websites, multimedia activities, lesson plans and visual, aural and textual archived resources. Over the next few years edumall 2.0 will build up a wide data base of quality resources from trusted sources and provide an array of easy-to-use online tools and an effective search engine.
edumall 2.0 will also feature individual subject pages for each subject on the school curriculum that will develop into online centres for educational communities where teachers can discuss ideas, debate issues, and share resources and teaching tips with one another.
Every teacher will have a private, online web space in edumall 2.0. This can be designed to meet individual needs and preferences so as to become a personalised online resource centre.
The current preview at the International Conference on Teaching and Learning with Technology (ICTLT) 2008 on 5 Aug, is the seed from which edumall 2.0 will grow and flourish over the next few years. Once edumall 2.0 has taken root among teachers, it will be opened to students so as to foster independent and collaborative learning and research. Over time, we intend for edumall 2.0 to become self-sustaining, and, as much as possible, self-regulating. We envisage a wiki-community who will use edumall 2.0 to exploit the full potential of web2.0 technology through the utilisation of on-line resources, collaboration in the creation of new resources and ideas, and a national and international on-line community of learning.