My lecture on the Role of ICT in Higher Education presented at the Principals Meet organized by IBS, Kolkata on 7th October

1. Role of ICT in Higher Education
Prof. Amlan Chakrabarti
ACM Distinguished Speaker
Dean Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Director, A.K.Choudhury School of Information Technology
University of Calcutta
email: acakcs@caluniv.ac.in
IBS Summit: 6th October 2018, Kolkata

2. 1. Introduction
2. Technology in Higher Education
3. Outcome Based Curriculum Designing
4. Blended Teaching Methodology
5. Assessment & Evaluation
6. Transformation of Education
7. Conclusion
Agenda

3. Introduction
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is a diverse set of
technological tools and resources used to communicate and to create, disseminate,
store and manage information. ICT has become part of everyday life including
Education industry.
The objective we must look at if a paradigm shift in the teaching process has to
occur:
• The teacher’s role of teaching
• The teacher’s role of student’s learning

4. Technology in Higher Education
• Educational technology is a systematic application of relevant technological
processes and resources in teaching, with a goal to improve students'
performance
• It involves a disciplined approach to identifying the needs of students, applying
technology in instructions, and tracking their performance. ICT can enhance
relationships between teachers and students
• When teachers effectively integrate technology into subject areas, teachers
grow into roles of adviser, content expert, and coach.
• Technology helps make teaching and learning more meaningful and fun

5. 5
A changing context ... Different skills ?
• We are entering the age of the “Learning Society” – enabled by a rich,
digital environment, characterised by advances in social networking.
• 21st century competencies are the main game and the central focus of learning
• …… and the broader promise of a learning society is emerging.

6. 6
The new learning generation
changing context – other skills ?

7. Different media lead to…
…different skills

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Core message
• Digital competences are core future 21st century skills
• The citizens and workforce of tomorrow are at this very moment already
at school
• New millennium learners may be digital natives but are not by definition
effective learners
• Education has a unique role to play to teaching/learning the critical
use of ICT

9. Technology in Higher Education
The teaching-learning starts from curriculum designing to assessment of learner.
The each phase of teaching-learning can be monitored and improved with
technology only. We can use technology for improvement of quality, the
sequential phase are :
a) Outcome Based Curriculum Designing
b) Blended Teaching Methodology
c) Assessment & Evaluation

10. Outcome Based Curriculum Designing
Curriculum development for outcomes - based
education therefore starts with outcomes of
education rather than with a predetermined set of
contents to be included in an educational program.
Outcomes/competencies are the bases for
identifying and determining key educational
contents and instructional processes.

11. Outcome Based Curriculum Designing
We have extensive open source application software MOODLE (Modular Object-
Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) which can be designed for curriculum
designing. We can add Artificial Intelligence during customized design for
scientific curriculum designing.
We have also a huge research space to design a adaptive platform for customized
Curriculum Design.

12. Blended Teaching Methodology
A single method does not fit to all the learner. The research study says that in a
single class all the students don’t have the interest to learn with chalk and talk
technique. The research also says that FOUR group of pupil who wants to learn in
VARK technology
a) Visual - Interested to learn through PPT, Video, Chart, Diagram etc.
b) Aural - Interested to learn with the sense of hearing
c) Read & Write – Interested to learn with book , note reading and writing
d) Kinaesthetic – Interested to learn with practical activity, modelling etc.

13. Blended Teaching Methodology
Earlier we did not have any options to express our self, but now we can include
number of different tools scientifically otherwise we cannot get the desired result.
On the other sense we can say the meaning of blended teaching learning implies
online and face to face learning techniques.

14. Blended Teaching Methodology
Some Basic tools for Blended Teaching Methodology
1) Google Cloud Service 2) Microsoft Office

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Towards a new learning
paradigm
Allow more learner-centred
approaches
Digital competences
as core life and
employability skills
Leadership and
institutional change for a
renewed strategy on
learning
VISION
future!
Professional
development – the
teacher as learner at
the centre
Convergence

16. Assessment and Evaluation
• Assessment is one of the most important phase in teaching learning. We can assess the student
and identify the depth of learning and misconception status. As per the assessment we can
redelivery the lesson in different mode
• The Assessment Tool does not attempt to teach or instruct Learners. Rather, it is
a specialised tool for the assessment of the Learner's ability, including strengths and
weaknesses, that can be used as an input into the teaching or instruction process
• All the national and international examination system now moves to online for perfect,
scientific and fast result

17. Assessment and Evaluation
We have number of assessment tools are available on cloud for accessing learners
in more scientific way.
1) EdCLAP
2) Google Classroom
3) Mettl

18. Transformation of Education
Every Education System has its merits and demerits including Indian education
system and no one can disagree with that. If statistics are to be believed, 1.5
million engineering students graduate every year and go through the risk of not
obtaining a job. The challenge isn’t the lack of jobs but the fact that we have
limited the realms of education and reduced its definition to nothing but a means
to obtain a lucrative position, and thus end up being, what can be termed to as
well trained, nevertheless well educated.
Through ICT we have to move teacher centric study to learner centric study.

19. Transformation of Education
Through ICT we have to move our teaching methods from Teacher Centric to
Learner Centric. And also to improve the skills of huge Indian citizen we must
choose E-Learning / Online Learning / Computer Based Learning platform.
Some online Platform for all level of students:
1) MOOC
2) NPTEL
3) Spoken Tutorial

20. Conclusion
• From the modernization of E-rate to the proliferation and adoption of openly licensed
educational resources, the key pieces necessary to realize best the transformations made
possible by technology in education are in place. All of this can work to augment the
knowledge, skills, and competencies of educators
• Tools and data systems can be integrated seamlessly to provide information on student
learning progress beyond the static and dated scores of traditional assessments
• It is a time of great possibility and progress for the use of technology to support learning.