Mr. Victor Cheng, Executive Director, Hong Kong Education City 香港教育城 行政總監 鄭弼亮先生

1. www.hkedcity.net
BYOD – Opportunities and Challenges
Victor Cheng,
Executive Director, Hong Kong Education City
Oct 2013

2. Success Factors in
Shifting to Digital Contents
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Sustainable funding for devices
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Robust internet connectivity
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Up-to-date policies
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Prepared educators
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Intellectual property and reuse rights
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Quality control and usability
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Leadership buy-in
Source : Out of Print: Reimagining the K-12 Textbook in a Digital Age, SETDA

3. Why BYOD
Consumer devices are surpassing business “machines”
Universities already widely adopted, and result proven
Empower students as self-directed learners
Cost of device management 1:1 vs 1:1000
Cost of continuous upgrade

4. Four Overarching Concerns
Curriculum alignment
Passive permission vs. Active by design
Information literacy
Equity
no student is disadvantaged due to a lack of
technology, or technology guidance
Policy
Schools to providing a safe and secure learning
environment for students
Privacy Ordinance requires supporting policy
Technical Capability
Greatly increased no. of devices designed for
Multimedia

5. Five Basic BYOD Security
Lock Code
Lock when
Idle
Remote
Wipe
Complex
Password
Device
Encryption

6. Leveraging New Industry Models
WiFi as a service (WaaS)
Cloud Support Model – school as a user, not
administrator.
Learning Management Ecosystem – EdConnect and
MyBookShelf for simplified support and logistics

7. eLearning Delivery System
EdCity ID
eLearning
Solutions
MyBookShelf
EdConnect
EdMall

8. Complex Logistic flow for eTextbook

School
Publisher A
$
Parent

Publisher B
Install

Publisher C
Login 
Student

9. Simplified logistics with EdCity Services

School
$ /  / student list
Publisher A
Parent
Apps

EdMall
/ MyBookshelf
Publisher B
Publisher C
EdConnect Login 
Student

10. Case Study – German eTextbook
The Challenge - publishers on German market need a
solution to create one common format and one technology
and reduce chaos, which would work on different devices
and operating systems.
The Solution - In November 2012, 20 publishers from
Verband Bildungsmedien launched a common platform
called Digitale Schulbuecher. Bookshelf teachers and
students can read books published by different publishers
on one digital shelf, and use them - online or offline.

11. Thank You!