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TEACHERS CONFERENCE NG�OGBOMOSO EDITION�29 - 30 OCTOBER

EDUCATION REIMAGINED: THE ROLE OF ICT IN TEACHING, LEARNING, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS.

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THEME

  • Education Reimagined: The Role of ICT in Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development for Teachers.

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TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION IN A POST-COVID-19 ERA�

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: TAYO ARULOGUN

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OUTLINE

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State of Learning: Pre-COVID-19

Preambles

State of Learning: COVID-19 Era

Requirements For Education Delivery: Post Covid-19

Blended Learning Model

Digital Teacher In Post Covid-19 Era

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PREAMBLE

  • “The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we can become exposed is if we throw ourselves out into the open. Do it. Throw yourself ” –

C. Joybell

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PREAMBLE

  • Learning in Nigerian educational Institutions majorly features physical interactions which makes it challenging for learning activities to take place away from the classroom or without a physical meeting between the teachers and the learners.
  • The pandemic is changing the ways we do almost everything.
  • Education - including educational infrastructures, institutions, systems, curricula, Governments, parents, teachers, and students – remains the most affected
  • To update the norms and values in education delivery after COVID-19, Government at all levels, parents, teachers, and students have key roles to play.

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STATE OF LEARNING: PRE-COVID-19�

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Learning has always been weighed down with lots of challenges before the advent of COVID-19 pandemic.

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Access to Learning

Quality of Graduates

Employability

National Productivity

Human Development Index

Leadership and Followership Qualities

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STATE OF LEARNING: DURING COVID-19�

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  • The physical formality of classroom culture melted away during this period.

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POST COVID-19: REQUIREMENTS FOR EDUCATION DELIVERY��A. ADJUSTING THE ROLE OF THE EDUCATOR

  • The notion of an educator as the knowledge-holder, Knowledge-deliverer who imparts wisdom to students is becoming obsolete.
  • Learners have access to knowledge. we will need to redefine the role of the educator in the classroom and lecture theatre.
  • Educators = Facilitator, Mentor, Social Worker, etc

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  • Resilience and adaptability will be crucial for the next generations entering work.

POST COVID-19: REQUIREMENTS FOR EDUCATION DELIVERY��A. REDEFINING THE ROLE OF THE EDUCATOR

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�POST COVID-19: REQUIREMENTS FOR EDUCATION DELIVERY��B. TEACHING LIFE SKILLS NEEDED FOR THE FUTURE

  • New Curricula to Match 4IR, Entrepreneurship, Employability Skills
  • In this ever-changing global environment, young people require resilience and adaptability – skills that are proving to be essential to navigate effectively through this pandemic and beyond.

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  • Looking into the future, some of the most important skills that employers will be looking for will be Creativity, Critical thinking, Communication and Collaboration, alongside empathy and emotional intelligence

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UNLOCKING TECHNOLOGY TO DELIVER EDUCATION

SKILLS NEEDED FOR EDUCATION DELIVERY DURING THE POST COVID-19 ERA

SOURCE: WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

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POST COVID-19 REQUIREMENTS FOR EDUCATION DELIVERY��C. UNLOCKING TECHNOLOGY TO DELIVER EDUCATION

  • Harnessing the suite of available Technological Tools to design learning, deliver learning and evaluate learning.
  • Design Learning – discover and select digital tools to use to design and create lesson plans and course planning
  • Deliver Learning – using digital tools to create positive and friendly learning environment. Preparing students for learning, getting responses and feedback from the students.
  • Evaluate Learning – using digital tools to assess students progress and competencies, etc

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C. UNLOCKING TECHNOLOGY TO DELIVER EDUCATION

  • Educators across the world are experiencing new possibilities to do things differently and with greater flexibility resulting in potential benefits in accessibility to education for students across the world.
  • Teachers will embrace technology to become “Digital Teacher” that can engage and assess students in new ways.
  • Teaching and Learning will move to Blended Model that combines the power of online, on-demand learning with a few in-person, on-campus teaching and learning sessions.

