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  • Session 8 : A supporting environment for ICT in education

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    Summary

    Achieving the goal of ICT integration into a country's education system cannot be achieved overnight, and has many determinants. For instance connectivity, availability of ICT equipment and digital resources, teachers' user skills and ICT pedagogy skills, the matter of infusing ICTs into the curriculum and the learning environment, teacher education and policy development at different levels. As recommended by organisations such as UNESCO, it is best achieved through a system-wide approach. At the school level, teacher champions and administrators and local education officials such as zone advisers need to nurture the evolving ICT culture and be aware of the changes it brings. For instance, ICT can enable new teaching methods, change the relations between the teacher and the student, the student and their learning, and the schools and the education authorities. This workshop is only the beginning for an ongoing process of ICT learning and appropriation by the teachers, who will all be at different stages in the process. In this session the participants will explore and begin to unpack these challenges and so gain understanding of the change management processes that will be needed.    

    Outputs
    • Participants will acquire a better understanding of what is required to support an environment for ICT in education
    • Participants will acquire the skills necessary to begin manage changes in teaching pedagogies, learning tools and relations between teachers and students
    • Participants will be better equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to manage ICT in a classroom
    • Participants will be given the tools and support necessary to pave the road for local capacity building
    • Participants will be introduced to policies at the local school level and higher level necessary to support an ICT environment in education
    Resources

    Resources necessary for the instructor to more effectively offer training

    • TFS, CLICC high power and CLICC NComputing working labs
    • Projector and other presentation equipment
    • Downloadable Facilitator Guide


    Collaboration

    Participants are encouraged to discuss, ask for help and offer help in the following forums. It is also a forum used to introduce participants and learn about forums and how they can be used in this and other courses.

  • Topic 1

    Subject

    Change Management

    Objectives

    • Learn about change management
    • Learn how teachers will manage these changes in pedagogy
    • Get teachers to start thinking about how they can start integrating these new learning technologies

    Reference Material, Group Activities and Projects

  • Topic 2

    Subject

    Teaching and Learning with ICTs - classroom and resource management

    Objectives

    • Reflect on what it means to teach and learn with ICTs
    • Learn about challenges to managing a classroom with ICT as learning tools
    • Learn about challenges and best practices to manage resources in an ICT learning environments

    Reference Material, Group Activities and Projects

  • Topic 3

    Subject

    Continued Capacity Building

    Objectives

    • Learn about how teachers can continue training and improve their skills teaching with ICTs
    • Learn about the importance of support for local content creation by teachers and students

    Reference Material, Group Activities and Projects

  • Topic 4

    Subject

    Integrating ICTs into school policies

    Objectives

    • Learn about ICT policies at the institution level
    • Learn about basic policies that can be quickly integrated into school and community center
    • Learn about policies at a higher level necessary to support such ICT in education initiatives

    Reference Material, Group Activities and Projects