USE OF ICT IN TEACHER EDUCATION

Dr. Jagannath K. DangeDepartment of Education

Kuvempu UniversityShankaraghattaDist: Shimoga,

Karnataka

jkdange@gmail.comhttp://jkdange.blogspot.com

The National Knowledge Commission (NKC) has observed that teachers are the single most important element of the education system and the country is already facing a severe shortage of qualified and motivated teachers at different levels.

The training of teachers is a major area of concern at present as both pre-service and in-service training of teachers are extremely inadequate and poorly managed in most states.

Pre-service training needs to be improved and differently regulated both in public and private institutions.

NCTFE 2009 emphasised ICT in schooling as well as e-learning became centre stage in the frame work.

  ICT has become an integral part of

today’s teaching learning process.

The integration of ICTs in teaching in general and teacher education in particular is the need of the day. The use of ICTs can make substantial changes both for teaching and training mainly in two ways.

Firstly, the rich representation of information changes learner’s perception and understanding of the context.

Secondly, the vast distribution and easy access to information can change relationships between teachers and taught. ICTs can also provide powerful support for educational innovation.

TEACHER EDUCATION REFORM: CONTEXT AND CONCERNS

Time is not sufficient: most of the teacher educators felt that comprehensive Experiences can’t be given in the one year duration of teacher training course and was very difficult to imbibe skills and aptitude. It was also opined there was a mismatch between the training student teachers get in the colleges with the real teaching Experience they had in the regular classrooms.

On supportive to the above statements the Honourable Justice Verma committee proposed to have 2 years B.Ed. course and NCTE has suggested to have the Blend of technology (ICT) with all subjects and Experiences of training.

Why do we need ICT?The face of classroom is changing. The

teachers should prepare to keep up with technology utility in the classroom. ICT is not only an essential tool for teachers in their day to day work, but also offers them opportunities for their own professional development.

Teaching with ICT the input and output time is reduced and process time is increased. When the process time is increased, time of students’ activities, discussion, correlation with other subjects, brainstorming and learning etc will increase.

APPROACHES OF ICT:approaches to ICT which can be used in the classroom 1.Integrated approach: This aims at planning the use

of ICT within the subject to enhance particular concepts and skills and improve pupils’ achievement. This involves, Selecting the suitable ICT resources which will contribute to the aims and objectives of the curriculum.

2.Enhancement Approach: this focus on the use of an ICT resource will enhance the existing subject matter through some aspects of the lessons and tasks. Eg. Using an electronic whiteboard for presenting a theory about a topic.

3.Complementary approach: This aims at using an ICT resource to empower the students’ learning, Eg. By enabling them to improve their class work by taking notes on the computer or by sending home work by email to the teacher from home.

Curricular Areas by NCTE

I. Perspectives in Education

II. Curriculum and Pedagogic Studies

III. Engagement with Field (Enhancing Professional Capacities-EPC)- curricular component that meant for holistically link all the courses across the program.

Curricular Components of State Syllabus The course shall have the curricular components namely:

a. Perspective Courses (Per-C) b. Pedagogic Courses (Pd- C) c. Enhancing Professional Courses (EPC) d. Engagement with Field Courses (EFC)

ICT and e-learning: Explosive upcoming of ICT

Computers, Networks: Internet and the Web, mobile phone, tablets, E-learning, and on-line learning. Lesson plan-correction- mail, webquest. Discussion groups, Blogs-creation and discussion, Guidance. Website-create and post important events-test, scores and programs, Internet-Google free Books, articles, reports, theses, projects. Google videos- learning theories, discussions, conference discourses. Micro teaching skills- record and make repositories. Mobile phone-SMS-free sms.com,way2sms.com whatsapp, hike,

telegram Facebook, Tweeter Slideshare.com, freeshare.com Radio and TV lessons E-gyankosh, e-content repositories. IGNOU-content, NCERT, NCTE, UGC, DSERT- websites. Virtual classroom, smartboards-whiteboards

MOOCs (Massive Open online Courses) MOOCs are recent development that is reshaping the

trend of higher education on the web. It represents an emerging methodology of online teaching, based on the philosophy of connectivism. “Massive” refers to the large number of students can be engaged in online course, and its “Openness” is associated with software used registration to anyone who has access to web, open curriculum, learning resources and evaluation.

