Activities

ACEC have engaged in three types of activities:
1. Constructing a web portal that provides access to the contributing projects and
    to materials produced by the participating groups
    University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong China
2. Providing provision of mechanisms that foster educational communities, both
    on and off-line
3. Producing projects, such as training sessions and workshops, which build the
    human capacity of educators in the APEC region

ACEC Web Portal

• The ACEC web portal has served as a centerpiece for the project, providing access to a
  knowledge bank of information on education in the APEC region, online community building
  mechanisms, and information about and materials produced by capacity building projects.
  The portal consisted of three interconnected areas devoted to different types of ACEC activities.

Conceptual Model for the ACEC Web Portal

Human capacity building PROJECTS in teacher professional development and cyber education leadership, using face to face and online modes. The ONLINE COMMUNITIES area encourages collaboration on projects, resulting in the provision of more teaching resources. The KNOWLEDGE BANK is a repository of educational, technical, and pedagogical resources for secondary educators, organized around the four priority areas identified by the APEC Education Ministers.

• ACEC Consortium member economies are providing information to those 3 section portals
  and taking their roles with highly motivated leadership.

On and Off-line Communities Building

• ACEN Webzine is published regularly to share ICT education information and know-how to
  facilitate activities for online collaboration among teachers and educators in the APEC region.
  Beginning with the sixth issue the ACEN Webzine was re-named as the ALCoBzine and it is
  published in seven languages ( http://www.alcob.com ).

• In 2003, the U.S. Department of Education launched the “Knowledge Bank” web portal with the
  purpose of sharing and accumulating information and experiences on educational policy within
  and outside the APEC region on the basis of voluntary participation from APEC member
  economies ( http://www.apecneted.org/knowledgebank/index.cfm ).

• In February 2003, e-Educational Leadership Workshop organized by CITE of Hong Kong China
  was held in Cebu, the Philippines. This workshop, which was part of “e-Education Leadership
  in ICT” project of Hong Kong China aimed to provide a mechanism to enhance leadership
  through ICT in diversely changing educational environments (http://acec.cite.hku.hk).

• In March 2003, APEC e-Learning Summit was held in Tinan, Chinese Taipei. At this summit,
  “APEC Cyber School Project” led by Chinese Taipei was presented. This project supported
  APEC member economies in adjusting into the changing paradigm among K-12 school
  education as well as to meet the new requirements in the knowledge-based economy.

• In July 2003, APEC Sister Schools Networking Youth Camp 2003 was held in Chantaburi,
  Thailand. “APEC Sister School Network” organized the camp. At this camp, international
  participants including teachers, students, and educational experts shared their knowledge and
  experiences.

• An on-line community for exchanging a wide spectrum of information and views among
  teachers, learners and supporters in APEC Economies was launched in August-September
  2004 ( http://www.alcob.com ). Its purpose is to share information on ICT use in school,
  international understanding, and international cooperative projects.

• In January 2004, the 1st International ALCoB Conference was held in Seoul, Korea. About 118
  ALCoB (teachers, EDNET CP and supporters) from 9 economies (Korea, China, Thailand,
  Indonesia, New Zealand, U.S.A., the Philippines, Chinese Taipei and Singapore) participated
  in this conference and shared their views on the ALCoB projects' progress and future direction
  of ALCoB activities. In August 2004, the 2nd International ALCoB Conference was held in
  Busan, Korea.

Human Capacity Building Projects

• In 2001, the Internet Volunteer program was launched. It has grown rapidly since then and in
  August 2004 it dispatched 121 volunteers to 5 APEC economies (China, Indonesia, the
  Philippines, Mexico, and Thailand). Total of 718 people benefited out of this program. The
  International Internet Volunteer (IIV) program was re-named as ALCoB Internet Volunteer (AIV)
  later on. In addition to Internet Volunteer activities, teachers and learners formed teams to
  implement cooperative projects.

ACEC Contact Points