7 - Targeted Strategic Initiatives
4- Arabic Educational Content Development
Program:
Preparing the necessary human resources to
Promoting online Arabic content by improving
work in the production of Tablet Computer,
protection of intellectual property rights,
interactive Arabic digital content and cloud
enforcing legislation and stimulating creation of
computing software
content in Arabic rather than English
Creating a competitive environment that
supports the Arabic scientific content industry
in Egypt
Online Education Channels Project:
Posting series of recorded lectures and lessons,
as well as educational films, on online education
channels, and encouraging the local community
to contribute
Community Education Portal Project:
Establishing a web portal promoting the
generation of culturally relevant open-source
online educational content by the community
that can be accessed in a variety of formats
Curriculum Digitization Project:
Developing and digitizing curriculum materials
Adapting e-courses for use on tablet computers
Enabling local companies to work in curriculum
digitization
Building human capacity in curriculum
digitization
5- Human Capacity Building for ICT in the
Educational Reform Program:
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Preparing the necessary human resources
to manage and operate cloud computing
activities
Programs
Tablet Computer
Program
Cloud Computing Management Skills
Development Project:
Adopting an integrated training program
to qualify work teams to manage cloud
computing activities, also to be available at
universities
Electronics Industry Human Resource
Development Project:
Implementing a training program to enable
graduates with relevant specializations to
work in developing the electronics industry
Establishing units specializing in
a p p l i a n ce d e s i g n a n d d ev e l o p m e n t
Preparing qualification programs to develop
human capacity for the electronics industry
Digital Content Industry Human Resource
Development Project:
Implementing a training program to develop
skills and provide qualifications for employees
of local companies working in the production
of digital content
Implementing a training program for
university students and graduates interested
in working in the digital content industry
Providing the educational community with
the tools and software necessary to develop
digital educational content
Activities
Implementation of a pilot project to manufacture 10,000 Tablet
Computer for university students
Implementation of a project to manufacture educational tablets in
cooperation with the Ministry of Education
Development of applications and games for Tablet Computer
Output
10,000 Tablet Computer for
university students
The National Project Executive
Plan
Formulation of an executive plan in cooperation with the Ministry
of Education and the Ministry of Higher Education
Standards relating to use of cloud
computing in education
Table 7.3: The Educational Reform Initiative – Primary Programs
Building an information society that supports
the Arabic scientific content industry both
locally and internationally
Table 7.3: The Educational Reform Initiative – Primary Programs
Cloud
Computing
for Education
Program
Educational
Cloud
Computing
Systems and
Applications
Program
Arabic
Educational
Content
Development
Program
Human Capacity
Building for
ICT and Cloud
Computing
in Education
Program
Setting of standards for educational cloud computing, covering
systems, applications and protection measures
Use of cloud computing technologies in education, making
use of the available infrastructure at Assiut University and
services offered by the data centers of the Supreme Council of
Universities and the Ministry of Education
Implementation of the first
phase of the educational cloud
computing project in Assiut
Implementation of the second
phase of the educational cloud
computing project in cooperation
with the data centers of the
Ministry of Education and the
Ministry of Higher Education
Development of an interactive e-learning system
Provision of 2G social networks, related tools and e-mail
services for students
Provision of open-source educational simulation systems and
software
Provision of school/university management systems using
cloud computing technologies
Loading of systems and applications
on the educational cloud to be
used in the pilot project to provide
10,000 university students with etablets
Establishing a digital library for open-source educational content
generated in partnership with the community
No. of courses
Conversion of digital curriculum materials available at the
Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Higher Education to
a more interactive format for posting on the educational cloud
No. of educational modules
produced or posted on the
educational cloud
Involvement of national companies in the development of
digital curriculum materials
Qualification of human resources to manage and operate cloud
computing activities
Qualification of human resources to work in the electronics
industry
Qualification of human resources to work in the field of
interactive Arabic digital content
Qualification of human resources to work in the field of cloud
computing software
No. of trainees