How can educational technology contribute to academic development? Shaheeda Jaffer 31 August 2005.
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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?