ict and effective teaching

ICT & Effective Teaching

ICT – Information Communication Technology

Effective Teaching – Best Practices

Contents

Impact of ICT

• No life without ‘e’ (electronic)?

• Why ICT is important?

• Communication – 1 to 1; 1 to M; M to M

• Transparent – open to all

• Digital World & eLearning – ipod, iphone….

• Faster, efficient, less costlier

• Improve QoL – less paper makes the world greener

• Security Issues (Confidentiality, Integrity and Authentication)

ICT for Academic Institutions

Administration: meeting, announcement, briefing,

confirmation, email, record keeping, time management …

Education: Course Documents, Lecture Slides, Regulations,

ebooks, Checking originality, Online test, Virtual learning …..

Research: Current state of research, Networking, eJournals,

eConferences, eExperiments, Checking originality…..

Others – Accounts, Library, Student Forum, Alumni etc.

Effective Teaching

What to think?

Who are the audiences?

What are their backgrounds?

What are the learning outcomes?

How could you achieve these objectives?

How to ensure wider Participation?

What to Prepare ?

Module Descriptor (Aims, Learning Outcomes, Assessment

process, Marking Criteria)

Study Plan

Study Guidelines

Lecture Slides

Handouts – eCopy

Class Room Exercise (s)

Online –exercises for practice

What to do in the class room?

Provide Ground rules/Jokes

Provide outlines of the topic

Show some important slides - examples

Address destructions – bring them onboard

Engage by providing exercise in every 35-40

minutes

Team Building/Presentation skills

What to feel?

Are they engaged?

Is ‘confidence’ reflecting through their

face/body language?

Are they participating - reflection?

Are they happy?

If not, what to do?

How to Engage?

Technology – Animation, Colour to reflect real-world

Exercise (wide range) – once in every 35-40

minutes

Individual and Team activities

Acknowledge - good outcomes

Encourage – marking and feedback.

Process for Making Lunch

Animation & Games - Learning

• Easier

• Realistic

• Example – Human Body

What to learn/Improve?

Keep record about participation, attendance,

areas of activities

Take feedback and improve further

Discuss with individual/group for opinions

Use peer review process

Play with presentation slides to improve further.

Conclusion

Confidence is the Key

Use Best Practices

Prepare the document well ahead

Improve the supporting document by providing

information of the latest scholarly activities

Time Management – Admin, Research and professional

development.

Got confused?

After this boring session, if you want you may contact me at

Dr. Sandipan Dhar

Email: sandipandhar@gmail.com