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Cultural Considerations When Using ICT

Cultural Considerations When Using ICT. Dr Michelle Selinger Director, Education Asia Pacific Internet Business Solutions Group. Differences. The tools we learn with The way we learn With whom we learn. Who chooses how to use ICT?.

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Cultural Considerations When Using ICT

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  1. Cultural Considerations When Using ICT Dr Michelle Selinger Director, Education Asia Pacific Internet Business Solutions Group

  2. Differences The tools we learn with The way we learn With whom we learn

  3. Who chooses how to use ICT? “ It is a proven lesson from the history of technology that users are the key producers of the technology by adapting it to their uses and values, and ultimately transforming the technology itself …” Manuel Castells, 2001

  4. Types of cultures Widening the definition of multiculturalism • Youth cultures • Learning cultures • Country cultures

  5. D B C A F A B C D E F E Non-Linear Approach Non-linear Linear Source: Wim Veen

  6. Informal learning Informal learning is based in conversations, and team projects, in which learning is part and parcel of the interactions between people Dora Digenti We learn by conversing with ourselves, with others, and with the world around us • Laurie Thomas & Sheila Harrie-Augstein The best learning happens in real life with real problems and real people and not in classrooms.“ Charles Handy

  7. x x x Linguistic considerations

  8. Pedagogical considerations Cultural differences Learning imperialism

  9. Technological considerations Technology Dissonance

  10. Interpreting ‘Access’?

  11. What is ‘Access’?

  12. Cultural Imperialism or Cultural Understanding? “Together we have been reflecting on the ways that we are both alike and different, and in fact we are both transforming our respective cultures, as well as being transformed by each others cultures, as we interact with each other in this shared educational experience”.(Janssen , 2000)

  13. Solutions

  14. Teaching and Learning What needs to be taught? What is actually taught? What is learnt?

  15. How to appreciate other cultures Collaboration Collaboration Collaboration

  16. Governments Students Businesses Educators Storage Administrators Parents/Guardians Researchers Agencies IT providers Partners Suppliers Education Human Network • Follow Me Content - content follows the users, processes, and activities • People subscribe to people - social connections and expert location • Immersive Interactions – presence, geospatial location, semantics/context Human Network across the Education Community Users/Community Learning Services Expert & Social Collaboration Learning Analysis Resources Management Capabilities Visibility & Awareness Cross-ecosystem planning & modelling Student Experience & Satisfaction Recognised Quality Education Financial Economics Operational Efficiencies Education Lifecycle Management Environmental Economics Value Creation Source: Cisco IBSG

  17. Learning from around the world

  18. Creative Archive

  19. Rip, Mix and Share The Creative Archive turns the concept of media literacy into something much more than just a ‘good idea’. It’s about empowering people by providing them with material which may enhance their cultural awareness, their critical faculty and their creative skills David Puttnam, 2006

  20. Playground Models Participation Open Courseware Assuring quality of education and education practices

  21. Bridging the divide

  22. Location Aware Education Mashups

  23. Education Links through ICT • South-South as well as North-South • Joint appointments • Local relevance, global action • Low–cost access solutions

  24. Teacher collaboration

  25. Learning from each other Lesson Planning Professional Development Supporting Teachers Teaching Resources Supporting Students Student Activities Assessment

  26. Teacher Training: Mukuru, Kenya

  27. Relevant training The developers

  28. Developing to Developed

  29. Community Involvement for Cultural Relevance • Growing • Cooking • Nutrition • Commerce skills • Geography of food • Inter-connected lives • Diets vary

  30. Things to Think About

  31. Improving developing country HEIs & Providing OER & TNE Alternative access to HE & Availability of technology Peer review & Cultural relevance Innovation and interactivity & Access Quality & Cost

  32. Children and Self-Organisation The Hole In The Wall The Hole in the Wall

  33. Adapting e- content • Considerable work and intermediation required • Cultural, pedagogical and technological considerations • Avoid duplication • Allow educators to adapt • Allow student to create

  34. Interim solutions Plasma screens in Ethiopia

  35. Nelson Mandela “Education is the most powerful tool you can use to change the world”

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