Impact of Information and Communication Technology in Higher Education Development

(Baghdad University Model)LINC-MIT 2007

) PhD Mechatronics Eng.Kazem I Bahaa(Head of Development and Continuous Education Center

e-learning Program Coordinator -Baghdad UniversityE-mail: drbahaa@uob.edu.iq ; drbahaa@gmail.com

ICT for education

Information and communication technology (ICT) has become, within a very short time, one of the basic building blocks of modern society. Many countries now regard understanding ICT and mastering the basic skills and concepts of ICT as part of the core of education, alongside reading, writing and innumeracy.

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Changeand systematic Technology

The roles of technology in promoting change 1-Access to New Sources of Information2 -

Information Transfers 3-Professional Development 4-New Learning Experiences 5-

In the educational forum, the following elements of success were also identified:

A well articulated vision of change with a primary focus on engaged learning and empowered teaching.

Attention to professional development and user support.

Active participation in the change process by all stakeholders including learners, teachers, administrators and others from the community.

Technology plans that are open and grow able. Funding plans that clearly establish

costs/benefits and are both reasonable and sustainable.

Suggested Agenda For introducing ICT At Iraqi Higher Education Sector

Higher education sectors are required an integrated e-Leaning solutions to introduce and apply technology in their education atmosphere.

(I.e. Universities are mainly required to develop study curriculums and courses, developing instructors/professors skills, developing education methodology, developing study delivering techniques, employed education standards, use education management systems, synchronous collaboration systems and developing university’s communication and IT infrastructure).

Investment in higher education should be address to build and develop a real integrated e-education technology, in order to graduate students with skills and knowledge permit them to enter job market and open the door for the opportunity to continue their study as well.

Baghdad University Model for Using New Technology in Education

Introducing ICT in education is a university specific task,

Baghdad University, from the beginning of 2004, had been established its specific program for using new technology in its educational and research atmosphere.

A Higher committee for e-learning had been established (2005) at Baghdad University to supervise and performs the transfer of new technology to Baghdad university colleges and institutions.

1 -Content Management System CMS (learning standards)

2 -Learning management system LMS .(e-portal)

3 -e-CLASSROOMS (synchronized AND a synchronized)

4 -INTEGRATED INFRASTRUCTURE

5 -TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

e-LEARNING IMPLEMENTATION

e-learning as a continuum

mixed-mode teaching (blended or hybrid are other terms commonly used) here significant amounts of the

face-to face element are replaced by technology mediated teaching

The goals of a Baghdad university Portal1- Make it easy for people to find University information targeted specifically at them.2- Use a single consistent web-based front end to present information from a variety of back-end data sources. 3-Provides direct link between student and teacher.4-Provides a content management system for developing the courses contents according learning standards.

Baghdad e-Portal

Multimedia Live Synchronized Interactive Collaboration Servers Baghdad university on-line lectures

Group connection scenario for Live Synchronized Interactive lectures at Baghdad University (on-line lectures)

Web Based e-Classroom

Live discussion between the Iraqi lecturer at Baghdad University and the lecture from IESI-Canada

Table 1. Implemented international On-line program for work-shops and lectures at university of Baghdad through broadcasting internet system 2005-2007

Attendees from IraqLecturer and lecturer country

Lecture Name of lecturesNo.

College of engineering- university of Baghdad

Talib Prof .Al-Janabi(canada)

Artificial Inelegantce and fuzzy logic

One lecture

2

College of medicine and science- university

of Baghdad and ministry of health

Mohammed Al-ali,

PhDAustralia

Avian Influenza Infections in Humans

Four lectures

2

College of engineering- education –university

of Baghdad

Ahn Prof .Hanyan univ(south Korea)

Wireless communicationsFour lectures

4

College of engineeringUniversity of Baghdad

Prof. Dr HusseinGuelph Univ- Canada

Advanced RoboticsTen lectures

6

Training and development program

for faculty staff members - university

of Baghdad

ala Almo Prof .President of e-learning

technology univ.Canada

technology -learning e-program

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Baghdad university- college of Eng. Lecturer: Prof. Dr Ahn- south Koreasubject: wireless communication

UOB-MOH-MOElecturer :Dr Mohammad Alalai- Australiasubject: Avian influenza infections in human

UOB – MSc courseLecturer: Dr hussein A Abdullah- Guelph university-canada Advanced automation and roboticsِ

Live Lectures from Hanyan university-South Korea (Wireless communications).

Woman Health Conference –London 2006

Conclusions

Technology offers the opportunity to change the roles that university faculty members and students have traditionally played. With technology dispensing information, university faculty members are free to coach and facilitate students learning. With technology monitoring learning, students can become active learners, working to effectively acquire new skills as they solve problems.

The Technology Effectiveness Framework must be developed to assist educators, researchers, and policymakers in evaluating technology and technology-enhanced programs/curricula against specific reform goals for a university, district, state, or service agency

It is that universities interested in technology begin by thinking about education reform - articulating their activities around the needs of students and a set of instructional principles. From there, careful consideration can be given to the contribution that technology can make.

The successful transformation of student learning and accomplishment in the next decade requires effectively bringing together three agendas - an emerging consensus about learning and teaching, well-integrated uses of technology, and restructuring.

Good technology planning does not stop with the submission of the first plan participants agreed. Planning should be an ongoing process that involves evaluating current technology programs, keeping abreast of new applications, assessing new needs, and modifying plans accordingly.

Baghdad university model for using technology in education show good results for the present scope and for current situation of Iraq, this model can be improved and expanded to include more institutions and scientific programs at Baghdad University and other universities in Iraq and out side Iraq by using new technology in education for all stage of education. This needs a general long term plane with stabile resources of foundation from Iraqi government for the next ten years.

Thanks to stay in touch

Bahaadrbahaa@uob.edu.iq