MOOC providers: USA (Coursera, EdX, Udacity), Ireland(ALISON), Germany(iversity), Australia open2study), Japan(schoo), FutureLearn, open courseware, OpenUpEd, KHANACADEMY, educa, saylor.org, MOOC2DEGREE, NovoED, Canvas network, Neodemia, World Education University(WEU), Stanford Online, Eliedemy, EURODL,CLASS CENTRAL, edSurge, EFQUEL, Commonwealth of Learning, Minglebox, Swayam etc

E-journals: www.e-journals,org/ , http://www.sciencedirect.com/, www.doaj.org

Open education Resources for Teacher Educators, Teachers and Learners

Geogebra, Google Earth, Hot potato, C-map, R-campus, Mahara, Moodle and wiki-spaces, classroom-2.0, Visual field trips, statistical tools and web conferencing.

Reduce the hard work make to work smartly.

What we require is teacher with blend of education principles, educational software. - Computer teacher at B.ED. Colleges.

Educational Technology

Contact Hours: 75 Marks: 80+20=100

Objectives:After the completion of course, pupil teachers will be able to – Understand the concept and scope of Educational Technology Understand the concept of Approaches of educational technology Explain the meaning and use of cybernetics Understand and use the different Media in Education Understand the different learning Experiences and use them in the

teaching-learning process. Acquaint with innovations in Educational Technology Integrate ICT into Teaching Learning, administration and Evaluation. Develop information Management, communication and collaborative

skills. Design and develop and use learning materials in Teaching. Practice safe, ethical ways of using ICT. Use ICT for making classroom processes Inclusive

Course Contents:

Unit- I Basics of Education Technology

1. Educational technology- Meaning, Nature, Scope, objectives, and Importance.

2. Instructional technology and teaching technology: Meaning, nature and scope.

3. Approaches of educational technology –Hardware, Software and Systems approach.

4. Cybernetics: Meaning and use in the development of instructional designs.

Unit-II Media in Education

1. Print media- Books, Journals, Magazines and newspapers.2. Digital Media- Documentaries, still pictures, websites, webpage etc,3. A-V Aids: definition, types audio aids, visual aids, A-V aids (Radio, T.V.

and Films)4. Multi-media: Meaning & concept, scope and importance. 5. Multi sensory approach- Relationship of Learning and Experiences, Dales

cone of experience and step learning experiences model

Unit- III Educational systems

1.e-learning, cooperative learning, mobile learning- concept, advantages and limitations.

2.Teleconferencing: Audio and Video, Interactive white board- uses & advantages

3.Web services: e-mail, chat, online forums, blog, wiki, e-library4.Resource centres and services in educational technology: CIET (NCERT),

SIET, EMMRC, UGC-CEC, TEINDIA, KOER, NROER, EDUSAT, NME-ICT, NPTEL, IT@SCHOOL, GYAN DARSAN, INFLIBNET.

Unit-IV Understanding of ICT in education

1. Concept of ICT and Principles of using ICT in teaching learning process 2. Impact of ICT in education (impact of ICT in social, cultural, economical) 3. Role of teacher (administrator, facilitator, tutor, mentor, counselor, and

evaluator) in ICT enabled education. 4. Issues and concerns related to ICT 5. Concept, meaning and merits in Education: Computer Assisted

Instruction (CAI), Computer Managed Instruction (CMI),Computer Mediated Communication (CMC),Computer simulation, Blended learning, Educational podcast, Web- based learning, Cloud computing.

Learning Activities

1. Visit websites (Khans academy, E-Gyankosh, Shodhaganga, NCTE, NCERT, DSERT, UGC) Collecting Documents like Polices, plans, statistics, scholarships, issue and trends and writing reports.

2. Free website development and usage (Webs.com)3. Recording- Audio/Video lectures discussions, and

presentations etc, editing and writing report on procedures. 4. CAI- Development and reporting5. Mobile learning- related activities like use of blue tooth,

SMS, MMS and other features.6. Blog- development and related activities7. Login in to You tube-download and upload.8. Writing a report on TV Lessons and discussions9. Writing a report on Radio lessons and discussion.10. List out the content related different learning experiences

 

Course for lab work: ICT  Total Marks: 50 Contact Hours: 4 Hours per Week

(Internal Assessment)

 Aims of the Course: This set of experiences is visualised with an assumption that student teachers should

have basic familiarity with computers, and to have hands-on- experience.

