The document discusses how technology can help provide quality and inclusive education. It defines key terms like education, technology, quality education, and inclusive education. It also outlines barriers to education provision and how technology can help overcome these barriers by providing easy access to online resources, e-learning, simulations, and remote communication tools. Examples are given of how technology allows for self-education and improved livelihoods. The document argues technology can promote education for all, lifelong learning, and social equity.

1.
Technology
and
Provision
of
Quality
and
Inclusive
Educa8on
By
Mary
W.
Wanyoike
University
of
Nairobi
Interna8onal
Conference
on
“UpliDing
the
Poor”,
Linkoping
University
and
University
of
Nairobi
February
15th
-­‐16th
2013

2. Educa8on
and
Technology
Technology
and
provision
of
Quality
and
Inclusive
Educa8on

3. Defini8on
of
terms
• Educa8on-­‐
formal,
non-­‐formal
and
informal
• Technology
• Quality
educa8on
• Inclusive
educa8on

4. Educa8on
as
a
right
Legal
frameworks
that
underpin
educa8on
as
a
right
• The
4A
Framework:
1)Accessible
2)Available
3)Adaptable
4)Acceptable

5. Educa8on
for
capacity
building
(human
resource
development)
• See
the
poor
as
a
resource
(poten8al
unu8lised
labour)
• Iden8fy
their
specific
skills/talents/poten8al
abili8es
that
need
to
be
developed
• Use
technology
to
op8mise
the
development
of
those
skills/talents/poten8al
abili8es
• E.g.
music
–access
to
music
studios,
talent
search
shows
and
training(e.
g.
Tusker
project
fame);

6. Barriers
to
the
provision
of
quality
and
inclusive
educa8on
• Household
Poverty
• Cultural
prac8ces
• Limited
government
budget-­‐
lack
of
physical
and
instruc8onal
resources
• Infrastructure-­‐roads,
school
infrastructure
• Insecurity
• Wars/conflicts-­‐destruc8on
of
school
infrastructure
and
lack
of
qualified
educa8on
personnel

7. Role
of
Technology
in
Educa8on
• Easy
access
to
informa8on:
online
instruc8onal
resources-­‐Google
scholar,
Google
maps,
videos,
• E-­‐learning-­‐
modules,
post
notes,
homework
• Becer
simula8on
and
models,
especially
in
the
sciences
• Audio
podcasts
• Assessment
in
real
8me
• Video
conferencing
• Virtual
–
online
course
registra8on/learning

8. Benefits
of
applica8on
of
technology
to
educa8on
• Educa8on
for
all
;
Adult
and
con8nuing
educa8on
• Lifelong
educa8on
• Inclusive
educa8on
• Quality
educa8on
• Improved
livelihoods
• Analy8cal,
cri8cal
thinking
and
problem
solving
skills
(pragma8c
approach
in
dealing
with
socio-­‐economic
challenges)
• Social
equity
• More
opportuni8es
for
self-­‐improvement
for
the
poor

9. Case
studies
• Jus8n
Beiber,
a
Canadian
from
an
average
family
who
started
singing
at
11-­‐15
years
and
started
uploading
videos
of
himself
singing
in
YouTube.
• Local
case
study?
–
self-­‐educated
and
trained
learners
via
the
internet

10.
Thank
You
For
Listening