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Global Journal of Management and Business Research
Vol. 10 Issue 9 (Ver 1.0) December 2010 P a g e | 23
Eteaching/Epedagogy Threats & Opportunities for Teachers In Heis
Allah Nawaz ,Qamar Afaq Qureshi
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GJMBR-A Classification (FOR) 930203
Abstract- Information and Communication technologies (ICTs) have not only changed the learning process for the students but also the teaching theories, models and practices. Teacher is now an eTeacher who is fully equipped with the knowledge and applications of different digital gadgets in preparing for lecture, delivering to students, as well as coaching, mentoring and facilitating purposes. Given these contemporary requirements from a teacher, he is no more a ‘sage on the stage’ rather a ‘guide on side’ allowing self-learning to the students. It is however; pinpointed by a huge body of research that adoption of ICTs by the teachers is neither effective nor quick due to several problems particularly in the developing countries like Pakistan. This paper is an effort to bring together the threats and opportunities for eTeacher and eTeaching especially in the higher education of the developing countries.
Keywords: ICTs, eTeacher, Virtual-class/campus, Blendedlearning. I.
INTRODUCTION
CT is the most fundamental of changes in education so far (Jager & Lokman, 1999). The phenomenal development of sophisticated communication technologies has pushed universities, companies and educational institutions to experiment with alternatives to the traditional classroom teaching methods (Favretto et al., 2003). The increasing speed and dissemination of ICT is already showing that our local universities and learning and research communities are no more strictly local rather they have gone global (Beebe, 2004). Integrating technology in teaching and learning transforms the teacher's role from being a "sage on the stage" to a "guide on the side", and student roles also change from being passive receivers of content to being
Vol. 10 Issue 9 (Ver 1.0) December 2010 P a g e | 23
Eteaching/Epedagogy Threats & Opportunities for Teachers In Heis
Allah Nawaz ,Qamar Afaq Qureshi
1 2
GJMBR-A Classification (FOR) 930203
Abstract- Information and Communication technologies (ICTs) have not only changed the learning process for the students but also the teaching theories, models and practices. Teacher is now an eTeacher who is fully equipped with the knowledge and applications of different digital gadgets in preparing for lecture, delivering to students, as well as coaching, mentoring and facilitating purposes. Given these contemporary requirements from a teacher, he is no more a ‘sage on the stage’ rather a ‘guide on side’ allowing self-learning to the students. It is however; pinpointed by a huge body of research that adoption of ICTs by the teachers is neither effective nor quick due to several problems particularly in the developing countries like Pakistan. This paper is an effort to bring together the threats and opportunities for eTeacher and eTeaching especially in the higher education of the developing countries.
Keywords: ICTs, eTeacher, Virtual-class/campus, Blendedlearning. I.
INTRODUCTION
CT is the most fundamental of changes in education so far (Jager & Lokman, 1999). The phenomenal development of sophisticated communication technologies has pushed universities, companies and educational institutions to experiment with alternatives to the traditional classroom teaching methods (Favretto et al., 2003). The increasing speed and dissemination of ICT is already showing that our local universities and learning and research communities are no more strictly local rather they have gone global (Beebe, 2004). Integrating technology in teaching and learning transforms the teacher's role from being a "sage on the stage" to a "guide on the side", and student roles also change from being passive receivers of content to being