Integrating ICT involves

Developing effective strategies for locating appropriate digital content. Following guidelines for e-safety. Evaluating the potential effectiveness and appropriacy of digital content, tools and platform for achieving desired learning outcomes. Using technology in the production of teaching and learning materials. Setting up activities that support learning by exploiting appropriate digital content, tools and platforms. Developing effective strategies for resolving potential technical […]

Promoting Critical Thinking

Why promote critical thinking? In traditional education systems, the teacher was seen as the only knowledge source. Learners could not access knowledge without the teacher and were not encouraged to do so. Learning happened in class, and learners learnt what the teacher taught. They were not encouraged to question this knowledge, but instead to accept it and memorise it. Critical […]

21st century skills for teachers

21st century skills for teachers Important 21st century skills for teachers.   Critical thinking and problem solving Collaboration and communication Creativity and imagination Citizenship Digital literacy Student leadership and personal development Do reflect on the questions below: Are the skills mentioned above similar or different from your ideas in the previous step? What do you think is the biggest challenge […]

Education,Technology and social media – The Generation Z as having a ‘digital bond to the Internet

  Generation Z (also known as iGeneration, Post-Millennials, or Homeland Generation) is the demographic cohort after Millennials. Currently, there are numerous additional competing names used in connection with them in the media. There are no precise dates for when this cohort starts or ends, but demographers and researchers typically use the mid-1990s to mid-2000s as starting birth years. At the […]

Digital Leadership: Creating Value Through Technology

Digital Leadership: Creating Value Through Technology   We believe that Digital Leadership is a key requirement for companies to help drive innovation and remain competitive. Digital technologies such as social media, mobility, analytics, cloud computing and the Internet of Things offer exciting, new, ways to communicate and operate. https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/digital-leadership    

The Best Learning Management System

E-learning is a big business, one worth many billions of dollars. But although massive open online courses (MOOCs) have attracted outsized media attention, the reality doesn’t quite match the hype, yet. Learning management systems (LMS), on the other hand, have already enabled many universities, organizations, and businesses to develop, assign, and track online learning. With hundreds of vendors, however, choosing […]