Overview of the Hungarian ELearning Market, Starting Points for Further Research

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Overview of the Hungarian E-Learning Market,
Starting Points for Further Research

• Aniko Balogh
• E-Learning Coordinator, SZÁMALK Education and
  Information Technology Ltd.

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The International Picturehttp//www.e-learninggur
u.com
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E-learning SWOT Analysis of HungaryEUROLEARN
documents http//www.eurolearn.net/Default.aspx?ta
bindex5tabid624
SWOT1

1 EUROLEARN documents http//www.eurolearn.net/D
efault.aspx?tabindex5tabid624
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EU Analyses, studies

• eEurope - http//europa.eu.int/information_societ
  y/eeurope/
• L-Change Project - http//www.education-observator
  ies.net/lchange/index.pt
• EUROLEARN - http//www.eurolearn.net/Default.aspx?
  tabindex5tabid624
• elearningeuropa.info - http//www.elearningeuropa.
  info/
• ACTeN EU 5, 2002-2004 - http//www.acten.net/

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Overwiev - eInclusion_at_EU http//www.einclusion-eu.
org/SearchSpecial.asp?MenuID125

• E-learning is at a starting point
• Legislative and regulatory framework
• Law CI of 2001 on Adult Education Paragraph 18.
  (A felnottképzésrol szóló 2001. évi CI. törvény)
  Responsible institution Ministry for Education
• Strategy
• The Ministry for Education has elaborated in the
  beginning of 2004 an Education Informatics
  Strategy
• legal, institutional and financial framework of
  ICT-supported teaching and its dissemination.
• the whole high school curriculum will be
  available online on the Government financed
  webpage Sulinet
• E-learning is dealt with within the broader
  concept of distance education - well
  institutionalized policy area

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Difficulties - eInclusion_at_EU

• Shortage of the necessary human and
  infra-structural resources for integrating
  traditional and new media
• Shortage of courses with available interactive,
  electronically supported curricula packages in
  Hungarian language
• There are many available curricula in other
  languages, but important segments of the target
  groups of e-Learning - such as the unemployed -
  are typically not speaking foreign languages.
• The training of teachers able to teach with
  e-Learning methods shows also deficiencies.
• Even if the target group would be ready to obtain
  knowledge through the Internet, the majority of
  them think that these kind of courses are at the
  present time not accepted e.g. by the employers 

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EU Statistics

• eInclusion_at_EU
• 3 of the Internet using population has
  participated in an Internet based training
• some 5 of enterprises have used specialized
  e-learning applications during the training of
  their employees

• ACTeN EU 5
• adult training containing e-learning elements
  150-160 000 participants
• corporate trainings take the biggest slice of the
  market 30-35 000 participants

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The Hungarian Picture http//www.coedu.hu/mss/alph
a?do9pg264

• small market, started to grow in 2003
• profit oriented corporate trainings
• diverse development of state supported trainings
• improving quality of e-learning solutions
• frameworks - expensive
• content

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Content development

• quality centered
• best digital content cooperation of teachers,
  education experts and IT developers
• small market ?not ready made but tailored content
• market entry threshold appr. 1.5-2M EUR

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Companies

• ARVATO
• Cisco
• EDUWEB
• HP
• IBCnet
• IBM
• IQ Consulting

• MIMÓZA
• Neting
• Oracle
• SABEDU
• SAP
• SYNERGON
• SZÁMALK

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State Supported Institutions

• Ministry of Education, Sulinet (Schoolnet)
  Express - http//sdt.sulinet.hu
• 1 Mrd HUF
• Ministry of Informatics and Communications -
  http//www.ihm.gov.hu/
• E-content 500M HUF
• National Institute for Adult Education -
  http//www.nfi.gov.hu/
• National Institute of Vocational Education -
  https//www.nive.hu
• Apertus Public Foundation - http//www.apertus.hu/
  
• Tempus Public Foundation - http//www.tpf.hu/

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Institutions, cont.

• Hungarian Association of  Content Industry -
  http//www.matisz.hu/
• Inforum-Conciliatory Forum for Informatics
• Hungarian Association of IT Companies
  (www.ivsz.hu)
• János Neumann Digital Library and Multimedia
  Center (www.neumann-haz.hu)
• John von Neumann Computer Society (www.njszt.hu)
• Hungarian Federation for Electronics and
  Infocommunication (www.meisz.hu)
• BME-UNESCO Information Society Research Institute
  - http//www.ittk.hu/
• Distance Learning and Adult Training Center,
  Technical University - http//www.bme-tk.bme.hu/in
  dex.php

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Blended Learning in Higher and Adult Education
Institutions

• Dennis Gabor College - http//ilias3.gdf-ri.hu/
• Eszterházy Károly College - http//www.ektf.hu/tav
  oktatas/index.php
• Kecskeméti Regionális Képzõ Központ -
  http//www.krmkk.hu/
• Kodolányi János College - http//www.kodolanyi.hu/
  
• Kölcsey Ferenc Teacher Training College -
  http//moodle.kfrtkf.hu/moodle/
• Miklós Zrinyi national Defense University -
  http//www.zmne.hu/
• MTA SZTAKI Computer and Automation Research
  Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences -
  http//elearning.itc.hu/elearning/
• SZÁMALK - http//www.szamalk.hu/
• Széchenyi István University - http//www.sze.hu/e-
  tavoktatas/
• Ybl Miklós College - http//www.ymmf.hu/

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Events, Publications, Links

• Conferences
• Sulinet, Networkshop, SZAMALK-SZTAKI, Oktopusz,
  EDEN 2004, MELLearN, IT in Higher Education
• Hungarian E-Learning Handbook, 2005
• Articles, white papers, case studies
• http//www.szamalk.hu/Konferenciak.htm

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• Thank you for your attention!
• Anikó Balogh
• balogh_at_szamalk.hu