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Most Significant Change Story 2013 from eduLab Learning Designers.

What happened?

Friendship and trust (a key feature of learning community) is further strengthened because ETD officers service the school teachers’ agenda for sound teaching and learning activities instead of ETD officers advancing MOEHQ’s agenda for example, rigorous implementation of study instruments and experimental methods. Singapore school teachers usually keep their resources to within the school usage but I noticed across all participating schools, teachers are sharing for the benefit of the 5 schools and beyond, under the broader category of open educational resources, licensed creative commons attribution, for the benefit of all humankind. For example, recent sharing by Soo Kok is most heart-warming, full set of lectures (DOCX and PPTX, MP4 etc), tutorial for students and teachers, worksheets as activity learning labs (school or home) are shared. This is not an exception as all participating teachers have agreed to share ‘everything’ developed as evident during MOE ExCEL Fest 2013 @ITE Ang Mo Kio April 2013.

What i did?

I have been using technology not just of physics computer model building for supporting inquiry purposes but also bring the spirit behind open source physics and open educational resources, global movements to make the world a better place for all, regardless of race and nationality.

What is the Most Significant Change for me?

The change is significant to me because it means “one man can make a difference in Public Service” and perhaps we can believe in making this change from within, providing actionable-thought leadership with no bureaucratic authority.

What is the difference made?

The difference this belief can make is making the world a better place where universal access to educational content can be a reality rather than an unattainable educational concept, with national copyrights protection of MOE created content.

What are the lessons learnt?

Lessons learnt includes, service excellence with a heart can lead to more productive educational system for Singapore, learning experiences need to integrated from curriculum design, implementation and formal assessment for meaningful learning etc.

What are my recommendation?

Recommendations include creating open educational resources to change the world for the benefit of anyone, anywhere and anyway instead of localizing its’ impact. Think about how to heal world, not just for national prosperity, but a global prosperity, don’t you agree?