Course ContentsUnit I. ICT basics: Operating system and application software1. ICT: Meaning, importance and tools of ICT

2. Computer Hardware: Input-Output Devices

3. Introduction to Operating System Features of different operating system(Ex: Obantu, etc) Files and directory operations Windows Explorer and desktop

Introduction to Application Software Word Processor , Spreadsheets, Presentations,Database Management System

Unit II Computer Applications and Internet1.Applications of computers in various fields of education: Evaluation, planning, Administration and

management, and Library management, etc.,

2. Characteristics of a good computerized lesson plan

3. Application of computer in specific context: Teaching Learning Process, Attendance, Evaluation, e- Content, daily planner etc.

4. Internet: Introduction, advantages and disadvantages

Course for lab work: ICT Activities :1. Prepare the printed teaching materials using the MS-Word (In any

subject -Any unit to be selected, in any language).Use of self-learning materials for the anyone unit by using ICT.

2. Prepare the result sheet in MS-Excel showing the subject wise marks, total marks, percentage Rank, pass or fail, Graphical presentation

3. Preparation of PPT slides (at least 10) for classroom usage.4. Create an e-mail-id and google account and exchange learning

related information.5. Downloading Anti-virus software through internet and installing to

the system.6. Browse the search engines and download the relevant materials

/information.7. Prepare a list of Educational websites, Reference Books, Research

papers etc that are useful in Education.8. Prepare the submission of core papers with the help of ICT. (Anyone

Topic from Anyone Subject)9. Survey of educational sites based in India10. Use of available software or CDs with LCD projection for subject

learning interactions

11. Generating subject-related demonstrations using computer software

12. Enabling students to plan and execute projects (using computer based research)

13. Interactive use of ICT: Participation in Yahoo groups, creation of 'blogs', etc

14. Collection of e-resources and Reporting. (Text-Books, Articles, Reports, Theses; Audio and Video Files related to educational technology)

15. Critical review of UNESCO ICT Competency standards for Teachers-2008

16. Write a report on INSAT programs. 17. Developing Educational blog in

www.blogger.com www.wordpress.com18. Develop the news groups and report.19. Creating an Account in Teacher tube/slideshare

and sharing your video/powerpoint 

Suggestive Activites for ICT applied

Write a report on the features and use of smart board in teaching-learning.

Collection of e-resources and Reporting.(Text-Books, Articles, Reports, Theses; Audio and Video Files related to educational technology)

Critical review of UNESCO ICT Competency standards for Teachers-2008 Write a report on INSAT programs. Developing Educational blog in www.blogger.com , www.wordpress.com Develop the news groups and report. Comparative study of ICT syllabus of School Education and Teacher

Education of Various organizations Evaluating Educational broad casts in the Radio/T.V Evaluation of websites related to educational programmes. Creating an account in Wikipedia/wikieducator/wikispaces and

adding/editing content. Creating an Account in Teacher tube/slideshare and sharing your

video/powerpoint. View and comment on others contributions. Use one of the Concept map tool (freemind, VUE)and write a report. Use one of the E-book Tool(Sigil,caliber) for creating and editing books

and report. Preparation of CAI for classroom learning.

Simulation Practices: ( 2 Credits):

The necessary organizational facilities, infrastructure be provided to the student-teachers.

There can be group of ten students that can be attached to each teacher educators for guidance and submission of report and reflective session.

Some of the tasks can also be given for completion in the group of two or three student teachers.

a. Micro teaching: b. Video lesson observation and criticism: c. Skill Integration lesson presentation with peer group d. ICT mediated lesson with peer group e. Video recording lesson of peers in simulation classes f. Concept analysis and presentation on subject content

Video lesson Activity:

Observation of video lessons: each student-teacher has to observe at least two video recorded lessons of experts and prepare observation notes. Format of observation has to be supplied by the teacher educator.

Group Practicum-video script: Developing, enacting, recording and uploading one video script based on a single theme. The task can be undertaken in groups with 3 to 5 members.

ICT will have activities that will equip the student to use computers, camera, and video camera. Audio recording, computer software, research and data analysis software, digital publication activities, web related activities and any other advances that are useful and related with empowering teachers and teacher educators.

