TU Initiative in ICTs Use

In Reference to Pre-Service Teacher Education

Background School Sector Reform Plan(2009 -2015)

ICT assisted teaching/learning in schools

ICT infrastructure development in schools

Alternative modes of schooling

Three years Plan(2011- 2013) Schools will be encouraged to use ICT in education to

increase access and quality

Access increase in rural education

Decrease digital divide

IT Policy (2010) Internet access expansion to schools

HR development with national and international collaboration

Promotion of industry-academia collaboration

Formulation and implementation of special programme

Contd. ICT in higher education Practices in the World

Open universities integrating ICTs in ODL

First generation to Fifth generation of ODL – Web 2 technology use

Virtual universities

E-resources

E-learning

Synchronous and asynchronous mode of virtualization of learning

Contd.

Hybridized system in conventional universities

Courses/courseware(readings and e-materials, etc)

Lecture series and assignments through ICTs use

Uploading assignment to the professors/tutors

ICT in Teacher training and teacher education programme

Pre-service Teacher Education Pre-service teacher education programme in universities

Discussion focused in TU

Aims

To produce trained teachers to teach at different levels of school education.• To prepare high educational human resources such as education administrators, curriculum designer, educational planners and researchers.• To provide the country with the teachers to teach visually impaired and hard of hearing people, and also to the differently abled pupils.• To provide its teachers with research opportunities and refresher training for their professional development.• To support MOE in the formation of education policy, programme, planning and their implementation and evaluation.• To work as national forum to bring about debates and discussions in order to address the critical educational issues.• To share and disseminate educational researches and innovations by linking itself with the international educational communities.• To make its presence felt among the educational institutes of the SAARC countries

Contd. Programs Offered

Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree programme

Four year Bachelor proposed and preparation going on(annual and semester mode)

Core course ( with professional courses and ICT in Education)

Content course

On school practicing

Two year Master’s (annual and semester mode)

Core curses

Contents course

On school practicing

Research

ICT Education programme( B.Ed and M.Ed)

One year B.Ed or Post-graduate Diploma programme

Mphil and PhD in Education/specialization areas

Teacher preparation courses(for Lower-secondary or Basic School teachers)

Contd. Mode of Course Delivery

More lecture base teaching

Very less Project and problem base

Homogeneous methods/pedagogy focused

Less ICT use in most of the campuses(affiliated colleges/constituents)

On school activity: only 45 days practice teaching

Course nature: theoretical

Need of Change in Teacher Education and Training

Heterogeneity addressing pedagogy to be introduced

Innovative approach of teacher education and training

Inclusive approach

Community of practice - through networking

Online professional training/education(transactional distance theory )

Continuous upgrading

Supplementary to enhancing professional learning

Learning access to rural teachers

Real-time problem/issue of teaching addressed within network

Need of Change in TU

TU needs in introducing ICTs in teaching, learning and research

Growing number of students but inadequate physical infrastructure

Irregularity issue in conventional programme

Increasing and creating leaning opportunity to the students

Software use – research, teaching, experiments

Matching competencies of the graduates with other universities

A committee was constituted to make a study

Submitted report in 2012 to the authority

Proposed dual-mode in TU

Made a decision of making TU dual-mode university

Faculty of Education given to run pilot programme of ODL

Four subjects – Nepali, social study, health, education

Now Open and Distance Education Centre established

Promotion of ICTs use in teaching and research

Classroom use

E-library

Running Projects Three projects are running

FOE, NCED, Yamk/Hamk university Finland collaboration for open and distance learning

Now ODL is running in 6 centres

Training to the faculties in using VLE

NORHED, QUANTICT Project in Central Department of Education

Three university collaboration TU, KU and HiOA Norway

Central Department of Education connected to two other support centres

Runs master’s programme in ODL – English and Mathematics

Contd. Focus on HR development and minimum ICT infrastructure

30 teacher educators trained in VLE (started from digital literacy to VLE)

