building ecompetency in teacher education: elearning africa 2011

BUILDING E-COMPETENCY IN TEACHER EDUCATION

Pedagogy, Technology and Best Practices

Hanna Teräse-Learning Africa 2011, Dar es Salaam

Friday, May 27, 2011

Access to learning material? Academic quality?

Teacher shortages?

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E-LEARNING:

Improved communication and accessibility

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Opportunitiesfor distanceeducation

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Professionaldevelopment


WIDE-SCALE INITIATIVE

Collaboration between UDSM and eLearning specialists from Finland

DUCE (Dar es Salaam University College of Education)

CVL (Center for Virtual Learning)

Tampere Univ. of Applied Sciences


Publish materialin digital format

Create a courseplatform

Submit writtenassignments

Link to externalresources

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Create a learningcommunity

Promotecollaboration

Facilitatediscussion

Promoteengagement

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technology

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pedagogy

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Technology is important, but when going digital, one has to consider...


...TEACHER’S ROLE

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COLLABORATIVE LEARNING

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TEACHING PRESENCE

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PEDAGOGY + TECHNOLOGY

Seamless, just-in-time integration of pedagogy into learning technical skills and features of Moodle.Approach: dialogue, synergies, sharing of best practices and hands-on practice.12 sessions during 4 weeks (June 2010).


THE WAY FORWARD

DUCE & CVL: continuous training

New audiences

Number of Moodle courses increased

New workshop with more in-depth pedagogical aspects (May 2011).

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Benefits in several levels:1. Increased eCompetency of teaching professionals.

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2. Integration of technological and pedagogical quality of eLearning.

NASA 3. Transferrable and expandable method.

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