Transcript Prof. Vasudha Kamat ICT Integration in Higher Education

National Seminar on
Governance of Higher Education
ICT Integration
in
Higher Education
Prof. Vasudha Kamat
Vice Chancellor
SNDT Women’s
University
Agenda
 ICT and Twenty-first Century Skills
 Impact of ICT in Higher Education
 National Initiatives
 Institutional level e-Governance
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ICT and Twenty-first Century Skills
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ICTs
Information &
Communication
Technologies
(ICTs) comprise
many
technologies for
capturing,
interpreting,
storing and
transmitting
information
ICT Transforming Education : Regional Guide
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001892/189216e.pdf
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21st Century Skills
ICT Transforming Education : Regional Guide
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001892/189216e.pdf
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21st Century Skills
Learning and Innovation Skills
Students need to be prepared for increasingly
complex life and work environments in the
21st century.
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Creativity and Innovation
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Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
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Communication and Collaboration
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21st Century Skills
Life and Career Skills
 Flexibility and Adaptability
 Initiative and Self-Direction
 Social and Cross-Cultural Skills
 Productivity and Accountability
 Leadership and Responsibility
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21st Century Skills
Information, Media & Technology Skills
To be effective in the 21st century, citizens
must be able to exhibit functional & critical
thinking skills:
 Information Literacy
 Media Literacy
 ICT Literacy
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Digital literacy
Clusters of skills that students (& teachers)
need in the digital age of the 21st century
e-literacy
Screen literacy
Multimedia literacy
ICT literacies
Information literacy
Nallaya, S. 2010. The Impact of Multi-modal Texts on the Development of
English Language Proficiency. The University of Adelaide, Australia.
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Digital literacy
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Impact of ICTs in Higher Education
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ICT Impact Attributes in Education
 Brings positive changes in the social
organization of the classroom; achieves
higher student-centric focus and delivery
 Enhances teaching and learning through
dynamic, interactive, and engaging content
 Develops, enriches, accelerates, and
deepens student skills
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ICT Impact Attributes in Education
 Relates classroom experience to work
place, provide opportunity for connection
between classroom and world
 Enhances learning opportunities and
resources to the students and teachers
 Stimulates, motivates and sparks students’
appetite for learning and helps to create a
culture of success
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Impact of ICT
 What is learned and how much
 How it is learned
 When it is learned
 From whom it is learned
 Who is learning
 What it costs
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Impact of ICT on what is learned
 Conventional teaching has emphasised
content.
 Teachers teach through lectures and
presentations interspersed with tutorials
 Learning activities are designed to
consolidate and rehearse the content.
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Impact of ICT on what is learned
 Contemporary settings encourage curricula
that promote competency and performance.
 Curricula are now emphasising capabilities
 More concerned with how the information will
be used than with what the information is
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Impact of ICT on how is learned
Competency & performance-based curricula
 access to a variety of information sources;
 access to a variety of information forms and
types;
 student-centred learning settings based on
information access and inquiry;
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Impact of ICT on how is learned
Competency & performance-based curricula
 learning environments centred on problemcentred and inquiry-based activities;
 authentic settings and examples;
 teachers as mentors rather than content expert
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Framework for ICT Use
Categories for ICT in teacher training (adapted from Collis & Jung, 2003, p.176)
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Learning
There is no such thing as second person
learning, only first person learning!
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ICTs in Learning & Teaching
Today’s Net Generation
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Processes of Teaching & Learning
Reflection
Community Building
E-portfolio
Communication
Blog
Assessment
Service
learning
LMS
Clickers
Class
Content
Wiki
Management
Podcasting
Group Projects
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Collaboration
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ICT Stages in Learning & Teaching
Majumdar (2005).
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/resources/online-materials/publications/unesdoc-database/
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National Initiatives
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National Initiatives
1. National Knowledge Network
2. National Mission on Education
through ICT (NMEICT)
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National Knowledge Network
To connect all the knowledge and research institutions
(1500+) in the country. March 2010: Rs. 5990 Cr
1. Countrywide Virtual Classroom
2. Collaborative Research
3. Virtual Library
4. Sharing of Computing Resources
5. Grid Computing
6. Network Technology Test-bed
7. e-Governance
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http://nkn.in/index.php
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NMEICT
XI Plan: Rs. 4600 Cr
1. E-Content generation
2. Research in critical areas relating to
imparting of education
3. Connectivity for integrating our knowledge
with the advancements in other countries
http://www.sakshat.ac.in/PDF/Missiondocument.pdf
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Institutional level e-Governance
1. Digital Library
2. Data Centre
3. Mobile Technology (for Admin & Academic)
4. Learning Management System (e.g. Moodle)
5. Virtual Classroom
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Institutional level e-Governance
6.
Learning Resources Development Centre
7.
Intranet Portal
8.
Integrated Language Laboratory
9.
Open Educational resources Repository
10. Faculty Training Centre in ICT
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