Digitizing African EducationImpacting Positive Change

Presented by Karen Walstra, Karen Walstra Consulting

Digitizing African EducationImpacting Positive Change

Karen WalstraTwitter @KarenWalstraKaren@KarenWalstraConsulting.co.za

2030

Devices are only one aspect

Key Pillar to Successful e-Education

VisionLong term

plan

Without the vision,There is Confusion

Not just drop and run!

Be Informed Buy into The Vision

Get Everyone on Board

Encouragingcritical & creativethinking

Know the focus - see the Vision

Key pillars of successful e-Education

Skillsdevelopment

Without the Skills,There is Anxiety

Key Pillar to Successful e-Education

Teacher is key to successUpskill, Build Capacity! Allow innovativeness!

Builds confidenceRemoves fearDemonstrates benefits

Skills DevelopmentAccelerates Adoption of digital education

Empowers LearnersCoding & Robotics Lego EV3

Sphero

mBot

Prepare Learners for the Future

Key pillars of successful e-Education

IncentivesHow does this benefit me?

Without the Incentives,There is Gradual Change

Key Pillar to Successful e-Education

2. Automatically creates spreadsheet for responses

3. Add-on used to mark work in seconds: Flubaroo

1. Create a form - assessment, questionnaire, survey, etc.

Saving Teacher’s Time, using auto-marking

Incentive: saves time

Instant Response

Creates automated graphs of responses to form

Incentive - know learners’

understanding

True Personalised Learning

2. Creates automated overview of class results

1. Import results from any assessment

3. Creates automated individual results for each learner

Incentive - know how learners are

progressing: class and individuals

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Analyse Data - Personalised Learning

Project EverestCampaign City Ideas

Project EverestCampaign City Ideas

True Collaboration - Building Teamwork Skills

Improved Learner Engagement

Key pillars of successful e-Education

ResourcesDo I have

what I need?

Does it impact me positively?

Without Resources,There is Frustration

Key Pillar to Successful e-Education

Resources must just work,so tasks can be completed and

effective learning can take place

Integration with Curriculum, Pedagogies, Activities

Substituting Modifying or Redefining

Docs for notes

Flipped Classroom: Teachers can share worksheets using Docs before

class.Learners can collaborate in real time.

Calendar for meetings or events

Time Management: Learners can use Calendar to track assignments;

Teachers can use it for timetabling

Sites for class pageProject-Based Learning:

Learners can use Docs, Sites, and Groups to create and manage projects or show learning outcomes.

Learners are creators of content - anytime, anywhere

Key pillars of successful e-Education

Action Plan

Way forward

Without the Action Plan,There are False Starts

Key Pillar to Successful e-Education

Key Pillars to Successful e-Education

TheVision Skills Incentives Resources Action

Plan

With all Pillars in placeCHANGE occurs

Are there benefits to going Digital?

Improved Learner Engagement

Cloud based learning benefitted Learners:● Learn application awareness and skill-set● Learn subject content on demand● Build collaboration skills● Improve research ability and the thinking skill-set that

research requires.● Build self-esteem and self-confidence.● Become better communicators

Learners who are not exposed to technology at home benefit by

● Have access at school● Learn device responsibility and awareness

Educator Benefits● Instant shared communication with

each other, learners and even parents.● Easier feedback, repetitions,

consolidation.● Easier creation of notes● Easier dissemination of theory● Easier monitoring of practice, because

it’s paperless and cloud-based.● Easier testing, Self-marking tests● Faster feedback and relearning● Resubmission.● No losing of assignments.● Portable, Organised, Stored.● Can Check on handing in on a sports

field, waiting for a match to end,

Benefits to School G Suite for Education ● More secure than local server● Saves time● Saves paper● Different medium (digital)● Save on textbook costs● Save time in managing logistics of

textbooks Improves learner concentration

● Increases opportunities to incentivises learners

● Improves learner motivation● Better effort from learners, as a whole

- therefore better results

20th century 21st century

information, skills, & knowledge

learner

teacher

Why change the way we teach?

learner

information, skills, & knowledge

teacher

Top Skills Currently Needed in the Workplace

Problem SolvingTeam-workingCommunicationsCritical ThinkingCreativityLiteracy

Digital Literacy

Leadership

Foreign Language

Emotional Intel.

N/A

51%33%

26%21%

18%15%15%

14%14%

7%2%

Analyzing and making sense of

information…

Therefore we should encourage creative thinking

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60% of learners will work in jobs

that do not yet exist

Jobs that didn’t exist 10 years ago

Driverless Car Engineer App Developer

Cloud Computing Specialist

Drone Operator

Content Creator

Millennial Generational Expert

Sustainability

Manager

Data Analyst

Data Scientist

Elon Musk

Do we encourage our learners to achieve these heights?

Technology can assist us to achieve great heights for each learner individually!

Thank you!