Singapore’s Institute of Technical Education (ITE), a higher education institute for 25,000 students, will integrate Adobe software in all multimedia and design-related curriculums.
In a bid to keep students and educators in ITE constantly updated with the latest developments in digital creativity and collaboration, ITE students will use the latest, state-of-the-art graphics software in all their multimedia and design-related modules.
ITE procured the software for all the ITE campuses in Singapore comprising seven physical campuses from three colleges—ITE College Central, ITE College East and ITE College West, explained Eric Cheung, Director of School of Electronics and Infocomm Technology, ITE College West.
While Cheung did not answer FutureGov Asia Pacific’s queries on how much was spent on the software licensing purchase from Adobe, he said that the integration was “overall a smooth transition” with the only challenge being ensuring that the new coursework was current and not dated. To do so, Cheung said that ITE’s curriculum is evaluated annually.
“Technology is ever evolving… Our annual evaluation will help determine the structure of the next software purchase in 2012,” said Cheung.
Cheung also said that for ITE to stay abreast of industry standards, the college regularly updates its curriculum with input from “key industry partners”.
“After implementing the software into our curriculum, ITE were able to better facilitate students’ learning with a short six-month period,” said Cheung.
The Singapore government has committed to the consolidation of ITE’s smaller campuses into three regional colleges by 2013 with state-of-the-art facilities.
By Xinghui Guo | 18 May 2011
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