How can educational How can educational technology contribute to technology contribute to academic development?academic development?

Shaheeda JafferShaheeda JafferIssues@chedIssues@ched31 August 200531 August 2005

OutlineOutline IntroductionIntroduction ChallengesChallenges Role of ET in educationRole of ET in education Simulation tutorialsSimulation tutorials Communication toolsCommunication tools Role of CETRole of CET ConclusionConclusion

IntroductionIntroduction

Academic developmentAcademic development is concerned with:is concerned with: providing support to under-prepared studentsproviding support to under-prepared students student throughputstudent throughput curriculum developmentcurriculum development teaching and learningteaching and learning

student diversity

throughput

communication

large class sizes

learning styles

Under preparedness

feedback

Some current challengesSome current challenges

language

I would argue that the main deficiency in most I would argue that the main deficiency in most contemporary university teaching involves instruction contemporary university teaching involves instruction that is too that is too didacticdidactic, a lack of personal , a lack of personal contactcontact between teachers and students and among between teachers and students and among studentsstudents, , assessmentassessment methods that are inadequate to methods that are inadequate to measure sophisticated learning goals and too little measure sophisticated learning goals and too little opportunity for students to opportunity for students to integrate knowledgeintegrate knowledge from different fields and apply what they learn to the from different fields and apply what they learn to the solution of solution of real-world problemsreal-world problems..

(Knapper, 2001: 94)(Knapper, 2001: 94)

Teaching activityTeaching activity Learning activityLearning activity ICT-based ICT-based resourceresource

Show, demonstrate, Show, demonstrate, explainexplain

Attending, listeningAttending, listening Multimedia (video, Multimedia (video, audio clips, animations)audio clips, animations)

Create, set up, guide Create, set up, guide through discovery through discovery spacesspaces

Investigating, exploring, Investigating, exploring, browsing, searchingbrowsing, searching

CD, DVD, or Web CD, DVD, or Web resources including resources including hypertext & information hypertext & information gatewaysgateways

Guide through Guide through scaffoldingscaffolding

Experimenting, Experimenting, practising, repeating, practising, repeating, feedbackfeedback

Drill & practice, Drill & practice, tutorials, simulations, tutorials, simulations, virtual environmentsvirtual environments

Enable makingEnable making Articulating, Articulating, synthesising, makingsynthesising, making

Existing tools & created Existing tools & created programmable softwareprogrammable software

Adapted from Laurillard (2001)

Role of ET in educationRole of ET in education

ET and its role in educationET and its role in education

curriculum objectivescurriculum objectives

teaching approachteaching approach

learning styleslearning styles

curriculum contentcurriculum content

Simulation tutorialsSimulation tutorials

Simulation tutorialsSimulation tutorials managed in a lab setting with teacher and tutor managed in a lab setting with teacher and tutor

supportsupport deals with specific course objectivesdeals with specific course objectives integrated into course throughintegrated into course through

supporting lecturessupporting lectures supporting readingssupporting readings formal assessmentformal assessment

links theory and practicelinks theory and practice provides feedback to studentprovides feedback to student

Communication toolsCommunication tools

discussion forumsdiscussion forums

chatschats

dfaqdfaq

mobile technologymobile technology

Collaborative Mobile GlossariesCollaborative Mobile Glossaries

Collaborative learningCollaborative learning discussion forumsdiscussion forums

chatschats

wikiswikis

blogsblogs

Role of CETRole of CET

CET’s mission is to promote, enable and CET’s mission is to promote, enable and investigate the integration of learning investigate the integration of learning technologies into teaching and learning at technologies into teaching and learning at UCT, and in higher education.UCT, and in higher education.

ChallengesChallenges general issues of academic developmentgeneral issues of academic development

fear of technologyfear of technology

lack of knowledge of ET potentiallack of knowledge of ET potential

infrastructureinfrastructure

PrinciplesPrinciples integrationintegration

contextcontext

pedagogically drivenpedagogically driven

pedagogic choice pedagogic choice

ConclusionConclusion

[…] technology may be a good solution for […] technology may be a good solution for some instructional problems, and in some some instructional problems, and in some cases it may be a partial solution. But in other cases it may be a partial solution. But in other instances technology does little to address the instances technology does little to address the fundamental teaching and learning issue or – fundamental teaching and learning issue or – even worse – provides a glitzy but even worse – provides a glitzy but inappropriate solution to a problem that has inappropriate solution to a problem that has simply been misconstrued.simply been misconstrued.

(Knapper, 2001: 94)(Knapper, 2001: 94)

technology + human capital = successtechnology + human capital = success(Chaplin, WWW2005 conference)(Chaplin, WWW2005 conference)

Is there an equivalent model for educational Is there an equivalent model for educational success?success?