Educa.ch
educa.ch increases since 2017 as a specialized agency of the federal and cantonal tasks in quality development in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT) in compulsory school and upper secondary school of Switzerland true.
aims
- Access to digital teaching materials and online services
- Representation of the interests of schools vis-à-vis private providers (negotiating framework agreements on safe and fair conditions)
- Expertise on technical, legal and ethical issues in connection with digitization, provide those responsible for the education system with the appropriate basis for decision-making
- Dialogue between national and international actors Promote cooperation
Mission and sponsorship
The State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) and the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Directors of Education (EDK) commission the Swiss Media Institute for Education and Culture to manage educa.ch. This has the legal form of a non-profit cooperative
educa.ch represents Switzerland in the European Schoolnet (EUN). Since 2009, the national report on ICT and education (Country Report on ICT in Education) has been prepared every two years.
The director of educa.ch is Toni Ritz.
deals
- educanet² : work, learning and communication platform tailor-made for schools
- educa.Biblio : Digital school library, collection of electronically available teaching and learning resources that are tailored to the Swiss educational landscape.
- educa.ID : Network with job exchange and other offers
history
At the end of the 1980s, the Federal Office for Industry, Commerce and Labor (BIGA, today SERI) was looking for a partner to manage a computer science department in the field of education. In 1989, a partnership agreement was signed between the Federal Office for Industry, Commerce and Labor (BIGA, now SERI) and the Film Institute (now the Swiss Media Institute for Education and Culture) to establish and manage the Swiss Specialized Agency for Information Technologies in Education (SFIB). The Swiss Conference of Cantonal Education Directors (EDK) became a further partner. In 2001, the federal government and the cantons created a new instrument with the Swiss Education Server (SBS). As a national information, learning and work platform, the SBS offered tools for integrating ICT into education and for quality development. Since January 1, 2017, educa.ch, the Swiss agency for ICT and education, has replaced both the SFIB and the SBS.