The Ministry of Education has aimed to promote the use of digital content. They have increased the proportion of digital learning resources created by private companies, alongside some centrally developed resources. Digital IWB resources are available for almost every school subject via the Sulinet Digital Knowledge base.
Sulinet provides internet access to the whole Hungarian public education system. It also provides a range of online content and advice, including:
- Approximately 10,000 digital learning objects;
- 3,000 animations;
- 600 activities;
- Two complete sets of interactive curricula;
- Over 10,000 images;
- 510 movies;
- Specialist e-books.
In addition to this content management system, teachers are encouraged to create their own digital content with the help of IWB software. In some local networks of schools, 'digital exercise-banks' have been created where teachers can integrate their own digital content with that created by other teachers. However, there does not seem to be a way in which teachers can share their work more widely at the present time.
A usability study conducted by Hunya (2005) suggested six ways in which teachers could be helped to access, select and use resources within Sulinet. These included:
- A general introduction to the aims and pedagogical requirements of the resource;
- The resource’s technical requirements and previous knowledge needed to access it;
- Keywords or tags that describe the content of the resource;
- Task sheets for students or teachers, additional resources, and related links;
- Ideas on and activities for teachers and students, tips on classroom management, and guidance on forming learning groups based on competence assessment;
- Methods of evaluating student learning.
There are a number of companies and book publishers who offer a variety of digital content to educators.
In respect of VLEs, Moodle has been taken up by a few high schools.
