e-skilling south africa preparing for impact

e-Skilling South AfricaPreparing for Impact

For: Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education 20 August 2013

e-skilling south africa for equitable prosperity and global competitiveness

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the mandate - build a better life for all through an enabling and sustainable world class information and communications technologies environment.

strategic objective- ICT as a strategic social and economic enabler for a knowledge economy: (1) Policy (2) Broadband (3) Broadcasting Digital Migration (4) Postbank (5) e-Skills

USAGE

USAGE

e-SkillsAffordability

Individuals,Civil Society

GovernmentBusiness(incl ICT Sector)

e-READINESS Society

Economy quality of education healthy life for all safe environment decent employment a skilled and capable workforce an efficient, economic infrastructure network rural development improved quality of household life effective local government system environmental assets and natural resources a better Africa and a better world an efficient and development-oriented public service and an empowered, fair and inclusive citizenship.

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ENABLING ENVIRONMENT

INFORMATION SOCIETY AND KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY DRIVERSIMPACT (OUTCOMES) AGAINST NATIONAL STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

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an all-inclusive approach for national impactan all-inclusive approach for national impact

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The Institute: A national catalytic collaborator, facilitator and change agent for developing e-skills capacity in the country.

Considering:Mangaung resolutions: e-skills Fund for FET colleges and rural universities; media and ICT studies in all provinces; e-Skills development plan by 2014; computer/e-literacy in all schools – software dev., programming, end-user computingNDP: SA an e-literate society by 2030Draft MTSF (2014-2018): e-literacy a DoC responsibility

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ICT Policy

the mandate - build a better life for all through an enabling and sustainable world class information and communications technologies environment.

strategic objective- ICT as a strategic social and economic enabler for a knowledge economy: (1) Policy (2) Broadband (3) Broadcasting Digital Migration (4) Postbank (5) e-Skills

human capacity development or e-skills

Strategic Plan (2013 – 2018) & Annual Performance Plan 2013/14 - approved by the Portfolio Committee on Communications

the institutea decentralised model

The Institute: A national catalytic collaborator, facilitator and change agent for developing e-skills capacity in the country.

Guided by and in addition to the NDP and draft MTSF 2014 - 2018:First and Second National e-Skills Plan of Action 2010 and 2013Findings of the Provincial e-skills environmental scans initiated by the Department through the e-SILessons learn’t from countries such as USA, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, UK, South Korea, Cuba, Kenya, Rwanda and the EU in building their information society or knowledge economy; andDST Ministerial Review on the STI Landscape in SA; Human Development Strategy of SA; andPolicy Framework for the Provision of Distance Education in SA

building an inclusive informationsociety and knowledge economy

DOC - STATE OWNED COMPANIES USAASA, SENTECH, ICAASA, SABC, ZAdna, Post Office

THE INSTITUTE FOR E-SKILLS:multi-stakeholder collaboration, service delivery, praxis, teaching and learning, research and innovation, aggregation, community

based leadership, monitoring and evaluation

Creative New Media

Industries [ICT sector, mobile apps

development, broadcasting

including community radio]

ICT for Rural Development

[aggregate supply and value to improve local

profitability, effectiveness, efficiency and

transparency of service delivery

within a rural development

paradigm]

E-inclusion and Social Innovation[access, social

appropriation of ICT, platform for social innovation,

active participation]

Knowledge-based society and e-social

astuteness [e-literacy]

E-enablement of effective

service delivery

[efficient and effective service

delivery, e-participation, e-

democracy]

Connected Health

Youth e-Leadership

Advocacy and Awareness

National Development Plan 2012[new job opportunities; knowledge workers; capable

state]

“Upgrading the overall skills at all

layers of society and increasing efforts to

build affordable infrastructure for all allows the country to

increase its ICT readiness and uptake and in turn spread its

impacts across society” [WEF, 2012]


capitalising existing asset base


EntrepreneurshipProgram

Basic trainin

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Incubation and consulting

Connection with microcredits

Smart Knowled

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ity Centres

Connection with marketing

networks

EducationFormalEducatio

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InformalEducatio

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AppliedKnowledge

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and NutritionNatural

Resourcesuse and management

Self constructio

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USAASA, TELKOM, DHET, DBE, DRDLA-163 centres across the country-Dinaledi Schools-Community Learning Centres-Community Centres…and so on

-multi-stakeholder network (government, business, education and civil society)

-6 provincial e-skills CoLabs (aim is one per province)

-28 FET Colleges (in collaboration with DHET)

-Basket of e-skills service offerings aligned to the NDP i.e. Connected health, E-inclusion and social innovation, ICT for rural development, E-enablement of effective service delivery and Knowledge-based society and e-social astuteness (e-literacy)

-A tested prototype for a virtual knowledge production platform

-In the pipeline: broadband, digital migration, community development workers (CDWs)


multi-stakeholder collaboration


Strategic Outcome Oriented Goal 1:

Formalised multi-stakeholder collaborative networks for e-skills delivery

Goal Statement Build a network of partnerships to stretch and combine resources to accomplish projects and objectives of mutual interest and benefit

1. According to its mandate, by its very nature, the e-SI has to deal with all dimensions of e-skills – “e-skilling the nation”

Strategic Collaborators:

•International Telecommunications Union (ITU)•European Union: EU/RSA Dialogue•CISCO•ECDL/ICDL•WSIS Youth Awards•RIM/BlackBerry Scholarships•The Informing Sciences Institute•Queensland University of Technology (AAF)•South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA)•Universal Services Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA)

Implementation Collaborators:

•Department of Communications (DTT, Broadcasting, SMME Development)•Universal Services Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA)•Department of Public Service Administration (CDWs)•Department of Rural Development and Land Affairs

Other:•Gauteng Economic Development Ministry/Ekurhuleni: Job Summit

•Study Tour: Zambian delegation•DoC Imbizos’: Limpopo and KZN

•In the pipeline: Mozambique, Kenya

Value Proposition


multi-stakeholder collaboration


1. According to its mandate, by its very nature, the e-SI has to deal with all dimensions of e-skills – “e-skilling the nation”

EntrepreneurshipProgram

Basic trainin

g

Incubation and consulting

Connection with microcredits

Smart Knowled

ge Commun

ity Centres

Connection with marketing

networks

EducationFormalEducatio

n

InformalEducatio

n

AppliedKnowledge

Legaladvic

eHealth

and NutritionNatural

Resourcesuse and management

Self constructio

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Western Cape: The e-Inclusion and Social Innovation CoLab is a member of the CHEC initiative and a member of the Human Resource Development Task Team.

Eastern Cape: Institute represented by its ICT for Rural Development CoLab is a member of the provincial task team responsible for the roll-out of SIP 15: Expanding access to communication technology. The provincial task team is led by ECSECC and includes Mr Ayanda Madyibi, the Provincial CIO and Chairperson of the PGITO Council in the Office of the Premier. The role of the Institute/CoLab is to assist with the the identification and development / provision of skills, etc. necessary to support the various components of the project.

KwaZulu Natal: The e-enablement of government service delivery CoLab is working with DPSA and the Provincial Government to pilot the CDW capacity development training.

Gauteng: The Creative New Media Industries CoLab is working on piloting the DTT training in Mpumlanga in collaboration with the Siyabuswa community

Northern Cape: -building e-astuteness (e-literacy) model was developed in collaboration with local authorities, schools, FET colleges and community members and is being tested for national scalability.

Limpopo: The Connected Health CoLab is working with the Ministry of Health and the Department of Health in the province to address the e-skills gaps at a community and professional level

e-skilling south africa for equitable prosperity and global competitiveness teaching and learning



Create a strong human capital base for life opportunities in a knowledge driven-economy

Goal Statement Leveraging existing ICT education and training expertise, infrastructure and courses to deliver the requisite e-skills that the society and economy need

National e-Skills Curriculum and Competency Framework

Developed an Instructional Designer Guideline and Template:•courses aligned to NDP•shift towards 100% online offerings (informal/community and formal)•peer-to-peer learning•pre-registration•pre & post online assessments

• instructional design capacity needed

• peer-to-peer learning• online tutoring• foresight: education and

technology trends• development of a pre-

registration application• pre and post online

assessment process and application

Gearing for Impact

NCCF


architecture for knowledge creationvirtual networkvirtual network


Create a strong human capital base for life opportunities in a knowledge driven-economy

Goal Statement Leveraging existing ICT education and training expertise, infrastructure and courses to deliver the requisite e-skills that the society and economy need

Provincial e-Skills Knowledge Production CoLabs

Social Incubators

Community Learning

Centres/ e-Centres

Community Level

(community centre, school,

FET college)

Provincial Level

Civil Society incl.Organised Labour

Business GovernmentEducationGlobal

Development Partners

Stakeholder community

e-Skills

e-Health

e-Entrepreneurship& Creative Industries

ICT for Rural Development e-Inclusion

& Innovation

Free and OpenSource

Government e-enablement

Social Incubators

Social Incubators

Community Learning

Centres/ e-Centres

Community Learning Centres / e-Centres

Smart Community Knowledge Centres



Platform for: Technology Literacy

Knowledge Creation

Knowledge Deepening Knowledge Creation e-Leadership e-Astuteness

Gearing for Impact

PoC


architecture for knowledge creation

collaboration, teaching and learning, research and innovation and aggregationcollaboration, teaching and learning, research and innovation and aggregation

NCCF

Instructional Design

e-Skillswithin a developmental

context

supports informal and formal learning across the countrysupports informal and formal learning across the country

delivery model supported by ICT

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1. Not everything can be done by the Institute, but the Institute must have an all-inclusive view and vision, based upon which

a) the mutual dynamics can be determined

b) choices for action can be made

c) responsibilities of role-players can be established

d) priorities can be set

e) learning pathways can be determined

f) roles (for action) can be allocated, etc.

