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The role of ICT in education for sustainable development:

how we can improve teaching and learning in an effort to become a more aware of the dynamic

world around us

Dr j Tim DennyICT-education consultant Vietnam upper secondary and teacher education development project

johndenny@alumni.usc.edu 1KONGRES GURU INDONESIA 2010 Jakarta May 20/21

• What is ICT• What is sustainable

development• What is education• Examples of freely available

materials/content and source of content

Outline

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What is ICT in the context of educational systems

Information and Communications

Technology (ICT) is the term widely used to

cover all computing and

telecommunications, whether used for

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Example tools that can be used

Research

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Teaching

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Administration

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Some ICT/educational technology tools potentially available in schools

• Computers–LAN– Internet–Web based

technologies• LCD/CRT monitors

–Multimedia players

• Broadcast media – –TV–Radio–Print –

• textbooks, circulars, etc…

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Some advantages of ICT in schools

• Enhanced learning through rich materials

• Content can be used again indefinitely – they never wear out

• Increased access to content previously unavailable due to costs and distribution

• Autonomous learning through the ability of each person to interact with different materials at the same time

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Some downsides to ICT in the schools

• Expensive to purchase• Potentially difficult to

maintain – viruses, replacement parts – etc…

• Requires technical ability to operate

• Resistance to adopting new methods

• Availability of electricity to run them

• Climatic conditions often deteriorate electronics in rural/remote or unclean places

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Pillars of SD

What is sustainable development

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Three types of education provision

• Formal

• Nonformal

• Informal

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• Formal education: the hierarchically structured, chronologically graded 'education system', running from primary school through the university and including, in addition to general academic studies, a variety of specialised programmes and institutions for full-time technical and professional training.

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• Non-formal education: any organised educational activity outside the established formal system - whether operating separately or as an important feature of some broader activity - that is intended to serve identifiable learning clienteles and learning objectives.

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Informal education: the truly lifelong process whereby every individual acquires attitudes, values, skills and knowledge from daily experience and the educative influences and resources in his or her environment - from family and neighbors, from work and play, from the market place, the library and the mass media.

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Examples of freely available materials that can help guide teaching and learning on sustainable development

Subjects Covered in the Appropriate Technology library

• Background Reading - 22 Books• General References - 52 Books• Local Self-Reliance - 13 Books• Workshop - 63 Books• Agriculture - 133 Books• Agricultural Tools - 78 Books• Crop Preservation and Storage - 35

Books• Forestry - 34 Books• Aquaculture - 18 Books• Water Supply and Sanitation - 95

Books• Energy: General - 26 Books• Energy: Cookstoves - 38 Books• Energy: Wind - 40 Books

• Energy: Water - 42 Books• Energy: Solar - 25 Books• Energy: Biogas - 10 Books• Housing and Construction - 80 Books• Transportation - 40 Books• Health Care - 45 Books• Science Teaching - 6 Books• Nonformal Education - 5 Books• Local Communication - 19 Books• Small Enterprises and Cooperatives -

34 Books• Beekeeping - 9 Books• Small Industries - 38 Books• Disaster Preparedness - 23 Books

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Curriki• http://www.curriki.org/

• Curriki is an online environment created to support the development and free distribution of world-class educational materials to anyone who needs them. Our name is a play on the combination of 'curriculum' and 'wiki' which is the technology we're using to make education universally accessible.

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Open Training Platform•http://opentraining.unesco-ci.org/cgi-bin/page.cgi?d=1OER Commons•http://www.oercommons.org/ItrainOnline•http://www.itrainonline.org/itrainonline/english/index.shtmlMERLOT AFRICA NETWORK (MAN)•http://man.merlot.org/Global Text Project •http://globaltext.terry.uga.edu/node/1

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How can we use ICT to create increased access to ESD

teaching/learning

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The role of ICT in education for sustainable development

Dr j Tim DennyICT-education consultant Vietnam upper secondary and teacher education development project

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