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DIGITAL TEACHER IN POST COVID-19 ERA

Source: Mishra, P., & Koehler, M. J. (2006). 

The digital teacher is one who can navigate the tools and skills needed for working and living in a digital society, and provides instruction to students in those same skills

In order to become a digital teacher, one needs to develop the needed Technological, Pedagogical And Content Knowledge (TPACK) - Punya and Matthew (2006).

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TPACK

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HOW DIGITAL COMPLIANT ARE YOU?

  • The following can be used to assess your level of readiness to become a digital teacher:
  • How effectively do you use digital tools to record, reflect on and evaluate your teaching?
    • I can use a basic range of digital tools and resources to record, reflect on and evaluate my teaching.
    • I can use a reasonable range of digital tools and resources to record, reflect on and evaluate my teaching.
    • I can use a good range of digital tools and resources to record, reflect on and evaluate my teaching.
    • I can use an extensive range of digital tools and resources to record, reflect on and evaluate my teaching.

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TEST YOUR DIGITAL SKILLS

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BLENDED LEARNING WILL BE THE NEW NORMAL FOR EDUCATION DELIVERY

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BENEFITS OF BLENDED LEARNING APPROACH TO EDUCATION DELIVERY

  • 1. It is Cost-efficient
  • 2. It support Pre-training
  • 3. It provides access to course content from Anywhere, Anytime and on Any Device
  • 4. It increase User Engagement Easily

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VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY IN EDUCATION DELIVERY

VR for science

VR for Children

VR for healthcare education

Training and simulations

Virtual Laboratory

InMind-2 VR

Discorvery VR

Space VR

Anatomy AR

Some Devices for AR, VR, MR: HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Google Cardboard, Microsoft’s HoloLens

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CONCLUSION

  • We must take risks and integrate new technologies into the learning process.
  • Explore new sustainable business models to fund infrastructures.
  • “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest” - Benjamin Franklin

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  • Thank you

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DIGITAL TOOLS FOR LEARNING

  • Google Classroom: A time-saving platform that allows teachers to combine the sharing of learning resources with the dynamics of a social network.

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  • ZOOM: A user-friendly video conference tool great for online lessons.

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DIGITAL TOOLS FOR LEARNING

  • Thinglink: A very useful classroom tool with enormous potential for teaching and learning.
  • ChatterPix: A simple but very effective app to make photos speak!

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DIGITAL TOOLS FOR LEARNING

  • Newspaper Club: ARTHR: A tool to produce professional-looking newspapers with your class.
  • VEO: A groundbreaking video observation tool with great potential for the language-learning classroom

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DIGITAL TOOLS FOR LEARNING

  • Socrative: Flexible, free, easy-to-use assessment tool.
  • Ruby Rei: Brilliant adventure game for language learners.

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DIGITAL TOOLS FOR LEARNING

  • Binumi: A cool video-creation tool.
  • Storybird: An innovative, inspiring tool to create stories individually or in groups.

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DIGITAL TOOLS FOR LEARNING

  • Padlet:An excellent collaboration tool for teachers and learners.
  • Wordwall: Offers teachers a quick and easy way to extend and consolidate vocabulary with fun practice.

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DIGITAL TOOLS FOR LEARNING

  • Quizlet: Efficient, engaging, flashcard tool.
  • Memrise: A fun and efficient memorisation tool for the classroom and beyond.

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REFERENCES

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1. https://elearningindustry.com/education-in-post-covid-era-important-trends-to-know

2. https://www.cbinsights.com/research/back-to-school-tech-transforming-education-learning-post-covid-19/

3. https://www.rse-curious.com/education-in-the-post-covid-era/

4. https://thecurrent.educatorinnovator.org/collection/transitioning-from-conventional-to-connected-teaching-small-moves-and-radical-acts