According to Castillo-Maheia, the project actually began five years ago and noted that sometimes things happen in a time and for a reason.
The project also includes the use of NotesMaster, a platform of learning content and curriculum in various subjects, providing access to lessons by Belizean and international instructors.ĭata is being collected through the end of the current academic year for evaluation. With one Aptus device you can connect up to 30 devices within a certain range, and you can load on to the Aptus device different sites…You can have an Aptus device placed into a classroom, and then everyone would be able to connect to the device to access whatever has been loaded onto the device.” What it does is it allows you to connect to the device it allows internet access without being online. So how will it work? Castillo-Maheia explains: “It’s like a mini-computer in a very small device. The pilot project was launched a few weeks ago and each of the participating schools has been equipped with one device to be rotated among classrooms.
#Aptus education trial#
9:50 am CST.īy Aaron Humes: The trial of the Aptus Pi pilot project is underway at 15 adult and continuing education (ACE) centers and evening divisions of Government-run high schools to test whether the device, in the words of CEO in the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology Dian Castillo-Maheia, is “an effective solution for schools where internet access is a challenge – for places where connectivity would be a problem.” Even where Internet access is feasible, education administrators prefer Aptus because learners cannot be distracted by online diversions.Posted: Wednesday, March 16, 2022. According to Mr Maeltoka, Aptus will also help the tablet project overcome the barrier of limited Internet connectivity. Mr George Maeltoka, senior official at the ministry and a COL Focal Point, said that he believes the tablet project is well positioned to take advantage of Aptus for the delivery of important OER content.
#Aptus education Offline#
Aptus is an off-grid, offline virtual classroom.ĬOL provided twenty Aptus devices to support the roll-out of the Vanuatu Ministry of Education’s tablet project. In combination with a wireless router, it allows materials to be accessed by multiple learners using tablets, laptops or mobile phones and devices – even in places where no Internet service is available.
#Aptus education Pc#
The Aptus is a mini PC that hosts a large number of open educational resources (OER). Aptus allows devices such as tablets to access learning materials offline. However, as in many other countries, Internet service is limited or absent, which restricts learners from using web-based materials. This is exactly what the Ministry of Education in Vanuatu has undertaken. With the cost of generic tablets decreasing significantly, many countries have launched tablet distribution projects to equip learners with access to web-based learning materials. – George Maeltoka, Ministry of Education, Vanuatu “The government in its new ICT initiative for schools is embarking on supplying tablets to schools and it is timely to have your new device to bring the government ICT project to the next level of elearning materials for students throughout the archipelago”.
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