chalkboard to moodle
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Peter A AborisadeFederal University of Technology, Akure, [email protected]+2348066505326
5th International Conference on ICT for Development, Education &Training, Lusaka , May 26-28 2010
Overview
Socio-cultural features of traditional African Education
Traditional Western Education: features Contemporary Education: features FUTA Experience: Chalkboard to Wiki to
Moodle Challenges Opportunities
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Traditional African Education
Whole person education; lifelong education
In situ: family, community, workplace, environment
Physical & Spiritual: initiations & graduations
Apprenticeships, scaffolding, mentorship
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Traditional (modern) Western Education
School classroom isolated from ‘society’
Learning/knowledge is habit formation
(behavioural)
Learning is acquiring information/knowledge
Trust & follow teacher/authority for good
information
Memorisation is essential to knowledge
acquisitionPeter Aborisade/5th International Conference on ICT for Development, Education &Training, Lusaka , May 26-28 2010
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Contemporary (C21st)Education
Socio-cultural constructivist approach
Learner-centred curriculum
Creating engaging learning environments
Creating platforms for participation & meaningful
connections
Learning is doing
Integrating learning technologies
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FUTA Experience:1st phase
Behaviourist-Structuralist approach
Teacher-fronted classroom
Behaviourist curriculum
Rote-learning (language drills)
Large numbers of students
Learners unmotivated, alienatedPeter Aborisade/5th International Conference on ICT for Development, Education &Training, Lusaka , May 26-28 2010
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FUTA Experience: 2nd Phase
Learner-centred curriculum, but largely
behaviourist methods
Large numbers, few teachers, inadequate facilities
Experimentation with internet, Web 1.0 access
Group & Team work
PB Learning
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FUTA Experience: 3rd phase
Socio-cultural constructivistFace-to-face
Web 2.0 Wiki + Moodle
Blended Learning
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Report from Activity Logs
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Report from Activity LogWeek Activity Views Last Access
1 Time management 889 13.05.2010
2 Time management 592 13.05.2010
3 Scientific Word Form 1464 12.05.2010
4 Scientific Word Form 1084 28.04.2010
Assignment 4025
5 Listening & Note-taking 1000 12.05.2010
6 Geology .mp3 1159 13.05.2010
Practice manual 716
Listening test 3909
7 Micro-organisms .mp3 701 12.05.2010
Listening manual 327 11.05.2010
Listening test 3025
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Report of Activity Log ctnd.
Week Activity Views Last Access
8 F2F Test --- ---
9 Note-making resource 248 12.05.2010
Note-making lesson 150 12.05.2010
Sample Outline 137 12.05.2010
10 End of Course Evaluation
706 26.05.2010*Closing date = 29.05.2010
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Report of Activity Log ctnd.
Week Activity Due Date No. Submitted
4 Word Formation
26 March 622
6 ‘Geology’ Listening
7 April 730
10 End of Course Evaluation
29 May 771
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Challenges
No digital natives here, only immigrant-teachers on self-help
Bandwidth availability; access problems
Lack of technical knowledge/skills
Students’ interest but with financial constraints
Lack of institutional ICT policies
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OpportunitiesClassrooms now diversified: new learning spaces
online & offline
Student engagement with materials high, as motivation increases
Students’ interaction and scaffolding
Collaboration on projects enhancing interaction & learning on group work
Students’ voices now heard; creativity engendered
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