Digitizing African Education Impacting Positive Change

Digitizing African EducationImpacting Positive Change
Presented by Karen Walstra, Karen Walstra Consulting

Digitizing African EducationImpacting Positive Change
Karen WalstraTwitter @KarenWalstraKaren@KarenWalstraConsulting.co.za

Devices are only one aspect

Key Pillar to Successful e-Education
VisionLong term
plan
Without the vision,There is Confusion
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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

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
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Prepare Learners for the Future

IncentivesHow does this benefit me?
Without the Incentives,There is Gradual Change

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 Teachers 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

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True Collaboration - Building Teamwork Skills

Improved Learner Engagement

ResourcesDo I have
what I need?
Does it impact me positively?
Without Resources,There is Frustration

Resources must just work,so tasks can be completed and
effective learning can take place
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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

Action Plan
Way forward
Without the Action Plan,There are False Starts

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
its 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.
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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 didnt exist 10 years ago
Driverless Car Engineer App Developer
Cloud Computing S
pecialist
Drone Operator
Content Creator
Millennial Generational Expert
Sustainability
Manager
Data Analyst
Data Scientist
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Elon Musk
Do we encourage our learners to achieve these heights?
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Technology can assist us to achieve great heights for each learner individually!
Thank you!