Now prepare course

Learning materials

Assignments

Testing/assessment

One ICT lab with computers and interactive board

Universities Denmark and TU collaboration under BSU

E- learning and PBL component

Focused in PhD programme and research (in FOE and HSS of TU)

Focus on capacity development, piloting of the programme, research dissemination and networking

Workshops on e-learning, PBL use in education and supervision

Basic ICT infrastructure support

Contd. FOE in transformation

Central Department of Education equipped with Internet available within the premises, classroom with multi-media projector, e-library, faculty and staffs training/workshop in using ICTs in education with support from Second Higher Education Project

Course revision

Bachelor – one course ICT in Education as core course

Master’s – one course in ICT in Education as core course

Post graduate

Every subject introduce ICT in specific subject.

Challenge : managing necessary infrastructure

HR development/capacity development

Providing access of ICT tools to students

Bandwith and power back up management

Access availability in different parts of the country

ICT Competencies

Related to MOODLE learning platform Modularization of curriculum Use of learning management tools

given in MOODLESocial forumsAssignment preparationPodcastingSearching and using free online

learning sources(courseware)

How did we prepare? Survey of ICTs competencies in faculties

and staffs A course for digital literacy prepared Basic infrastructure for providing ICT

training Lab with computers Internet connectivity Power-back up MOODLE Platform Hosting in Web

TOT to dedicated few Exposure to what ICT can do? Experiences

from the practices in the world

Contd. Training provided to the faculties and staffs based

on the prepared digital literacy curriculum

Advance training of ICTs use in course designing

MOODLE platform orientation workshop

Writing of the curriculum in module suitable for distance learning integrating e-learning and e-pedagogy

Preparation of assignments

Searching open courseware to use in ODL

Designing weekly course in MOODLE and uploading

Comments and Feedback sessions

Preparation of other modules

Constant IT experts support

Learning Necessary Competencies in teachers/tutors

Computer literacy(word processing, internet use, e-library/e-resources use)

Basic trouble shooting in using computers(hands-on-experience: learning by doing)

Course creation and implementation

Content delivery: easy upload and management of content in variety of formats

Asynchronous discussion: discussion forum, threads, attachment capability

Online assessment(test preparation and grading)

Student tracking (involvement of students in learning task)

Synchronous discussion: vsee, skype, BigblueBotton etc freely available software

Students tools: create, store, share, comments, and learn.

Contd. VLE Pedagogy

Community of practice/socio-cultural learning

Resource base learningPeer learningContent led/instructive learningComplex learningProblem base learningCollaborative learningInstructor led learning

Contd.

VLE Technology

Blogs

Wikis

Podcasting

Social software

Structured conferencing

Instant messaging

E-portfolios

Contd.

Some overview

www.tucded.edu.np/moodle/

www.norhed.edu.np

http://www.odectu.edu.np

Open and Distance Education Centre

An autonomous unit in TU for conducting open and distance learning mode programme

Preparation of ODEC Data center(hosting or own?)

E-library, learning platform and other systems

Distribution of e-library to each individual students with individual ID and password

Media lab for production Training/workshop hall with necessary

infrastructure

Contd.Preparation of tablet in cheaper

price to increase affordabilityMobile server, router and tablet

Massive training to the faculties on using online learningPreparation of basic ICT

competencies standardsTraining manual preparationFace-to-face for beginning with

basic skills of using ICT tools and further training Online.

Contd.

Vision to be a leading centre of open and distance learning in producing necessary human resources

Infrastructure Set up: media lab, server system,

HR management: preparation of trainers, ICT experts trained in e-learning appointed,

Course Preparation: some courses prepared for online learning.

HR development focus

ICT education awareness and use in school to higher education

Online resources search and use

Contd. Software use in teaching, learning

and research ICT tools using competency for

school to higher education Curriculum and learning resources

preparation Management of classroom (using

ICTs) Evaluation/assessment using

ICTs(e-assessment) Use of learning management

system for teaching

ODLpp

http://www.odectu.edu.np