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BYOD – Opportunities and Challenges

Victor Cheng,

Executive Director, Hong Kong Education City

Oct 2013

Success Factors in

Shifting to Digital Contents

• Sustainable funding for devices

• Robust internet connectivity

• Up-to-date policies

• Prepared educators

• Intellectual property and reuse rights

• Quality control and usability

• Leadership buy-in

Source : Out of Print: Reimagining the K-12 Textbook in a Digital Age, SETDA

Why BYOD

Consumer devices are surpassing business “machines”

Universities already widely adopted, and result proven

Empower students as self-directed learners

Cost of device management 1:1 vs 1:1000

Cost of continuous upgrade

Four Overarching Concerns

Curriculum alignment

Passive permission vs. Active by design

Information literacy

Equity

no student is disadvantaged due to a lack of

technology, or technology guidance

Policy

Schools to providing a safe and secure learning

environment for students

Privacy Ordinance requires supporting policy

Technical Capability

Greatly increased no. of devices designed for

Multimedia

Five Basic BYOD Security

Lock Code Lock when

Idle Complex Password

Remote Wipe

Device Encryption

Leveraging New Industry Models

WiFi as a service (WaaS)

Cloud Support Model – school as a user, not

administrator.

Learning Management Ecosystem – EdConnect and

MyBookShelf for simplified support and logistics

eLearning Delivery System

EdCity ID

EdConnect

EdMall MyBookShelf

eLearning Solutions

Student

Parent

School

Publisher A

Publisher B

Publisher C

Login

$

Install

Complex Logistic flow for eTextbook

Student

Parent

School

Apps

EdConnect Login

EdMall

/ MyBookshelf

Publisher A

Publisher B

Publisher C

$ / / student list

Simplified logistics with EdCity Services

Case Study – German eTextbook

The Challenge - publishers on German market need a

solution to create one common format and one technology

and reduce chaos, which would work on different devices

and operating systems.

The Solution - In November 2012, 20 publishers from

Verband Bildungsmedien launched a common platform

called Digitale Schulbuecher. Bookshelf teachers and

students can read books published by different publishers

on one digital shelf, and use them - online or offline.

Thank You!