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Singapore’s EdTech Masterplan 2030: A Blueprint for Future-Ready Education https://www.moe.gov.sg/education-in-sg/educational-technology-journey/edtech-masterplan

Singapore has long been recognized as a global leader in education, consistently ranking at the top of international assessments like PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment). A key driver of this success is the country’s forward-thinking approach to integrating technology into its education system. The EdTech Masterplan, spearheaded by the Ministry of Education (MOE), is a strategic roadmap designed to harness the power of technology to enhance teaching and learning, equipping students with the skills needed to thrive in a rapidly evolving digital world.

Overview

To harness the transformative potential of technology in education, MOE has launched the “Transforming Education through Technology” Masterplan 2030 or “EdTech Masterplan 2030” for short, which outlines how schools can better leverage technology to enhance teaching and learning.

The EdTech Masterplan 2030 builds on the previous 2020 EdTech Plan and ICT Masterplans, and addresses the opportunities and challenges of the post-COVID landscape, where technology has become a critical enabler of learning.

Vision

The vision of the EdTech Masterplan 2030 is "Technology-transformed learning, to prepare students for a technology-transformed world".

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1. Outcomes Goals of EdTech Masterplan

The EdTech Masterplan is part of Singapore’s broader vision to create a student-centric, values-driven education system. The plan aims to:

• Students: Digitally-empowered, future-ready learners and innovators: 

  • Digitally-empowered 21st century learners who are:
    
    • Self-directed in setting goals and managing their learning using a range of digital tools and resources. 
    • Collaborative and connected in using digital tools to co-construct and share knowledge with others.
    Digitally literate learners who:
    • Apply digital literacy and technological skills to “distil and discern” through the effective use of technology.
    • Exercise cyber wellness to use technology in a safe and discerning manner.
    Empathetic, technologically-adept innovators who:
    • Use human-centred methodologies to “discover” needs and “develop” solutions to real-world problems.
    • Skilfully leverage a range of digital tools to create solutions.

• Teachers: Technologically-adept, collaborative learning designers

  • Collaborative contributors who:
    
    • Embrace a culture of teamwork, sharing, adoption and adaptation of digital resources and best practices for teaching with technology.
    Pedagogically proficient, data literate learning designers who: 
    • Are proficient in using e-Pedagogy to design effective tech-enabled learning experiences.
    • Harness learning data to better understand students’ needs and provide more targeted guidance.
    Learners and innovators who:
    • Continually develop and deepen their digital literacy and technological skills.
    • Regularly experiment with technology to make their teaching more efficient and effective.

• Schools: Intelligent, responsive, digitally-equipped learning environment

  • Flexible, multi-functional learning spaces
    
    • Classrooms and common spaces designed and equipped to adapt quickly and easily to meet a variety of teaching and learning needs.
    Digitally connected learning spaces
    • Continuous enhancement of network connectivity to support learning anytime and anywhere learning.
    • Use of communication technology to overcome limitations of physical space, connecting in-school learning with the outside world.

• System: Networked EdTech ecosystem:

  • Enhanced public-private partnerships
    
    • Stronger partnership between MOE, other government agencies, Institutes of Higher Learning and private sector to develop and scale good EdTech practices and solutions more quickly.
    Plugged into international EdTech network
    • MOE’s EdTech efforts informed by the latest research and industry developments, and benchmarked against international best practices.
    Parent as key partners
    • Stronger support from parents to complement schools’ efforts in EdTech use, especially in consistent cyber wellness guidelines and practices adopted at home.

The Masterplan is not just about adopting technology for its own sake but about leveraging it to achieve meaningful educational outcomes.

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2. Key Implementation focus Pillars of the EdTech Masterplan

The EdTech Masterplan is built on several foundational pillars that guide its implementation:

Strategic thrust 1: Greater customisation of students’ learning

1. Provide AI-enabled, resource-rich Singapore Student Learning Space (SLS) for greater customisation of learning
   
   • AI-enabled features in SLS to customise learning pathways to individual student’s needs, for example, the Adaptive Learning System.
   • Richer variety of learning resources in the SLS to enable finer customisation and to support self-directed learning.
2. Provide digital tools and platforms to enhance feedback and assessment
   
   • AI-enabled tools to provide immediate and customised feedback to students, for example, through Learning Feedback Assistants.

Strategic thrust 2: Strengthen development of students’ digital literacy and technological skills

1. Strengthen development of students’ digital literacy and technological skills.
   
   • Further elaboration of the “Find, Think, Apply, Create” framework to support deepening of digital literacy in schools, for example, with the Nine Digital Competencies.
   • Repository of self-paced lessons on Digital Literacy and Technological Skills (beginning with AI Literacy) hosted on SLS.
2. Strengthen cyber wellness
   • Greater emphasis will be placed on cyber wellness within the Character and Citizenship Education curriculum to help students form good digital habits.

