Institutional Report on Curriculum Development Gulu University

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Institutional Report on Curriculum Development (
Gulu University)

• ICT Education in East Africa

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Curriculum?

• A curriculum is plan of interactive learning
  experiences
• Attributes of a curriculum are
• Reasons for the curriculum (aims,
  objectives,output)
• Context/area (skills area,field of
  performance,discipline,profession)
• Skills acquisition techniques (methods and
  resources,teacher competences and
• Assessment guidelines

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Curriculum Development

• Involves
• Identifying learning needs
• Assessing the audience
• Developing goals and objectives
• Selecting and organising content
• Selecting methods and aids
• Facilitating learning process
• Developing action plan

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What is to taught?

• Determined by the skills the learner wishes to
  learn in order to perform the required task or
  assignment

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Duration of programme

• Department of Computer Science (Gulu University)
  offers ICT programmes in Computer Science (3
  years), Bachelor of Information Technology (3
  years) and Diploma Computer Science (2 years)

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Delivery System

• Presentation of knowledge to the students is by
• Digital form digital project but recently
  acquired blackboard
• Handouts
• Manuals
• Assessment through assignments
• Self study
• Classes (teacher teaching)
• Class work ( during class lecturer gives
  assignments,discusses with students)
• Skills Lab (working computer coaches students
  while they work)
• Discussion boards
• Teachers hour (learners visit teacher in his
  room)

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Outcomes

• Typical outcome measures include income,
  employment, civic engagement, desirable
  attitudes,values, skills and behaviors.

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Conclusion

• The curriculum development is a continuous
  process. There should be regular reviews to
  ensure quality.
• Feedback from industry and former students is
  important in reviews.

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Thank you