scholarly journals Challenges and Potentials of Integrating Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Teacher Education Programs in Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 179 (39) ◽  
pp. 8-19
Author(s):  
Obeten Obi ◽  
Nicholas Oluwole ◽  
Noah Oghenefego
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Teacher Education Programs ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
State University ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Delta State University

scholarly journals Making the Introduction of Multi-media Technologies Count in Education Reform in Africa: the Case of Ghana

Comunicar ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (32) ◽  
pp. 109-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kwame Akyeampong
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
New Information ◽  
Nuevas Tecnologías ◽  
Multi Media ◽  
Formación Docente

This contribution reviews the introduction of old and new information communication technologies in Ghanaian education. It points out how the recent proliferation of multi-media technologies in the country has ultimately encouraged the introduction of ICTs in education. However, the author argues that much of the move to introduce these new technologies into schools and colleges has not reflected the need to re-conceptualise teacher education curriculum practices to base its foundations on constructivist ideas about knowledge and its production. Without this, reforms to introduce new information communication technologies in classrooms risk becoming tools that are again used to reinforce old traditions of teaching and learning based on uncritical transmission of knowledge. Finally, the author argues that changes to the teacher education curriculum in Ghana, and elsewhere in Africa, should also reflect the new professional learning identities and learning experiences that ICT and other media communication tools are meant to foster in the classroom. La presente contribución da un repaso a la introducción de las tecnologías antiguas y nuevas de la información en el sector educativo de Ghana. Señala cómo la reciente proliferación de las tecnologías mul timedia en el país ha alentado finalmente la introducción de las TIC en la educación. Sin embargo, el autor sostiene que buena parte de la motivación para introducir estas nuevas tecnologías en los centros educativos e institutos superiores no ha reflejado la necesidad de reconceptualizar las prácticas curriculares en la formación docente, con el fin de fundamentarlas en ideas constructivistas sobre los conocimientos y su producción. Sin esto, las reformas para introducir las nuevas tecnologías de información y comunicación en las aulas corren el riesgo de ser meramente herramientas que nuevamente se utilizan para reforzar las viejas tradiciones de enseñanza y aprendizaje en base a la trasmisión de los conocimientos sin ningún pensamiento crítico. Finalmente, el autor insiste en que los cambios curriculares en la formación docente en Ghana, y en otras partes de África, también deben reflejar las nuevas identidades de aprendizaje profesional y experiencias de aprendizaje que deben fomentar las TIC y otras herramientas mediáticas en el aula.

Ten Rules of Thumb in Blended and Flexible Learning

2013 ◽  
pp. 35-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Rafferty ◽  
Jenni Munday ◽  
Janet Buchan
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Heuristic Inquiry ◽  
Teacher Education Programs ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Academic Values ◽  
Pedagogical Tools ◽  
Pedagogical Reasoning ◽  
Inquiry Process

As emerging Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) are increasingly being engaged as pedagogical tools, the role of traditional academic values might be overlooked. This chapter highlights some of the challenges faced by educators as they reconcile their own pedagogical reasoning with the engagement opportunities presented through ICTs. It also reports on a study that followed the introduction of three blended-mode university subjects into teacher education programs over several years. The research resulted in identifying ten considerations for an effective pedagogy to use for flexible and blended learning, and it identified ten organizational limitations of applying good pedagogical practices in pursuing blended-mode learning. The chapter also provides an example of the benefits of engaging a heuristic inquiry process when developing pedagogy. It is argued that a heuristic inquiry process provides a framework that allows for a variety of important perspectives to be recognized and acted upon.

In-Service Teachers' Use of ICT for the Promotion of Collaborative Professional Learning

2021 ◽  
pp. 287-301
Author(s):  
Ana García-Valcárcel ◽  
Juanjo Mena
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Professional Learning ◽  
Important Implication ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Teacher Education Programs ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Information And Communication

Information and communication technologies (ICT) are often rendered as key tools in the promotion of teachers' collaborative learning. Their use enables teachers to complete assignments, solve problems, or create products together. The content of this chapter is based on the information published in a previous research study by the authors. In that study, they aimed at describing teachers' use of ICT towards collaboration from a triple perspective: what they believe (teachers' opinion), what they know (teachers' knowledge), and what they do (teachers' use). A questionnaire and interviews were the instruments to collect data. Some results pointed out that teachers used ICT to promote collaboration on a regular basis, but it is limited to the knowledge they have on particular tools, which is acknowledged to be intermediate. The most important implication for teacher education programs is considering the actual limitations of teachers' knowledge and use of ICT in practice to set a more accurate starting point to promote collaboration through technologies.

In-Service Teachers' Use of ICT for the Promotion of Collaborative Professional Learning

2018 ◽  
pp. 130-144
Author(s):  
Ana García-Valcárcel ◽  
Juanjo Mena
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Professional Learning ◽  
Important Implication ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Teacher Education Programs ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Information And Communication

Information and communication technologies (ICT) are often rendered as key tools in the promotion of teachers' collaborative learning. Their use enables teachers to complete assignments, solve problems, or create products together. The content of this chapter is based on the information published in a previous research study by the authors. In that study, they aimed at describing teachers' use of ICT towards collaboration from a triple perspective: what they believe (teachers' opinion), what they know (teachers' knowledge), and what they do (teachers' use). A questionnaire and interviews were the instruments to collect data. Some results pointed out that teachers used ICT to promote collaboration on a regular basis, but it is limited to the knowledge they have on particular tools, which is acknowledged to be intermediate. The most important implication for teacher education programs is considering the actual limitations of teachers' knowledge and use of ICT in practice to set a more accurate starting point to promote collaboration through technologies.

Putting Multiliteracies into Practice in Teacher Education

2013 ◽  
pp. 244-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Bruce Taylor ◽  
Lindsay Sheronick Yearta
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Web 2.0 Tools ◽  
Graduate Teacher Education ◽  
Education Courses ◽  
New London

While technology has always played a role in teaching and learning, with the advent of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs), schools have struggled to keep pace with Web 2.0 tools available for teaching and learning. Multiliteracies, a term coined by scholars who published under the name The New London Group in 1996, has helped provide a theoretical foundation for applying new texts and tools to teaching and learning; however, much of the scholarship around Multiliteracies remains in the academic and theoretical domain. The authors suggest a pedagogic framework or metastructure for applying Multiliteracies to teacher education and by extension to P-12 classrooms. They document Web 2.0 tools and discuss how they have used them in undergraduate and graduate teacher education courses.

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