Introduction to ICT in Education

This course will help the prospective teachers to understand, use, and apply a range of Information Communications Technologies (ICTs)—such as computers and the Internet, other audio and video equipment, mobile phones, and online resources and tools—as part of the teaching and learning process. During this course, they will learn to collaborate with their peers to develop a learning activity that uses digital tools and resources to support student-centered learning. The course focuses on teaching with technology. Technology in this course largely means computers/laptops, though instruction is largely similar to whether a teacher is using a laptop or cell phone. The focus of this course is to provide prospective teachers with the knowledge and skills regarding how ICTs can be used to engage students in the learning process, improve understanding of content as well as instructional and assessment practices, and enhance communication and collaboration in the classroom. To attain this end, students will design and create instructional units in which technology plays a central role and implement these units with students.  

Learning Outcomes:

After completion of this course learners will enable learners to:

  • Understand the meaning, concept and importance of instructional technology in education process.
  • Know the meaning of learning and appreciate what is effective teaching and learning by using latest instructional technology.
  • Select, arrange and use appropriate methods/strategies and material for effective use of technology.
  • Develop indigenous materials as instructional aids.
  • explain why technologies are appropriate (and not appropriate) for certain types of learning (knowledge) •
  • utilize a range of technologies (radio, video, computer, online tools, and others) to create, plan, and deliver instruction (application)
  • Provide a well-articulated perspective on ICTs in education informed by personal experience and critical examination of resources, curriculum, and educational practice (evaluation)

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