The use of ICT in teacher education
The use of ICT in the delivery of learning can not be better discussed than now considering the COVID-19 that has almost grounded education in most part of Africa especially Nigeria. While agreeing with harnessing the potential of technology to support learning, the question is how do we achieve this in an environment where the greater percentage of people are poor,power out age among others. What can done to make it possible
You are right. ICT is very essential for effective teaching learning process in our world today. COVID-19 met many institutions in Sub-Saharan African unprepared, hence little or nothing could be done to facilitate learning for their students. It is very important for government and other stakeholders in education to invest massively in infrastructures (electricity in particular) and ICT based learning.
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I agree with you Sefinat. The use of ICT in impacting knowledge in Africa cannot be over-emphasised, considering the situation of COVID 19 we found ourselves. However, various challenges exist with us which we have to tackle. For instance, some of our learners are not be compliant with use of ICT and if they are, they may not have the wherewithal to continually engage in this educational process; I'm talking of lack of funds to buy data to stay online and download materials or stream videos. Even as teachers, we are encountering these problems. Maybe our educational policy makers/government need to assist us in overcoming some of these challenges.
Cheers.
Dr. Abayomi Bankole
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Colleagues,
I agree that it is frustrating to read about 'taking your teaching online' when many do not have access. In some of our projects, we have been trying to use the technology that people do have and have been communicating with head teachers and supporting in-service co-ordinators by WhatsApp. If teachers don't have a smart phone, then they have been accessing training by text message - through reflecting on a series of challenging, open questions, or head teachers have printed out resources for them (only amounting to about 2 sides of paper). Attached is an example of something that teachers educators could send to students by WhatsApp
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Encouraging!
I think we should also explore possibilities with utilizing whatever natural resource we have at our disposal. Some students in rural communities have risen up to the challenge by being innovative, using cell batteries to power hand-held devices, many have been taught to couple solar panels for generating electricity and in some rural communities, these work. The South African example where the organization converts shipping container into a solar powered computer laboratory is another good example. Id facilities could be harnessed for local schools in form of this type of laboratory, it would also go a long way to help.
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For long, African governments have presented education as the key to industrialisation and development. What the COVID-19 pandemic has done is to uncover the lwanting evel of investment into this sector. We suddenly need massive investment at a time when health is also in jeopardy. Unfortunately, something will have to give way. We could focus on ensuring a certain number of learners can share a given durable gadget or simply assume that the learning tools remain the families' headache as the educators continue teaching whoever may be on board. It is an opportunity to upscale access especially where the critical mass is present.
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Agreed with all my colleagues on the comments of challenges facing adoption of online teaching in Africa.. I like the UNESCO framework on adoption of ICT geared towards achieving vision 2030. It has been said that Africans are good in planning and making polices but implementation has been a challenge.
Comrades we don't have a choice except to embrace and adopt technology in any way we can. This starts with us here to be TESSA ambassadors. The video in the Teacher Education program is a clear indication that online learning can be achieved even where there is no infrastructure. I am motivated to take a step in supporting the needy access virtual learning. Solar classrooms.
Team mates if you have a gadget that you no longer use it and in good working condition please donate to a needy child in the rural area. If you don't have any please I will be glad to receive and deliver to many who are waiting in the remote areas of Kenya.
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This is indeed true. The use of ICT in delivery of learning considering the COVID-19, can be achieved in an environment where the greater percentage of people are poor, power out rage among others, by developing innovative ways of using technology to enhance the learning environment, and to encourage technology literacy, knowledge deepening and knowledge creation.
To make this possible, the following things can be done.
Making ICT compulsory at all educational institutions.
Developing ICT curricular for all levels of education.
Using ICT in distance education.
ICT companies investment in education.
Giving study grant and scholarship on ICT.
Training the trainer's scheme for youth corps services on ICT.
ICT capacity building at the zonal state, and local government levels.
Establishing private and public dedicated ICT institutions and working with international and domestic initiative to transfer ICT knowledge
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I do agree with all of you. As much as COVID 19 is a major health challange, we cannot loose sight of the use of ICT in education. In cases where there are power outage there is need to encourage our students to work asynchronously and online when need be. There is need for us as education to raise up to the challange despite the hiccups that are on the way. We have to wake up now to the call of integrating ICT in our education.
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