TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION

FACULTY PRESENTATION

Farivar Rahimi, ICT, ULAug 2011

Farivar.Rahimi@ul.ac.zaExt. 2449

Content

How Technology Effects our Students Response from Academic Community Status Next Step

Do students learn better through technology?

Cultural Influence(Categories, Family, Friends, Beliefs, Values, Habits, SocialInfluences, …)

Motivation(Interests, Intrinsic, Extrinsic, Goals, Self-Worth, Self- Efficacy,.)

Technology(Self-Directed Learning,

Flow State, ARCS, Cognition, Community of Learners, Academic

Performance)

The Disadvantaged Student Learning

The Learning Environment

Students’ Response to ICT Use

Mostly not used a PC prior to coming to University Keen interest to use ICT facilities by a high percentage Collective approach to learning ICT tools, such as the Internet, email and Microsoft Office critical

and indispensable More access to ICT tools means improved access to educational

material. Accessible ICT facilities imply improvement in the quality of

learning. A high level of collaborative learning takes place amongst the

students in showing each other newly discovered computer features.

Minimal supervision or intervention is needed to promote computer literacy.

Once the correct environment is created, most of the effort comes from the student.

JONASSEN EDUCATIONAL MODEL

A Successful Design takes into consideration: Attention Relevance Competence Satisfaction

Keller’s ARCS Model

Active Courses

Last 11 Months Average Page and Course Views

Average Users Per Day

Technology Utilization Summary Report July 28

Academic Staff # Attended BB Ratio %

Humanities 112 75 67

Health Sciences 449 259 58

Science and Agriculture 184 132 72

Management and Law 75 35 47

Other (Library, Research) 10 10

Total 820 501 61

Sample of what you colleagues have done.

Pieter Nagel EGS

commprocess.wmv

Recommendation from Feb 2011 Board Meeting

Faculty members who have received their basic Blackboard training will have a minimum online presence by end of first semester, 24 June 2011 as follows. Course outline A Presentation (PowerPoint) A few links to relevant Internet sites

All faculty members will have received basic Blackboard training before the end of the year.

Support Available

Blackboard Training Monday and Tuesday

Turnitin Wednesdays

Course Development Support Chuene Mokgokong Abram Boshielo Farivar Rahimi Extension 2450