Infrastructure Development for ICT, Teaching, and Research

1. Infrastructure Development for ICT, Teaching, and Research Neil Butcher

2. E-learning is… • the use of new multimedia technologies and the Internet to improve the quality of learning by facilitating access to resources and services as well as remote exchange and collaboration • e-learning encompasses ‘all computer and Internet-based activities that support teaching and learning – both on-campus and at a distance’

3. The Opportunities… • Telecommunications capacity is growing rapidly • Growth in range of devices at reducing cost • Lower power use and growth in solar power • And there is an explosion of freely available, high quality content online that educators and students can link to…

4. With tools that are already available, there are almost limitless opportunities to design high quality teaching and learning environments…

5. Virtual Learning Environments (Moodle)

6. Multimedia applications

11. Use is growing in Africa and other similar contexts…

12. Agshare

14. Guyana

15. Institutionalizing Openness • Investment in more effective teaching, learning, and research environments using resource-based learning • Embrace open licensing environments • Need to be accompanied by review of institutional policies • Bandwidth and access have become essential