The list of activities to be done in the ICT lab shall as listed in the practicum list of the syllabus. There shall be two types of activities.

set-A shall have following procedure (Individualized in lab work)

a. Orientation for 15 to 20 minutes. b. Demonstration of the activity. c. Presenting the details of the exercise by the student. d. Exercise practice and output print if necessary. e. Writing the details of the activity in the journal and

submission for the tutor‘s signature.

Set-B shall have following procedure: (In lab with work presentation)

a. Orientation for 15 to 20 minutes. b. Demonstration of the activity. c. Presenting the details of the excursive by the student. d. Working out the excessive and presenting the material to the

small group for feedback and discussion

Some of the ICT mediated activities to be undertaken are:

Basic Competencies: 1. Use of Word spread sheet and related office

applications 2. Development of Power point presentation. 3. Nudi Kannada software keying 4. Web search and email use. 5. Video recording, audio editing and providing

back ground voice adding 6. Using still camera for creating of picture

files and use for teaching. 7. Use of graphic software. 8. Searching of open source material and use.

Activity Open Source Alternative Description

Lecture Capture/Podcasting Opencast

Matterhorn

MediaSite Panopto

Matterhorn provides an end-to-end solution from automated lecture capture through processing and distribution.

Videos can also be published to existing public platforms such as YouTube or iTunes.

Captioning, keyboard navigation and screen readers are well supported.

Camstudio Camtasia

Adobe Captivate

iSpring Presenter

Jing

SMART Notebook

CamStudio allows you to make a video of what’s happening on your screen. It will also capture audio from a microphone.

As well as capturing a lecture or presentation, it can be used to record a tutorial or walk through of a system.

Videos can be recorded to AVI, or to SWF for streaming via Flash.

Audacity Windows Sound Recorder

GoldWave

Audacity is a fully-featured audio recorder and editor for Windows, Linux and Mac.

Multiple tracks can be recorded separately and edited together.

Additional audio tracks can be imported.

Files can be saved to a number of formats.

Online Lectures/

Webinars/

Remote Participation

BigBluebutton

OpenMeetings

Adobe Connect

Blackboard Collaborate

Mega Meeting

These systems allow multiple participants to participate in a session via the web.

Users can collaborate on a shared “whiteboard”.

Video, audio and text chat are supported.

Users can share presentations and applications from their screen with other users.

Video Streaming MediaGoblin

Plumi

Kaltura

Planet eStream

ClickView

MediaCore

vShare

PHP Motion

These products provide a locally-hosted “YouTube” style system.

Users can upload videos which are converted into a streamable format and shared.

Users can rate and comment on videos.

ASSESSMENT

High-stakes assessment

Rogo

(formerly TouchStone)

QuestionMark Rogo aims to provide an online assessment system with a focus on consistent quality, usability and security.

The system supports informal progress tests and surveys, self assessment, as well as formal exam papers.

Features for managing the assessment life-cycle are included, such as standards setting and peer review of papers.

CLASSROOM TOOLSSolution Software Consider as

Alternative toComments

Interactive Whiteboard Software

Opensankore SMART Notebook

Promethean ActivInspire/ActivOffice

OpenSankoré provides an interactive cross-platform interface for whiteboards, touch tables, or any type of computer.

Whiteboard-style drawing is supported, as well as inserting documents and media.

The environment’s functionality can be extended by the addition of Widgets.

Film/Media Production

KDEnlive PiTiVi Blender Evidemix Openshot Cinerellac

y

Windows Movie Maker

Final Cut Pro

Adobe Premiere

KDEnlive and PiTiVi are fully featured multi-track non-linear video editors.

Google forms: Survey documents, get online response Processed to Excel Lime survey software: directly processed to SPSS Surveymonkey-preparing surveys.

Commonwealth of Learning (COL) Teacher Education Online certificate courses. www.cctionline.org

  www.Temoa.info Computer assisted assessment: Hot potatos Online assessment: ebox, myexambox Exelearning.net- OS windows based e-lg platform to create

website-content creation and putting Word claud OS To create graphics (tagul software)

National Knowledge Network-500mbps free to all schools

The Stanford centre for innovations in learning(SCIL): Effective teacher includes being

Concerned Committed Creative Competent

An educational system can be as good as its teachers

Who is a teacher? One who dares to teach and never

cease to learn

THANK YOU

Dr. Jagannath K. DangeDepartment of EducationKuvempu UniversityShankaraghattaDist: Shimoga, Karnataka

jkdange@gmail.comhttp://jkdange.blogspot.com