The Application of Maturity Model in the Schools´ ICT Project

One of the most important reasons for poor performance on the basic education ICT projects is due to the lack of a systemic framework, which is used to identify the essential factors and their relationships during the project, the systemic framework is important especially for those cross-sector projects, such as the projects of ICT tests in Shanghai rural schools. Maturity Model frameworks were created and applied during the ICT test project, providing appropriate structures to deliver effective educational experiences in the use of ICT. Therefore, firstly the structures and details of these maturity models are depicted in this paper, secondly the results and the lessons that how these maturity models act in the projects are analyzed, and then a clue is given on how to find an appropriate way in the use of ICT projects in schools in China.