EdTechCoE

The use of technology in education is more important now than ever before due to the need to enhance the teaching and learning processes, improve the learning outcomes of learners, and ultimately provide qualitative and inclusive education for all in line with the global aspirations for a prosperous world by 2030. With the changes in education comes a need for stakeholders to employ human-centered or perhaps learner-centered approaches in designing educational products and programs to meet the constantly evolving needs of learners in the 21st century.

The use of technology in education is more important now than ever before due to the need to enhance the teaching and learning process in line with 21st Century Education, improve outcomes towards the 2030 Agenda of the SDG 4 as well as mitigate the effect of COVID 19 on Education.

The 2015 World Education Forum held in Incheon, South Korea long before COVID 19 pandemic asserted the need to “harness ICT to strengthen education systems, knowledge dissemination, information access, quality and effective learning, and more effective service provision” towards SDG 4, reported by UNESCO on ICT in Education.

As part of the UNESCO ICT competency framework, Educators need to know what tools and methods are out there, how to access and use them along with the skills and competencies required. In this edition of the EdTech Talk,our  panel speakers addressed some of the key areas where teaching and learning can be empowered with technology:

• Personalized learning.
• Preparing students for the 21st-century workforce.
• Blended learning
• Formative and summative assessment of learning.
• Inclusive offline teaching method.

In this Episode of the EdTechCoE webinar series, Dr Okiki discussed OER in relations to Teacher Education in the area of access, skills, support  and context relevant/use. He took us through the term OER, Teacher Education and how OER is relevant to Teacher Education. We explained the different licencing for OER as well as the TIPS framework focusing on the I (Information and material contents). Follow along to learn from the subject matter expert in OER from University of Lagos Library, Automation Unit. 

Emotional Intelligence and Resilience are very important components of the required skills in Teacher Education. Teachers with a good balance of Emotional Intelligence and Resilience will be able to perform their very best in their role as Teachers. They can also pass on the positive influence to their learners, either directly or indirectly for the best outcome.

It is said that “Emotional Intelligence is the bedrock of success, whenever you are working with people. It makes you a needs driven-teacher, which is a lot better than being an ego driven Teacher” – Towella Ngambi.

This webinar addresses the following questions and more:

• How the Teacher training process ensures that emotional intelligence and resilience are part of the learning in Teacher Education.
• How Teachers acquire and display these skills in their teaching.
• What ways could these skills be measured and evaluated.

Come along with Towella Ngambi on this edition of the EdTechCoE webinar to learn and understand what Emotional Intelligence and Resilience is all about in Teacher Education.

Towella Ngambi is the Principal Lecturer for the Institute of Foundation Studies at Arden University in the UK. She has over 27 years experience in teaching within Pupil Referral Units, Secondary Schools, Further and Higher Education. She is qualified in Teaching and Learning from Chester University in the UK with a Qualified Teachers Status, she is also a Chartered Psychologist and a member of the Division for Teachers and Researchers in Psychology, currently completing her Doctoral studies in Education.

Introduction to the third edition of the EdTechCOE webinar series, " The 21st Century skills in Teacher Education" with Mr Olalekan Adeeko of Tedprime Hub, a Microsoft Innovative Educator and a graduate of Computer Science Education from TASUED.

The third edition of the EdTechCOE webinar series took place on Thursday 27th of May with Mr Olalekan Adeeko of Tedprime Hub, a Microsoft Innovative Educator and a graduate of Computer Science Education from TASUED.

The topic of the webinar, "The 21st Century skills in Teacher Education" was well addressed with insights into how the skills could be learnt and applied, even when they are not yet included in the current Teacher Education curriculum.

Mr Adeeko highlighted and explained the 6 areas of competencies in the 21st Century skills required for Teachers. This shows an in-depth and practical knowledge in these areas that we need to share with our pre-service and in-service Teachers as well as the Teacher Educators themselves. It is highly important that the new Teacher Education Curriculum being developed embed all these skills seamlessly for practical application across all subjects as suggested by Mr Adeeko.

The second  edition of the EdTechCOE webinar series took place on Thursday 29th of April with Dr Olurinola Oluwakemi, Lecturer at the Department of Science and Technology Education. O.O.U Ago-iwoye, speaking as well as Boye Oshinaga, Founder and CEO at Gradely. Following on the theme of the EdTechCOE webinar series, Teacher competence in the post COVID-19 era, the speakers addressed some of the gaps in Teacher Education and how these gaps could be bridged in light of the new-normal in Education brought about by the pandemic.

The first Edition of the EdTechCOE webinar series took place on Thursday 25th of March 2021, with Prof. Ayotola Aremu, Professor of Education Technology at the University of Ibadan and Wale Ogunjobi of SabiTeach presenting. The topic address was “Leveraging Technology in the 21st Century Teacher Education. As we know that COVID-19 has disrupted every aspect of Education including the Teacher Education. The demand for Teachers to up-skill and make the most of Technology in their teaching is much higher now than ever before and this will continue for the foreseeable future till Technology becomes a normal part of everyday teaching and learning in our schools. Teachers are at the centre of all of this and their education must align to the accelerated changes we are experiencing in Education.

The knowledge and insights shared is priceless both for Teacher Education and Technology integration. Prof. Ayotola Aremu highlighted those areas of knowledge crucial for integrating technology into Teacher Education, the essential 21st Century skills and how it fits into the Teacher Education, tools and reasons why technology is necessary among many others. While Wale Ogunjobi brought to our attention the opportunities there are for Teachers, when they equip themselves with skills to leverage Technology in their teaching as well as the challenges that could be limiting factors. The Teachers model how to use Technology to their students as role models, which means Teachers need to be at the forefront of Technology.