Innovative trends in Educational
Entrepreneurship()
By
Badar Habib
Session III:
Role of Technology in Education
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House Keeping – before we begin
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General Feedback
Team formation
Book Selection
Making up our missed lecture
Grading philosophy
• Marks distribution
• Exam policies
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Feedback
• Have a sense of pride in everything you do.
• Do not hesitate to ask questions from
previous discussions.
• Structure of your portfolio
• What you must include in your assignment
submission
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We must finalize today
• Teams
• Book Selection/Reading Assignment
• Missed lecture rescheduling
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Teams
• Diverse
• 3-5 members
Research/project topics to be decided soon
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Reading Assignment
Suggested Books/chapters (must be finalized today)
1.The missing link by Sydney Banks
1 (whole book)
2.The inside out revolution by Michael Neill 1 (whole book)
3.Creative Spirit by D. Goleman, Et. al.
4 (one chapter each)
4.7 habits of highly ------- by S. Covey
7 (one habits each)
5.HBR on Innovation
4 ( one paper each)
6.Republic by Plato
1( Chapter 7)
7.Eighth Habit by S. Covey
5 (one chapter each)
8.Emotional Intelligence by D. Goleman
4 (two chapters each)
You may also suggest any book of your choice and use it if it is
approved by the professor.
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Lecture Rescheduling
• Do we have to?
• If yes, when
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Grading Philosophy
We will keep our grading philosophy,
marks distribution, and exam
methodologies while respecting the NUST
policies.
I assume you come to class because you
want to learn not because you need
attendance.
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Review of previous discussion
• What were the basic points?
• What do you remember?
• What did you like the best about the past
discussion
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Today’s topic of discussion
Role of Technology in Education
Today we will work in teams and explore together
the role of technology in education. We will
submit our findings to Prof Ashraf who will be
offering a course on this subject in the next
semester
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Technology
• What is technology?
• The definition has been evolving with time
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Our Focus
• Technology as it relates to Education and its
role in Education
• Technology has to do with scientific
discoveries and inventions such as fiber optics
transmission leading to a revolution in
telecommunication that made the Internet
feasible. It resulted in new gadgets like smart
phones, which play a role in education. It is
that role we want to explore.
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Fruits of Technologies of the past
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Paper
brushes, pens
Printing press
Typewriter
Blackboard and chalk
Ink pens
And disruptions such as Wheal, Steam engine, etc.
Some of the items you probably never saw in your lifePage 13
Fruits of Technologies today
• Radio
• Television
• Internet and its online resources such as
search engines and social networking,
Youtube, Ted Talk, blogs, etc. **
• Devices such as computers, smart tablets,
video games, ebook readers, and smart
phones.
• Others
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Fruits of Technologies today: Contd
• Don’t forget the software behind almost
everything
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Role of Technology in Education
We will discuss the role of each of these results
of technologies in education
By education here we mean inexpensive (almost
free, up to K12) basic education to masses.
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Radio
• Radio is probably the oldest gadgets on the
list. However, it has played a significant role
in education, formal and informal. It is
effective in remote areas where either there is
no TV signal or TV is still expensive compare
to Radio.
• It offers: Discussions, seminars, and other
educational programs
• Can it be a useful instrument in educating the
masses **
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Television
Similar to radio
Pros:
•Visual
Cons:
•More expensive than radio
•Expensive transmitters
How can we use it for mass education? **
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Internet
• Internet and its online resources such as
search engines and social networking,
Youtube, Ted Talk, blogs, etc. **
We will discuss some of these Internet resources
in details.
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Search engines
• Started Yahoo in a student dorm, now Google
leads the way.
• Works even if search word or phrase is spelled
wrong and find anything you want to learn
about.
• Excellent research tool
• One must avoid copyright infringements and
plagiarism.
How can it be used for mass education? **
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Youtube
An effective tool for teaching:
•Lectures at any level (basic science to advance
concepts like black holes)
•Crafts
•How to?
•Cooking, etc.
Used by Khan Academy.
What are the pros and cons of it? **
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Ted Talk
Excellent teaching tool for a variety of topics.
Can it play a role in helping mass education?
How about awareness? **
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Facebook
Can it be used to teach masses? **
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Twitter
• Teachers can send tweets to students.
• Good learning to be brief
• How else can it be used **
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Linkedin
Learning through sharing.
Can these be used to teach masses? **
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Blogs
Educational Blogs can be in the form of text,
audio or video.
How can blogging take a role in mass education **
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Devices
• Devices such as computers, video games,
smart tablets, and smart phones. **
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Computers
• Desktop
• Laptop
Provide connection to the internet and local or
cloud storing
Require basic computer usage literacy an basic
ability to type.
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Smart Tablets
Inexpensive tablets can be used as an excellent
teaching tool with the right software.
How do you suggest they may be used **
What are the Pros and cons **
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Smart Phones
Becoming available to almost every
home/individual.
What type of Apps can be developed as teaching
aids **
Text messages can play a role among the
students and between teacher and students.
Suggest an App **
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Cloud Computing
• Available any place, anytime
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Future
• Wearable devices
 Google glass
 Many still unknown to us
• Integrated in the home
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The End
What did we learn today?
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