Strategic thrust 3: Empower development of students’ 21st Century Competencies (21CC)

1. Harness technology to enhance students’ 21CC development
   • Scaling of school programmes that leverage technology to develop 21CC, for example, digital making.
   • Enable greater intentionality of 21CC in the curriculum.

Strategic thrust 4: Strengthen school and department culture of collaboration and EdTech practices

1. Establish culture and practice of sharing and adapting lesson resources in subject departments to ease lesson preparation load.
2. Establish use of e-Pedagogy in subject departments.

Strategic thrust 5: Strengthen teachers’ EdTech practice

1. Greater emphasis on e-Pedagogy and use of EdTech in both NIE pre-service teacher training and in-service teacher professional development.
2. Provide resources and professional development opportunities for teachers on data literacy and cyber wellness.
3. Partner Centre of Teaching and Learning Excellence (CTLE) to study and share effective and innovative use of EdTech.

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3. Key enablers

Support provided by MOE at the system-wide level to enable the implementation of the strategic thrusts.

Key enabler 1: Learning analytics and data

Enhance schools’ ability to use data for decision-making

• Provide professional development opportunities for schools in the use of learning data.

Key enabler 2: School infrastructure, support and processes

Redesign learning spaces in schools to support technology-enabled learning

• Support for transformation of schools’ learning spaces.

Key enabler 3: EdTech ecosystem

Establish network of partnerships and facilitate crowdsourcing of resources and solutions from teaching fraternity

• Establish local and global network of EdTech partnerships, with other government agencies, industry and research centres.
• Facilitate school-level creation and sharing of teacher resources, and partnership with teacher-developers to amplify ground-up innovation.

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4. Challenges and Future Directions

While the EdTech Masterplan has been largely successful, it is not without challenges:

a. Digital Divide

Ensuring equitable access to technology remains a concern. While the PLD initiative has made devices more accessible, disparities in home environments (e.g., internet access) can still affect students’ ability to fully benefit from digital learning.

b. Balancing Screen Time

With increased use of technology, there is a need to strike a balance between screen time and offline activities to promote holistic development.

c. Continuous Innovation

As technology evolves, the Masterplan must adapt to incorporate emerging trends like AI, blockchain, and the metaverse. This requires ongoing investment in research and development.

Looking ahead, Singapore’s MOE is committed to refining the EdTech Masterplan to address these challenges and ensure that the education system remains future-ready.

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5. Lessons for Other Education Systems

Singapore’s EdTech Masterplan offers valuable lessons for other countries looking to integrate technology into their education systems:

• Holistic Approach: Technology should be seen as a tool to enhance, not replace, traditional teaching methods.

• Teacher Training: Empowering educators is crucial for the successful implementation of EdTech initiatives.

• Equity and Inclusion: Efforts must be made to ensure that all students, regardless of background, have access to digital resources.

• Long-Term Vision: A clear, long-term strategy is essential to guide the integration of technology and measure its impact.

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Conclusion

Singapore’s EdTech Masterplan is a testament to the country’s commitment to innovation and excellence in education. By leveraging technology to create engaging, personalized, and future-ready learning experiences, the Masterplan has set a benchmark for other education systems worldwide. As we move further into the digital age, Singapore’s approach serves as a powerful reminder of the transformative potential of technology in shaping the minds of tomorrow.

https://youtu.be/sk93DB21Oq0?si=K95OT_1rAe3jJDRE

Before EdTech Masterplan 2030, MP4 -  About our Approach: Translational Research, Innovation & Scaling

Open Educational Resource @ Singapore (OERSG) and Open Source Physics @ Singapore (OSPSG) are experimentation and innovation efforts aimed at nurturing a culture of innovation and reflective practice across schools. These efforts are conceptualized under the framework of Translational Research, Innovation, and Scaling (TRIS) in MasterPlan 4 for Education Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

Under this framework, teachers engage in professional discourse (through discussions on OERSG articles, OSPSG Whatsapp chatgroups, etc.) in order to learn, reflect and explore together, deepen their practice and improve their craft.

Through technology scans and translational research, successful evidence-based practices (see the OERSG Research page) will be identified, catalogued as articles and scaled up to other schools in the system.

We have three broad strategies to drive, encourage, and support experimentation and innovation in schools:

1. Scan for educational technology-related issues, promising applications and themes (see the OERSG Interactive Resources pages) of relevance to the Singapore education system, and to engage stakeholders on possibilities.
2. Translate research findings into classroom practice, lesson resources and learning design principles via rapid prototyping (see the OSPSG simulations).
3. Spread successful practices developed through the innovation projects (http://edulab.moe.edu.sg/edulab-programmes/existing-projects oh OSP outlives edulab ), by making them available for all  schools to adopt and adapt (e.g., through harnessing OER, a UNESCO initiative since 2003).

