TAIPEI, Nov. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Smart classrooms are brought forth to encourage learning incentives and to achieve effective learning and talent development without losing sight of the individuality of each student while many nations regard education as one of the measures to tackle the challenges coming along with globalization. The e-learning or so called digital education related industry in Asia has the highest growth rate at 17.3%. Revenue is expected to reach USD 11.6 billion by 2016 according to Ambient Insight report. In light of this domestic and international ICT education trend and the up-coming needs of incubating 21 century talents, Taiwan's ICT enterprises have formed a comprehensive value chain to provide total solution to smart campus, ranging from security, green energy, management to smart classroom integration.
With the existing ICT hardware and software, Taiwan's enterprises have collaborated with governmental departments or schools to verify and demonstrate the effectiveness of the systems used in smart classrooms nationwide. In one of the projects, the scope covered more than one thousand students aged from 10 to 14 in different schools for over more than one and half years. The educational platform shared with students, teachers and parents at different authorized levels helps alleviate teachers' burden in preparing teaching materials and collecting assignments, responding to student's learning results and communicating students' learning status with parents with confidentiality.
Positive effects are seen when smart classroom devices are used in remote areas. The e-books donated by an enterprise benefited a remote agriculture town. The portable e-books were textbooks in class and students' drawing books to draw what they saw during the field trip. The diverse usability of the e-books encouraged students' in learning and proves that the ICT devices and smart classrooms can be a good approach to narrow the gap in education between cities and remote areas.
Based on the excellent performance and in field practices, Taiwan's enterprises have introduced their products successfully by collaborating with domestic partners from mainland China, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippine, and India. End-users can enjoy the products with local services. Taiwan's smart campus-related products or services are good choices for those who want to strike a balance between the specification and expense.
Taiwan's enterprises have been working with and exploring more international partners (or MOEs) for their quality and cost-effective products, like campus security, school management systems, learning platforms, library systems, health prevention systems, energy systems, interactive whiteboards, large-sized touch panels, integrated digital mandarin services, e-books, and e-bags. Items used in the smart classroom or campus can be custom-made to meet specific needs. From specific items to total solutions, Taiwan's enterprises are ready to collaborate internationally to create win-win partnerships.
In the advancement of the technology-assisted learning trend, Institute for Information Industry (III) in Taiwan has played an important role for over thirty years to help educate citizens and governmental officials about the application of technology in the work field and daily lives (e-society). Based on the existing fruit of achievements and its experiences in international partnership, III provides one-stop-shop solutions or consultant services for international partners, helping them in outsourcing, procurement, and master plan development for ICT Education.
