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Cultural Considerations When Using ICT. Dr Michelle Selinger Director, Education Asia Pacific Internet Business Solutions Group. Differences. The tools we learn with The way we learn With whom we learn. Who chooses how to use ICT?.
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Cultural Considerations When Using ICT Dr Michelle Selinger Director, Education Asia Pacific Internet Business Solutions Group
Differences The tools we learn with The way we learn With whom we learn
Who chooses how to use ICT? “ It is a proven lesson from the history of technology that users are the key producers of the technology by adapting it to their uses and values, and ultimately transforming the technology itself …” Manuel Castells, 2001
Types of cultures Widening the definition of multiculturalism • Youth cultures • Learning cultures • Country cultures
D B C A F A B C D E F E Non-Linear Approach Non-linear Linear Source: Wim Veen
Informal learning Informal learning is based in conversations, and team projects, in which learning is part and parcel of the interactions between people Dora Digenti We learn by conversing with ourselves, with others, and with the world around us • Laurie Thomas & Sheila Harrie-Augstein The best learning happens in real life with real problems and real people and not in classrooms.“ Charles Handy
x x x Linguistic considerations
Pedagogical considerations Cultural differences Learning imperialism
Technological considerations Technology Dissonance
Cultural Imperialism or Cultural Understanding? “Together we have been reflecting on the ways that we are both alike and different, and in fact we are both transforming our respective cultures, as well as being transformed by each others cultures, as we interact with each other in this shared educational experience”.(Janssen , 2000)
Teaching and Learning What needs to be taught? What is actually taught? What is learnt?
How to appreciate other cultures Collaboration Collaboration Collaboration
Governments Students Businesses Educators Storage Administrators Parents/Guardians Researchers Agencies IT providers Partners Suppliers Education Human Network • Follow Me Content - content follows the users, processes, and activities • People subscribe to people - social connections and expert location • Immersive Interactions – presence, geospatial location, semantics/context Human Network across the Education Community Users/Community Learning Services Expert & Social Collaboration Learning Analysis Resources Management Capabilities Visibility & Awareness Cross-ecosystem planning & modelling Student Experience & Satisfaction Recognised Quality Education Financial Economics Operational Efficiencies Education Lifecycle Management Environmental Economics Value Creation Source: Cisco IBSG
Rip, Mix and Share The Creative Archive turns the concept of media literacy into something much more than just a ‘good idea’. It’s about empowering people by providing them with material which may enhance their cultural awareness, their critical faculty and their creative skills David Puttnam, 2006
Playground Models Participation Open Courseware Assuring quality of education and education practices
Education Links through ICT • South-South as well as North-South • Joint appointments • Local relevance, global action • Low–cost access solutions
Learning from each other Lesson Planning Professional Development Supporting Teachers Teaching Resources Supporting Students Student Activities Assessment
Relevant training The developers
Community Involvement for Cultural Relevance • Growing • Cooking • Nutrition • Commerce skills • Geography of food • Inter-connected lives • Diets vary
Improving developing country HEIs & Providing OER & TNE Alternative access to HE & Availability of technology Peer review & Cultural relevance Innovation and interactivity & Access Quality & Cost
Children and Self-Organisation The Hole In The Wall The Hole in the Wall
Adapting e- content • Considerable work and intermediation required • Cultural, pedagogical and technological considerations • Avoid duplication • Allow educators to adapt • Allow student to create
Interim solutions Plasma screens in Ethiopia
Nelson Mandela “Education is the most powerful tool you can use to change the world”