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Digitizing African EducationImpacting Positive Change
Presented by Karen Walstra, Karen Walstra Consulting
Key Pillar to Successful e-Education
VisionLong term
plan
Without the vision,There is Confusion
Key pillars of successful e-Education
Skillsdevelopment
Without the Skills,There is Anxiety
Key Pillar to Successful e-Education
Builds confidenceRemoves fearDemonstrates benefits
Skills DevelopmentAccelerates Adoption of digital education
Empowers LearnersCoding & Robotics Lego EV3
Sphero
mBot
Key pillars of successful e-Education
IncentivesHow does this benefit me?
Without the Incentives,There is Gradual Change
Key Pillar to Successful e-Education
2. Automatically creates spreadsheet for responses
3. Add-on used to mark work in seconds: Flubaroo
1. Create a form - assessment, questionnaire, survey, etc.
Saving Teacher’s Time, using auto-marking
Incentive: saves time
Instant Response
Creates automated graphs of responses to form
Incentive - know learners’
understanding
True Personalised Learning
2. Creates automated overview of class results
1. Import results from any assessment
3. Creates automated individual results for each learner
Incentive - know how learners are
progressing: class and individuals
Project EverestCampaign City Ideas
Project EverestCampaign City Ideas
True Collaboration - Building Teamwork Skills
Key pillars of successful e-Education
ResourcesDo I have
what I need?
Does it impact me positively?
Without Resources,There is Frustration
Key Pillar to Successful e-Education
Resources must just work,so tasks can be completed and
effective learning can take place
Integration with Curriculum, Pedagogies, Activities
Substituting Modifying or Redefining
Docs for notes
Flipped Classroom: Teachers can share worksheets using Docs before
class.Learners can collaborate in real time.
Calendar for meetings or events
Time Management: Learners can use Calendar to track assignments;
Teachers can use it for timetabling
Sites for class pageProject-Based Learning:
Learners can use Docs, Sites, and Groups to create and manage projects or show learning outcomes.
Key pillars of successful e-Education
Action Plan
Way forward
Without the Action Plan,There are False Starts
Key Pillar to Successful e-Education
Key Pillars to Successful e-Education
TheVision Skills Incentives Resources Action
Plan
With all Pillars in placeCHANGE occurs
Improved Learner Engagement
Cloud based learning benefitted Learners:● Learn application awareness and skill-set● Learn subject content on demand● Build collaboration skills● Improve research ability and the thinking skill-set that
research requires.● Build self-esteem and self-confidence.● Become better communicators
Learners who are not exposed to technology at home benefit by
● Have access at school● Learn device responsibility and awareness
Educator Benefits● Instant shared communication with
each other, learners and even parents.● Easier feedback, repetitions,
consolidation.● Easier creation of notes● Easier dissemination of theory● Easier monitoring of practice, because
it’s paperless and cloud-based.● Easier testing, Self-marking tests● Faster feedback and relearning● Resubmission.● No losing of assignments.● Portable, Organised, Stored.● Can Check on handing in on a sports
field, waiting for a match to end,
Benefits to School G Suite for Education ● More secure than local server● Saves time● Saves paper● Different medium (digital)● Save on textbook costs● Save time in managing logistics of
textbooks Improves learner concentration
● Increases opportunities to incentivises learners
● Improves learner motivation● Better effort from learners, as a whole
- therefore better results
20th century 21st century
information, skills, & knowledge
learner
teacher
Why change the way we teach?
learner
information, skills, & knowledge
teacher
Top Skills Currently Needed in the Workplace
Problem SolvingTeam-workingCommunicationsCritical ThinkingCreativityLiteracy
Digital Literacy
Leadership
Foreign Language
Emotional Intel.
N/A
51%33%
26%21%
18%15%15%
14%14%
7%2%
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60% of learners will work in jobs
that do not yet exist
Jobs that didn’t exist 10 years ago
Driverless Car Engineer App Developer
Cloud Computing Specialist
Drone Operator
Content Creator
Millennial Generational Expert
Sustainability
Manager
Data Analyst
Data Scientist
Elon Musk
Do we encourage our learners to achieve these heights?