1. For that, we need a structured taxonomy and framework for e-skills


Create a critical mass of students and researchers that will propel e-skills development for a Knowledge Economy

Goal Statement Provide a focus for continuous research and innovation in a trans-disciplinary manner to concentrate on new ways to embed ICT into peoples lives for socio-economic benefit

ResNeS Framework and

Plan

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Towards an e-skills framework (all-inclusive)

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Sector user e-skills

IT / ICT Practitioner skills


IT / ICT Practitioner skills

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Sectors(health, educ, etc)

Societal interventions

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Organisations(bus., gov., etc.)

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e-Leader-ship skills

e-Literacy

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e-skilling south africa for equitable prosperity and global competitiveness e-skills framework

taxonomytaxonomy

e-Literacy:The ability of individuals to use digital tools and facilities to perform tasks, to solve problems, to communicate, to manage information, to collaborate, to create and share content and to build knowledge, in all areas of everyday life and for work.


taxonomytaxonomy

Sector user e-skills:•The e-skills for work in a specific sector or type of organisation.•These skills can be•of a general nature (e.g. a general e-skills set for business), or •a specific skills set applicable to that sector (e.g. the graphics industry, or health), or•a combination of both.

1.The skills sets must be worked out for each sector.


taxonomytaxonomy

ICT practitioner skills:The skills/capabilities required for •researching, developing and designing, managing, the producing, consulting, marketing and selling, the integrating, installing and administrating, the maintaining, supporting and service of ICT systems.


taxonomytaxonomy

e-Leadership skills:A portfolio of skills, representing expertise in both using ICT systems and leading organizations (or divisions/functions in an organisation), as appropriate to the specific context.

These skills are often referred to as a T-shaped portfolio of skills.

e-Leadership is defined as “the accomplishment of a goal that relies on ICT through the direction of human resources and uses of ICT” (N. Fonstad,

INSEAD).

Conceptual Clarity

• Computer skills: ...software and hardware

• Computer literacy: ...knowledge and ability to use programmes and applications

• Information literacy: ...knowledge of sources, search strategies, appraisal

• e-Literacy: ...build networks, use and create information and knowledge

• e-Skills: ...IS technologies + work context + strategy + behavioural competencies 12

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Aggregation Framework

WEF Global IT Report


Ensure that the e-skills, expertise, knowledge and resources impact the developmental strategies of Government

Goal Statement

Implement a monitoring and evaluation framework to aggregate the uptake of ICT within society and address the opportunities highlighted between supply and demand of e-skills

e-readiness rankingse-readiness rankings

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Overall & Subindex / Pillars Rank 2013 Rank 2012

Overall 70 72

A. Environment subindex 33 34

1. Political & regulatory environment 21 23

2. Business & innovation environment 55 50

B. Readiness subindex 95 94

3. Infastructure & digital content 59 82

4. Affordability 104 94

5. Skills 102 101

C. Usage subindex 72 76

6. Individual usage 81 96

7. Business usage 33 34

8. Government usage 102 89

D. Impact subindex 92 81

9. Economic impacts 51 59

10. Social impacts 112 98


• the desired results for this intervention will be seen in:

- its direct impact against the NDP 2012;- the increase in the country’s e-readiness rankings;- the increase of life chances through the effective social appropriation

of ICT;- better application of ICTs across the society, organisations and

service delivery structures;- the increase in and integration of knowledge workers in all sectors;- establish a peer driven youth leadership movement that can:

- Grow enrollments in ICT focused education- Grow enrollments in the social appropriation of ICT for local benefit- Develop e-astuteness across the full socio-economic spectrum of

youth- better analysis of mega data that influences policies around

employment, innovation, productivity, inequity and skills development for an inclusive knowledge economy and capable state;

- the increase of research capacity aligned to incubation, job opportunities and that of a developmental state; and

- access to technology = LEADERSHIP, INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND EQUITY

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Aggregation Framework

ResNeS Framework

and Plan

NCCFInstructional

DesignGearing for

ImpactPoCValue

Proposition


- Greater coordinator and alignment to support the strategic goals as articulated in the “Towards the Realisation of Schooling 2025.- Teaching and Learning: Professional Development for

Teachers on the use of ICT for teaching and learning (incl. instructional design capacity)

- Build leadership capacity around the investment of ICT (management of schools and district offices)

- Promote e-literacy/e-astuteness to leverage new job opportunities presented by the Information Society and Knowledge Economy (e.g. Broadcasting Digital Migration – 23 new channels) as part of articulation (communities, schools, FET colleges and universities)

- Explore ways as to capture the e-skills capacity development programmes of Basic Education as part of a national aggregation framework for e-skills

Proposed Recommendations

Establish a Joint Task Team including that of DHET to formalise the opportunities as

outlined above.

e-skilling south africa preparing for impact

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eliterate society

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knowledgebased society

skills service offerings