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Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Preparing Academic Staff for e-Learning at the University of Botswana - Dianne Thurab-Nkhosi, et al, Innovate Online
The University of Botswana (UB), established in 1982, offers the majority of its courses in traditional classroom settings that incorporate limited use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). However, in 2001, UB implemented a university-wide e-learning initiative (UBel) that provided a strategic plan to develop technology-enhanced education. Created within the Educational Technology Unit (EduTech) in the Centre for Academic Development (CAD), this plan includes a comprehensive procedure for the use of e-learning technology in both graduate and undergraduate programs. Recognizing that decisions about technology should proceed from clear educational and policy goals (Bates 1992), university administrators and faculty define e-learning at UB as "the appropriate organisation of information and communication technologies for advancing student-oriented, active, open, collaborative, and life-long teaching-learning processes" (Centre for Academic Development 2004).
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