Education and ICT

Fundamentals of e-BusinessEvolution of ICT in Education Sector

• The development and evolution of education through Information Communication Technologies

EDUCATION AND ICT

By,Trevor DentonJaveed HussainSohail Raza KhanSimon MorrisAmir Riaz


AGENDA

• Evolution of education through ICT• Open Universities• Open Source Portals and Solutions• South Korea and Developing Countries• United Kingdom and Glow• Web 2.0 technologies


EVOLUTION Distant Learning & eLearning• 1700s – Universities offer Formalised

Learning through written correspondence courses

• 20th Century – The Communication Revolution

• 1980s and 1990s –The Internet and Personal Computers Revolution

Evolution – Open Unis – Open Source – South Korea - Glow – Web 2.0 - Conclusion


EVOLUTIONE-Learning• 21st Century Educational

Transformation?• Adoption of E-Learning

portals by primary, secondary and tertiary education institutions

Evolution – Open Uni’s – Open Source – South Korea - Glow – Web 2.0 - Conclusion


Open Universtiy and ICT

Open University : Deffination : Distance education is based upon the idea of “Isaac Pitman”; who use to teach shorthand in Great Britan through correspondence back in 1840’s.

The Open University in London was first to offer distance education in year 1858.

Information Communication and Technology (ICT): Defination : “The use of information in order to meet human need or purpose including reference to the use of cntemporary devices such as the internet”. By G.B.Harrison.

In 1980 personal computers opend new oppertuinites for students and by end of 1980’s Universities started implementing ICT into their education system.



Oppertunities Offered by Information Communication and Technology

Many of these oppertuinites offered by ICT are compatible with almost all devises as follows :

Personal Computers Smart Phones Laptops I Pods

above mention devises can be interconnected with each other and also compatible with any software and hardware.



Features of Information Communication and Technology

Academic Records Online Exam Results Online Online Student GuideOnline Library Online Confrencing System



Impact Of Information Communication and Technology on Open University

The Open Universtiy has a student population of 25,000 in the year 1971, but after the implementation of ICT in the early 1980’s the student population gone upto 250,000 by 2004


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Open Source

• What is open source : Open source offers practical accessibility to a product's source


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How Open Source Model Works


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Examples

• Moodle• Confederation of Indian Industry (CII )

Evolution – Open Uni’s – Open Source – Glow--South Korea – Web 2.0 - Conclusion

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-Scottish Schools Digital Network-Comprehensive e-learning portal Solution-Range of virtual Learning tools/web 2.0-Ensures that standards maintained-Supports the curriculum-Now used by 26 local education authorities-Projected number of users 800,000

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Applications of Glow

-National Directory-Glow Groups -Oxford University Press -Gigajam






South Korea and Developing World Context

-ICT to bridge educational gaps in the developing world-Increased Globalisation /Poverty-The African Virtual University-Distance learning-Infrastructure problems




-ICT to bridge educational gaps in the developing world-Ultimate goal of alleviating poverty-Lack of support and guidance-The African Virtual University-Difficulties in implementation





-In 1970’s Government moved to reform education through ICT-In 2008, 100% of schools have broadband-1 computer per teacher/1 computer per 5 students-Edu-net, the main education portal-100 textbooks available in multimedia format/5000 types of new educational software-Classrooms fitted with OHP, TV, PowerPoint etc-20% curriculum taught through ICT


Web 2.0 & Education Sector• Podcasts• Wikis• Blogs• User Generated Content (UGC)• Folksonomies (Social Tagging)



Web 2.0 & Education Sector• Podcasts:

– iTunes U by Apple launched May 2007• University of California – Berkley • Duke University • Stanford University • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)• Trinity College Dublin Planning to Use iTunes U• 64 Institutions Using iTunes U Worldwide

– Helping People with Special Needs



Web 2.0 & Education Sector• Wikis

– University of Arizona’s Learning Technologies Center– State University of New York – Geneseo Collaborative

Writing Project

• Blogs– Education as a Conversation– Helping Researchers Engage in Peer Debate– Collective Blogs ( ScienceBlogs, RealClimate etc)



Web 2.0 & Education Sector• User Generated Content

– Google – Designing User Generated Encyclopaedia called Knol

• Folksonomies– Used in Scientific Research Environments, example

CombeChem at Southampton University– Helping People Share, Store and Organize Academic

Papers



CONCLUSION• Potential of Education through ICT largely

unrealised• ICT literacy gap between countries• Limited educational software solution• Lack of a global vision for the implementation

of ICT• Early days, development of Web technologies,

Open Source, changing the face of Education globally



FINALLY…..!!!QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS