1. Role
of
emerging
technologies
in
ECP
-­‐
Is
it
time
for
transformative
approaches?
Prof
Dick
Ng’ambi
University
of
Cape
Town
A keynote presented at the Innovative Pedagogical Practices in Extended Curriculum
Programmes (ECP) Regional Conference, Cape Town, 29 August 2013

2. Source:
http://wvde.state.wv.us/osp/giftede-­‐news16p4.html

3. Extended
what?
Process?

4. Source:
http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/11/why-­‐groups-­‐and-­‐prejudices-­‐form-­‐so.php

5. Institutions
‘cutting
edge’

7. Present
‘absent’
Source:
http://taoteaching.wordpress.com/
2011/01/19/47-­‐the-­‐quintessential-­‐random-­‐number-­‐of-­‐
the-­‐universe/
Source:
http://rryshke.edublogs.org/tag/21st-­‐c-­‐teaching-­‐
learning/

8. Source:
http://www.teachthought.com/learning/9-­‐characteristics-­‐of-­‐21st-­‐century-­‐learning/
Extend

10. Source:
http://freshmancomp.com/2013/03/11/summer-­‐project-­‐proposal-­‐establishing-­‐a-­‐
personal-­‐learning-­‐network-­‐pln/

11. Source:
http://mswaughsclass.blogspot.com/2011/04/21st-­‐century-­‐classroom.html

12. Source: http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/connectivism.htm

13. Source:
http://marciaconner.com/blog/what-­‐is-­‐social-­‐learning/

14. Source:
http://elearningfacultymodules.org/index.php/Mobile_Learning

15. Source:
http://www.hastac.org/blogs/cathy-­‐davidson/2013/08/21/mooc-­‐spoc-­‐docc-­‐massive-­‐online-­‐face2face-­‐open-­‐uh-­‐oh-­‐
age-­‐acronym

16. • Wiki
• Blog
• Twitter
• Podcast
• Social
media
• Second
Life
• Mobile
learning
• Cloud
computing
• MOOC
(Massive
open
online
course)
Any more?
MOOC
Podcast
Google
trends
2005-­‐2013
Technologies
not
pedagogies
(Mike Sharples, 2013)

17. Meaningful learning and interaction
Pedagogy
Pedagogical
Model
Learning
Strategies
Pedagogical
tools
Theory:
a
tightly
coupled
relationship
between
pedagogical
model
(learning
objective),
learning
strategies
(activities)
and
pedagogical
tools
(appropriate
technologies)
is
required
for
meaningful
learning
(Adapted
from:
Dabbagh,
2005)
1
2
3

18. Designing
for
meaningful
learning
Adapted
from:
Dabbagh
(2005)
We
used
this
approach
to
facilitate
the
module,
participants
used
it
to
design
learning
for
their
students.
The
application
of
the
framework
by
participants
was
assessed.
In
the
next
slides,
we
present
how
participants
appropriated
it
(framework)
for
their
students.

19. Observation
1:
Student
engagement
+
participative
creation
of
content
+
using
Wikispaces
=
meaningful
learning
(ml)
Observation
2:
Collaborative
learning
+
development
of
e-­‐portfolios
+
Facebook
group
=
ml

20. Conclusion
Like
gifted
students,
ECP
requires
mediation
at
3
levels:
content,
process
&
Concepts…

21. Is
it
time
for
transformative
approaches
in
ECP?
Thank
you
Contact:
Dick
Ng’ambi,
University
of
Cape
Town,
email:
Dick.ngambi@uct.ac.za