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This document outlines two workshops aimed at building Sudanese teachers' competencies in using information and communication technologies (ICT). [1] The infrastructure for ICT in Sudan has grown rapidly in recent years, but it is still underutilized in education. [2] The first workshop focused on online tools for professional development but was above the teachers' levels and lacked follow-up. [3] The second workshop provided hands-on training for using ICT tools in teaching and professional development and included developing materials for future training.
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- 1. Breaking Barriers: Building Teachers’ Competencies in the Use of ICT Hala Salih Mohammed Nur English Language Institute University of Khartoum halasalih64@gmail.com
- 2. Presentation Outline • Introduction • Infrastructure of ICT in Sudan • Example • The use of ICT in Education • Barriers • First Workshop • Second Workshop • Recommendations
- 3. Introduction Youth, Skills & Employability Why is teacher training in ICT important? To prepare students to be successful in our information-rich global society, teachers must understand the power and potential of technology tools.
- 4. Infrastructure for ICT in Sudan • “The main objective of the Republic of the Sudan is to provide reliable and affordable ICT services to all the Sudanese citizens towards achieving information and knowledge based society.” (H.E. Theresa Siricio/State Minister of MCIT)
- 5. The remarkable transformation and achievements witnessed in the Sudanese Telecommunication sector coupled with the growing and diversifying use of the ICT services including those of the Internet and its applications have been a success story that made Sudan to be widely held among the most developed in Africa, if not in the Middle East. The telecom sector currently has an annual growth of 30% making it the fastest growing in the world.
- 6. An Example • Wireless access points covering 70% of the University of Khartoum campuses. • 4000 computers with access to the internet. • Campuses connected with fibre optics. • Bandwidth for Internet is 30 Mbps. • Moodle is installed in the servers of university.
- 7. Locations where Students Access the Internet
- 8. The use of ICT in education Despite the above mentioned growth, there is a tendency for the use of ICT for sectors other than Education and as research shows Sudan is still at a very preliminary stage and it is mostly in the form of on-going or planned projects especially in the tertiary sector which are yet to be implemented..
- 9. Students’ Attitude Towards the Use of ICT in Education Nur, Hala (2009)
- 10. Barriers • No clear policy for the use of ICT tools in delivery of education. • No training programs for tertiary level teachers for the use of ICT in teaching. • Resistance from teachers (digital emigrants)
- 12. First ICT Workshop • Title of workshop: Innovative Online Trends for Teacher Professional Development • Content: Training on the use of online tools for professional development.
- 13. Drawbacks • Above the level of the teachers. • Use of the tools for professional development only. • Time limit of workshop. • No follow up plan. • Teachers did not create much content.
- 14. Second ICT Workshop • Title: ICT for ELT in the Horn of Africa: Options and Approaches • Content: Training on ICT tools for teaching and professional development.
- 15. Sunday – 1st Aug Tuesday – 3rd Aug Wednesday – 4th Aug Thursday – 5th Aug Monday – 2 Aug nd Common Introduction to the The Web as a ICT for Overview of ICT Technical Workshop Tool for Distance Resources Problems & Session 1 Why Use ICT? What is Professional Learning & Available How to Solve 09:30 – 11:00 the Rationale? Development Self-Access Them & ELT Group Activity: Getting to Know a Developing ICT for ELT: the ICT for New Program & ICT for ELT: Materials for Ethiopian Professional Session 2 Matching it with Your Hands-on Cascading Experience Development 11:30 – 13:00 Curriculum Practice Workshop Content Using Web Group Activity: E-Learning: a Tools in Class Developing Developing Practical Ideas for Practical (blogs, wikis, Tools for Materials for Using ICT in the Session 3 Demonstration etc): Hands-on Professional Cascading 14:00 – 15:30 Classroom Practice Development Workshop Content
- 16. Learned Lessons • Policy makers must issue legislation for making the integration of ICT in education. • Development of a framework for teachers’ training in the use of ICT. • Motivate teachers to use ICT in their teaching. • Provide technical support for subject teachers to help them in creating content.
- 17. 15th Regional FP7 EuroAfrica-ICT Awareness Workshop: What do you regard as the most important challenges in e-Learning? Challenge 1: Availability of Policy Framework for e-Learning Challenge 2: Human Capacity Building for e-Learning. Challenge 6: Localisation of Digital Content
- 18. Thank you