Scaling up ICT-based Innovations in Schools

David Hung is currently Dean of Office of Education Research and a Professor at the National Institute of Education, Singapore with teaching and research interests in learning, in particular, social cultural orientations to cognition and communities of practice. He has conducted research in Learning and Instructional Technologies, Constructivism and Social Constructivism, Learning in Communities of Practice in recent years. Elizabeth Koh is Assistant Dean (Research Support) and Senior Research Scientist at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her research interests are in 21st century competencies, computer-supported collaborative learning, learning analytics, formative assessment and education innovations. She has conducted research in many schools, partnering teachers and education officers in co-designing research innovations to empower and improve practice.

1. The Singapore education system and the SCAEL framework of change.- 2. An overview of projects - surveyed by meta study.- 3. Unique proposition of the Singapore system for the diffusion of innovations.- 4. Makerspaces and teacher led maker interventions integrating formal and informal learning.- 5. Virtual reality for spatial intelligence and artistic literacies.- 6. Argumentation in science inquiry.- 7. Smile – encouraging questioning.- 8. Wiread, covva, and group work buddy.- 9. Knowledge building community and the networks formed by schools.- 10. Worlds in the pocket (types of diffusion and the complexities).- 11. Seamless learning.- 12. Lateral networks forged by system brokers.- 13. Leadership from the (system) middle.- 14. Conclusion: Eco-localization.