collaborative learning through school partnership
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Collaborative learning
through school
partnership: examples
from two cases – Kenya
and Nepal
Dr j Tim Denny
ICT-education consultant
Vietnam upper secondary and teacher
education development project
outline
• Competency standards in Kenyan
teacher training institutes
• The case of Nepal Wireless Network
seeking partnership to build
communities
Case of Kenya: how do
we assess areas of need
• Meet working groups
• Discuss successes, failures and
needs
• Identify key areas for intervention
(training and support) based on
competency areas
Competencies
Competencies are referred to as a
collection of skills, knowledge and
attitudes required to perform a task
to a minimum standard. They are
thus composed as
statements/identifiers that specify
at what level a person should
perform a job/task to be confident
in that role.
Development of competency standards for constituency groups
Develop training interventions to
address major groups with focus on
comptency areas
Assess those who were trained to ascertain
personal development as related to the
competency standards
Use feedback to enhance; competency
standards, training modules and assessment mechanisms
Review of teacher training colleges, needs
assessment and thebody of literature on capacity development in rural/remote areas
ICT teacher competency areas
• Hardware maintenance
• Web based Applications E-Learning platforms/
Instructional training
• Innovations in I.C.T in Education- to understand
modern trends and ways the college can
develop in an appropriate manner
• Understanding the community needs (teachers,
students, etc…)
• Instructional Design (Technology)
• Sharing – developing methods to share
materials
• Partnerships – developing partners to enhance
what is done
Administrative
staff/management competency
areas
• Archiving records-saved as
files –graphic /OCR
• Record keeping
– -Finances
– -Procurement
– -Accommodation
– -Enrolment
– -Schedule
– -Scores
– -Assets
• Marketing – website
– Alumni functions – Use of website
• Communications
• Telcoms
• Fax
• Etc…
• ICT for leadership development:
– Developing communities of practice
– Enhancing ability to perform inter-college functions
• To develop Partnership
– working with other entities to improve delivery
– Capacity building
• Planning
– Develop a college ICT plan/policy
– Understand Risk Assessment in terms of ICT-education
deployment
• Resource mobilization/resource management
Nepal Wireless Network
Goals & Objectives
• Education
• Health
• Communication
• Job creation
• Weather and climate change
monitoring
Collaborative learning
through school
partnership: examples
from two cases – Kenya
and Nepal
Dr j Tim Denny
ICT-education consultant
Vietnam upper secondary and teacher
education development project