Overview of Teaching and Learning Resources

1. Easy JavaScript/Java Simulation
2. Tracker
3. Geogebra
4. Energy2DJS
5. PhET
6. NetLogoWeb
7. other free technologies for learning Digital Library

Easy JavaScript/Java Simulations (EJSS)

Why?

To contribute to the reforms on physics educational practices by customizing EJSS models usually remixed by lookang, making them:

How?

What? http://iwant2study.org/lookangejss/

This collection represents some of the EJS/EJSS videos used in Singapore, contributed by friends (in chronological order):

1. Wee Loo Kang Lawrence, Educational Technology Division, Ministry of Education, Singapore
2. Lee Tat Leong, River Valley High, Educational Technology Division, Ministry of Education, Singapore
3. Lye Sze Yee, Educational Technology Division, National Junior College, Singapore
4. Kwek Eng Yeow, Victoria Junior College, Singapore
5. Yeu Chee Wee Thomas, Meridian Junior College, Singapore
6. Chia Jiun Wei, Curriculum Planning and Development Division, Singapore
7. Ng Boon Leong, Educational Technology Division, Anglo Chinese Junior College, Singapore
8. Leong Tze Kwang, Raffles Girls School, Curriculum Planning and Development Division, Singapore
9. Dave Lommen, Hwa Chong Institution, Singapore
10. Andy Luo, Tampines Junior College, Dumman High, Singapore
11. Darren Tan, Curriculum Planning and Development Division, Singapore
12. Tan Seng Kwang, Educational Technology Division, Ministry of Education, Singapore
13. add your name here by giving your model_ejss*.zip and scr_ejss*.zip, *.trz files to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Tracker

Browse the collection to view thumbnail images. Double-click on a video to open it in Tracker.

 

What? http://iwant2study.org/lookangejss/indexTRZdl.php

This collection represents some of the tracker video used in Singapore, contributed by friends (in chronological order) like

1. Wee Loo Kang Lawrence, Educational Technology Division, Ministry of Education, Singapore
2. Lim Jit Ning, Hwa Chong Institution, Singapore
3. Lee Tat Leong, River Valley High, Educational Technology Division, Ministry of Education, Singapore
4. Samuel Ooi, National Junior College, Singapore
5. Goh Giam Hwee Jimmy, Yishun Junior College, Singapore
6. Leong Tze Kwang, Raffles Girls Secondary, Singapore
7. Thio Cher Kuan, Raffles Girls Secondary, Singapore
8. Siow Seau Yan Sharon, Raffles Girls Secondary, Singapore
9. Ning Hwee Tiang, National Junior College, Singapore
10. Tan Kim Kia, Evergreen Secondary School, Singapore
11. Lim Ai Phing, River Valley High School, Singapore
12. Gideon Choo, River Valley High School, Singapore
13. Chan Him Nok, River Valley High School, Singapore
14. Neiw Chun Hao Wilson, River Valley High School, Singapore
15. add your name here by giving your trz files to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

List of Topics include:

• Physics
• Mathematics
• Chemistry
• Science
• Mother Tongue Languages - Chinese
• Social and Emotional Learning - Cyberwellness

many more will be added

Software Requirements

1a) Easy JavaScript Simulation *.html files, mobile devices with a modern browser like Chrome, double click on the _Simulation.xhtml file or index.html and now 2024 WebEJS https://www.um.es/fem/wikis/runwebejs/?

1b) Easy Java Simulation for *.jar files, computer with Java runtime , double click the downloaded jar file and it should launch.

2) Tracker for *.trz files, computer with Tracker installed and now WebTracker 2024 https://physlets.org/tracker/trackerJS/?

3) Geogebra mobile devices with a modern browser like Chrome runs off their servers so click and play

4) Energy2DJS mobile devices with a modern browser like Chrome runs off their servers so click and play

5) PhET mobile devices with a modern browser like Chrome runs off their servers so click and play

6) NetLogoWebmobile devices with a modern browser like Chrome  runs off their servers so click and play

7) Others basically are links out the the original host and content providers, so click and play on their websites.

Credits and Acknowledgement

Hosting

Currently, this site http://iwant2study.org/lookangejss/ is hosted by 

• @engrg1 Lye Sze Yee initial years 2012-2014
• my personal funding for some years 2014-2016, 2022-2024
• MOE funding for some years. 2017-2022, 2024-present

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Licenses

All ejs and ejss, trz models are copyrights of the respective authors, we ask that you attribute them individually to respect their copyright, under creative commons attribution.

Notice for Commercial Use of EasyJavaScriptSimulations (dated 19 Nov 2015)

For commercial use of EasyJavaScriptSimulations Library, please read http://www.um.es/fem/EjsWiki/Main/EJSLicense and contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. directly.

Contact

Please send feedback, report problems, raise concerns about copyright, make contributions, etc. to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Disclaimer

Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Ministry of Education, Singapore, the National Institute of Education, Singapore nor the National Research Foundation, Singapore.

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