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ICT in Education Change Project

Supporting Virtual Learning to Improve the Quality of Teacher Education at the College of Education.

The development of this project is prompted by the increasing demand to initiate effective, sufficiency and competent training from The University of Dodoma (UDOM) instructors. Some of the attractions of the project are Need for Learner Centred Education, Reduce reliance on lectures, Lack of current books in hardcopies in the physica UDOM Library, Need for current e-content like e-books, e-journals, e-magazines and useful internet sites.

The project is going to be involved by Capacity development to our fellow academic staff about Edmodo (LMS) as a tool for enhancing Student Centered Learning (SCL). Edmodo is a free and secure educational learning platform which provides a simple way for teachers to create and manage an online classroom community. Encompasses feactures of LMS like moodle and Social network like facebook. available at www.edmodo.com.

We opted edmodo LMS because Interactive, provides discussion forum, Easy delivery of materials to learners, Easy delivery of assignments, Connection to other useful education sites, Any time digital collaboration, Storage of T/L materials, Connection to cloud storage, Guided assessment system, test, exams and assignments, Learners contributions accounted.

The project objectives are to increase the quantity and quality of teacher education graduates, with special emphasis on science, technology and education through an improved learning environment. This project seeks to attain the following specific objectives, Create awareness on how ICT could be used as a pedagogical tool in teacher education, Establish a physical environment that is conducive for flexible teaching and learning, Develop human resource capacity for blended learning at the College of Education, Develop e-content suitable for students’ learning.

The project outcomes are Reliable data sharing within UDOM and with outside institutions, Flexible mode of teaching and assessment of students, Timely feedback on student learning, Improved teaching and learning; Transformed instructors capable of using educational technology for teaching. Easy access to information (e.g., announcements, timetable, course outlines).