Chalkboard to moodle

Peter A AborisadeFederal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeriababorisade2002@yahoo.com+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

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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

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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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