This faculty development workshop focused on how educational institutions will respond to changing skills demands and new technologies. [1] The workshop discussed how ICT tools like telephone can be inappropriate without understanding cultural context and communication barriers. [2] ICT is not a magic tool and requires understanding who, what, when, where, why and how. [3] The medium is most important, as changes in communication technology influence culture and society more than specific messages.

1. Faculty Development Workshop
SUNDEEP PAULOSE
JITENDRA NAYAK
8th Dec 2010, K.P.B Hinduja College of Commerce

2. At the end of this workshop we will learn…
 How colleges and educational institutions will respond to changing skills
demanded by the society which will influence the transition of society as
there exists differences in incorporating new technologies in educational
structure ?

3. Watch This video
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZA4J1f_NFw&pla
ynext=1&list=PL34D336A475589CD7&index=3

4. What do we learn from this video?
Three Cs of
disruptive
communication
Communication Comprehending
Cultural context
barrier skills

5. The Missing Link
Which was the medium used to convey the message
• Telephone ( An ICT tool)
The context (3 Cs) has made the ICT tool inappropriate
Lesson Learnt: ICT is not a magic tool, you should know the 5Ws
and 1 H
• What, Where, When, Who, Why and How
Medium is most important

6. Medium is the message(and the
massage)
Marshall McLuhan; A technological determinist
Changes in Communication technology
inevitably produce profound changes in both
culture and social order
Media transforms our experience of ourselves and
our society, and this influence is ultimately more
important than the content of specific messages

7. Theoretical Background and Inspirations of ICTs
Authors Focus of the Study
Alvin Toffler ICTs today are bringing about a new economic and social
& Preston (2001) order . “The illiterate of the 21st century,” according to
futurist Alvin Toffler,“will not be those who cannot read
and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn,and
relearn.”
Schumpeter ICTs as pervasive application potential, i.e. they can be
& Preston (2001) applied to most economic structures and socio cultural
activities.
Habermas et al (1992 ) Changing role of information and communication
industries involved in the distribution of information to
the final users.
Samarajiva & Shields New technologies may contribute to the construction of
(1997) new social spaces
Castells (1998) Poverty of information and knowledge that is denied to
certain sections in a world

8. Why ICTs are important in Indian
Education
Overall literacy rate much below the threshold
Accessing the hitherto unaccessed learners
Poor quality and inadequate number of teachers
Non creative curriculum
Emphasis on teaching rather than learning

9. Where ICT can be used
In knowledge preservation
In knowledge dissemination
In knowledge utilization

10. How ICT can be helpful?
Anytime, anywhere
For all irrespective of age, sex, class, etc
Access to remote learning resources
Motivating to learn
Facilitating the acquisition of basic skills
Effective learning
Collaborative learning

11. Some useful applications

13. Some useful applications

15. Some useful applications

16. Blogging
 Blogs are usually (but not  Some common blog sites:
always) written by one person  www.blogger.com
and are updated regularly  www.wordpress.com
 Example:
http://www.sandytiss.blogsp
ot.com
 Blogs are often (but not
always) written on a
particular topic – there are
blogs on virtually any topic
you can think of
 Example:
http://www.bmmcontempor
aryissues.blogspot.com/

17. Some useful applications

18.  Twitter is a free social
networking and micro-blogging
service that enables its users to
send and read messages known
as tweets.
 Tweets are text based posts of up
to 140 characters displayed on
the author's profile page and
delivered to the author's
subscribers who are known as
followers.
 www.twitter.com/hinduj
abmm

19. Some free resources
 www.repec.com
 http://www.egyankosh.ac.in
 http://www.esocialsciences.com
 http://www.scribd.com
 http://www.slideshare.net
 www.gdnet.org
 http://www.igidr.ac.in/lib/res.php

20. “The ability to create and maintain
knowledge infrastructure, develop
knowledge workers and enhance their
productivity will be the key factors in
deciding the prosperity of the knowledge
society.”
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam