7 - Targeted Strategic Initiatives 4- Arabic Educational Content Development Program: Preparing the necessary human resources to Promoting online Arabic content by improving work in the production of Tablet Computer, protection of intellectual property rights, interactive Arabic digital content and cloud enforcing legislation and stimulating creation of computing software content in Arabic rather than English Creating a competitive environment that supports the Arabic scientific content industry in Egypt Online Education Channels Project: Posting series of recorded lectures and lessons, as well as educational films, on online education channels, and encouraging the local community to contribute Community Education Portal Project: Establishing a web portal promoting the generation of culturally relevant open-source online educational content by the community that can be accessed in a variety of formats Curriculum Digitization Project: Developing and digitizing curriculum materials Adapting e-courses for use on tablet computers Enabling local companies to work in curriculum digitization Building human capacity in curriculum digitization 5- Human Capacity Building for ICT in the Educational Reform Program: 70 71 Preparing the necessary human resources to manage and operate cloud computing activities Programs Tablet Computer Program Cloud Computing Management Skills Development Project: Adopting an integrated training program to qualify work teams to manage cloud computing activities, also to be available at universities Electronics Industry Human Resource Development Project: Implementing a training program to enable graduates with relevant specializations to work in developing the electronics industry Establishing units specializing in a p p l i a n ce d e s i g n a n d d ev e l o p m e n t Preparing qualification programs to develop human capacity for the electronics industry Digital Content Industry Human Resource Development Project: Implementing a training program to develop skills and provide qualifications for employees of local companies working in the production of digital content Implementing a training program for university students and graduates interested in working in the digital content industry Providing the educational community with the tools and software necessary to develop digital educational content Activities Implementation of a pilot project to manufacture 10,000 Tablet Computer for university students Implementation of a project to manufacture educational tablets in cooperation with the Ministry of Education Development of applications and games for Tablet Computer Output 10,000 Tablet Computer for university students The National Project Executive Plan Formulation of an executive plan in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Higher Education Standards relating to use of cloud computing in education Table 7.3: The Educational Reform Initiative – Primary Programs Building an information society that supports the Arabic scientific content industry both locally and internationally Table 7.3: The Educational Reform Initiative – Primary Programs Cloud Computing for Education Program Educational Cloud Computing Systems and Applications Program Arabic Educational Content Development Program Human Capacity Building for ICT and Cloud Computing in Education Program Setting of standards for educational cloud computing, covering systems, applications and protection measures Use of cloud computing technologies in education, making use of the available infrastructure at Assiut University and services offered by the data centers of the Supreme Council of Universities and the Ministry of Education Implementation of the first phase of the educational cloud computing project in Assiut Implementation of the second phase of the educational cloud computing project in cooperation with the data centers of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Higher Education Development of an interactive e-learning system Provision of 2G social networks, related tools and e-mail services for students Provision of open-source educational simulation systems and software Provision of school/university management systems using cloud computing technologies Loading of systems and applications on the educational cloud to be used in the pilot project to provide 10,000 university students with etablets Establishing a digital library for open-source educational content generated in partnership with the community No. of courses Conversion of digital curriculum materials available at the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Higher Education to a more interactive format for posting on the educational cloud No. of educational modules produced or posted on the educational cloud Involvement of national companies in the development of digital curriculum materials Qualification of human resources to manage and operate cloud computing activities Qualification of human resources to work in the electronics industry Qualification of human resources to work in the field of interactive Arabic digital content Qualification of human resources to work in the field of cloud computing software No. of trainees