Potential of ICTs: Myths

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Potential of ICTs Myths Realities

• Technology one monolithic entity
• Automatic transformation
• Technologies Computers and Internet
• Technologies substitute for Schools and teachers

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Towards an Enhanced Paradigm
FROM
TO
School Building
Knowledge Infrastructure Schools, Labs, Radio,
TV, Internet, Museum, etc
Classrooms
Individual Learners
Teacher Knowledge Provider
Teacher Tutor/facilitator
Textbooks and AV Aids
Multimedia Materials (Print, audio, video,
digital)
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Challenges and Promises
Learning for All
Anywhere
Anytime
Effective
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Potential of ICTs Solutions for Educational
Problems

• Expanding Educational Opportunities
• Increasing Efficiency
• Enhancing Quality of Learning
• Enriching Quality of Teaching
• Improving Policy Planning and Management

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Potential of ICTs Solutions for Educational
Problems

• Expanding Educational Opportunities
• Problem
• Potential
• Specific Solutions
• Radio Broadcast Botswana, St. Lucia
• Interactive Radio Dominican Republic, Zambia
• Televised Broadcast Telesecundaria, Telecurso
• Virtual High Schools - Examples
• Open/Virtual Universities- Examples

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Potential of ICTs Solutions for Educational
Problems

• Increasing efficiency
• Problem
• Potential
• Specific Solutions
• Radio Broadcast
• Interactive Radio
• Televised Broadcast
• Virtual High School Programs
• Open/Virtual Tertiary Education programs

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Potential of ICTs Solutions to Educational
Problems

• Enhancing Quality of Learning
• Problem
• Potential
• Allow multi-channel learning
• Motivate and engage learners
• Bring life to concepts and processes
• Facilitate higher cognitive skills
• Bring the world into the classroom
• Allow simulations
• Offer collaborative opportunities and
  communication

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Potential of ICTs Solutions for Educational
Problems

• Enhancing Quality of Learning
• Specific Solutions
• Radio and TV Programs - Ethiopia, Venezuela,
  Guinea
• Multimedia Learning Modules IVEN
• Virtual Labs (Demonstration), Web simulations
• Connecting with the world GLOBE, Jason Project

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Potential of ICTs Solutions to Educational
Problems

• Enriching Quality of Teaching
• Problem
• Potential
• Enhance initial training
• Provide for lifelong upgrading
• Break isolation of teachers
• Specific Solutions
• Multimedia South Africa, Aula mentor
• Teacher Development Portal
• Web Resources for Teachers-

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Potential of ICTs Solutions for Educational
Problems

• Improving Policy Planning and management
• Problem
• Potential
• Specific Solutions
• Education management Information Systems (EMIS)
• Simulation for Policy Analysis and Formulation

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From Potential to Effectiveness

• Educational Policy
• Approach
• Infrastructure
• Contentware
• Committed and trained Personnel
• Integration
• Testing
• Financial resources

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Purpose and Types of ICTs

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Where ?
On Location
At a Distance

• Printed matter
• Slides, Transparencies
• Scanners
• Digital notepads, boards
• Audio Tapes
• Films and Video Tapes
• Digital books
• CDs
• Computer projection

• Correspondence
• Radio
• TV Broadcast
• Web pages
• Web-Internet, Intranet
• Webcast

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Radio

• Advantages
• Programs prepared by specialists
• May use sound and other effects
• Programs aired again with no additional
  development cost
• Breaks the isolation of schools
• Disadvantages
• Restricted to audio dimension
• Pre-arranged schedule
• No interactivity

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Virtual High school

• For
• Students who cannot attend regular schools
• Students suspended
• Students who need remedial work
• High achievers
• Conventional schools (Supplement)
• How
• Full online printed materials
• Full online interaction with teacher and
  students via email and chat rooms
• Full online internet interaction physical
  study centers
• Synchronous and asynchronous
• Issues
• Expensive to develop online courses Unit costs
  per students may become low
• Online instruction needs special skills
• Online learning needs self-discipline
• Virtual schools require management, support
  systems and money

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ICTs for What Education
TECHNOLOGY
Modality
Educational Objective
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Role of the Student
Collaborative Interactive Drill
Practice Demonstrative Presentational
Passive Active Role of Student
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Role of the Teacher
Collaborative Interactive Drill
Practice Demonstrative Presentational
Provider Facilitator Role of Teacher