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eLearning and ICT integration in Teaching, Learning and Assessment. SUMMIT OVERVIEW. Quality teaching and learning. Policy Objectives/Targets. White Paper on e-Education:
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eLearning and ICT integration in Teaching, Learning and Assessment
SUMMIT OVERVIEW Quality teaching and learning
Policy Objectives/Targets • White Paper on e-Education: • Every South African learner in the general and further education and training bands will be ICT capable (that is, use ICTs confidently and creatively to help develop the skills and knowledge they need to achieve personal goals and to be full participants in the global community) by 2013. • Action Plan to 2014: • Goal 16: Improve the professionalism, teaching skills, subject knowledge and computer literacy of teachers throughout their entire careers. • Goal 20: Increase access amongst learners to a wide range of media, including computers, which enrich their education. • Goal 27: Improve the frequency and quality of the monitoring and support services provided by district offices to schools, partly through better use of e-Education.
Vision Implementation • WHAT • Adopt the newest technologies • WHY • Improve quality of teaching, learning and assessment • Increase pass rate • Foster learning anywhere and anytime as part of the development of knowledge society • Allow every teacher, every learner to have instantaneous, real-time free access to digital resources • HOW • Provide broadband and fast connectivity, • Provide subject- specific content, • Provide support and staff training • Determine the educational purpose that technology /ICT infrastructure will serve.
Definitional e-Learning: • a method of teaching and learning • comprises instructions delivered through all electronic media • includes internet, intranets, extranets, satellites broadcasts, audio/video tapes, interactive TV and CD-ROMs (Govindasamy, 2002).
Objectives • Systematic deployment of ICT infrastructure across the province • Optimization of the already existing ICT infrastructure • Enhanced digital literacy amongst educators in the province • Access to relevant and more systematic education content • Sustained and systematic funding models for ICT initiatives • Universal Access to quality broadband coverage
Important Design lessons • Rich theoretical paradigms to explain critical success factors related to ICT interventions, • Planned Behaviour, Motivational, Classical conditioning • Qualitative / grounded theory/ethnographic approaches • Variety of experiences and backgrounds
Programming and rollout lessons • Context • Infrastructure • Institutional capacity • Economies of scale • Aggregation • Teaching strategies • Digital assets
eLearning in a nutshell • Teacher & ICTs: Basic SkillsThe teacher uses the computer for administrative purposes, e.g. capturing marks, setting tests and examination papers, etc.
eLearning in a nutshell cont... • Teacher & ICTs: Moderate SkillsThe teacher uses ICTs to obtain information, develop presentations and present learning material in class.
eLearning in a nutshell cont... • Teacher & ICTs: Moderate SkillsThe teacher uses ICTs to facilitate learning and assessment by using online or computer-based curriculum software.
eLearning in a nutshell cont... • Teacher & ICTs: Advanced SkillsThe teacher developslearning objects forclass or individualuse.
eLearning in a nutshell cont... • Learners & ICTs Learners use ICTs to learn and assess themselves independent from the school.
E-Management • SMTs & School Management SystemsPrincipals and their SMTs use ICTs to manage school data which they use take important strategic decisions and to communicate with learners, parents and stakeholders.
E-Management • SMTs & School Management Systems
Key Performance Areas • Teacher training and Professional development on integration of ICT in teaching, learning and assessment • Development and/or acquisitioning of Curriculum software. • Provisioning of Curriculum resources to schools through the Curriculum website: www.eccurriculum.co.za • Provisioning of ICT/e-Learning resources to schools: • ICT related infrastructure (Computers, tablets, etc.) • Connectivity