Impact of Information and Communication Technology in Higher Education Development

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• Impact of Information and Communication
  Technology in Higher Education Development
• (Baghdad University Model)
• LINC-MIT 2007
• ) PhD Mechatronics Eng.Kazem I Bahaa(
• Head of Development and Continuous Education
  Center
• e-learning Program Coordinator -Baghdad
  University
• E-mail drbahaa_at_uob.edu.iq drbahaa_at_gmail.com

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ICT for education

• Information and communication technology (ICT)
  has become, within a very short time, one of the
  basic building blocks of modern society. Many
  countries now regard understanding ICT and
  mastering the basic skills and concepts of ICT as
  part of the core of education, alongside reading,
  writing and innumeracy.

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Changeand systematic Technology
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The roles of technology in promoting change
1- Access to New Sources of Information2-
Information Transfers 3- Professional
Development 4- New Learning Experiences 5-
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In the educational forum, the following elements
of success were also identified

• A well articulated vision of change with a
  primary focus on engaged learning and empowered
  teaching.
• Attention to professional development and user
  support.
• Active participation in the change process by all
  stakeholders including learners, teachers,
  administrators and others from the community.
• Technology plans that are open and grow able.
• Funding plans that clearly establish
  costs/benefits and are both reasonable and
  sustainable.

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Suggested Agenda For introducing ICT At Iraqi
Higher Education Sector

• Higher education sectors are required an
  integrated e-Leaning solutions to introduce and
  apply technology in their education atmosphere.
• (I.e. Universities are mainly required to
  develop study curriculums and courses, developing
  instructors/professors skills, developing
  education methodology, developing study
  delivering techniques, employed education
  standards, use education management systems,
  synchronous collaboration systems and developing
  universitys communication and IT
  infrastructure).
• Investment in higher education should be address
  to build and develop a real integrated
  e-education technology, in order to graduate
  students with skills and knowledge permit them to
  enter job market and open the door for the
  opportunity to continue their study as well.

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Baghdad University Model for Using New Technology
in Education

• Introducing ICT in education is a
  university specific task,
• Baghdad University, from the beginning of 2004,
  had been established its specific program for
  using new technology in its educational and
  research atmosphere.
• A Higher committee for e-learning had been
  established (2005) at Baghdad University to
  supervise and performs the transfer of new
  technology to Baghdad university colleges and
  institutions.

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e-LEARNING IMPLEMENTATION
1- Content Management System CMS (learning
standards) 2- Learning management system LMS
.(e-portal) 3- e-CLASSROOMS (synchronized AND a
synchronized) 4- INTEGRATED INFRASTRUCTURE 5-
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
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e-learning as a continuum
mixed-mode teaching (blended or hybrid are other
terms commonly used) here significant amounts of
the face-to face element are replaced by
technology mediated teaching
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Baghdad e-Portal
The goals of a Baghdad university Portal 1- Make
it easy for people to find University information
targeted specifically at them. 2- Use a single
consistent web-based front end to present
information from a variety of back-end data
sources. 3-Provides direct link between student
and teacher. 4-Provides a content management
system for developing the courses contents
according learning standards.
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Multimedia Live Synchronized Interactive
Collaboration Servers Baghdad university on-line
lectures
Group connection scenario for Live Synchronized
Interactive lectures at Baghdad University
(on-line lectures)
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Web Based e-Classroom
Live discussion between the Iraqi lecturer at
Baghdad University and the lecture from
IESI-Canada
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Table 1. Implemented international On-line
program for work-shops and lectures at university
of Baghdad through broadcasting internet system
2005-2007
of lecturesNo. Lecture Name Lecturer and lecturer country Attendees from Iraq
2 Artificial Inelegantce and fuzzy logic One lecture Talib Prof. Al-Janabi (canada) College of engineering- university of Baghdad
2 Avian Influenza Infections in Humans Four lectures Mohammed Al-ali, PhD Australia College of medicine and science- university of Baghdad and ministry of health
4 Wireless communications Four lectures Ahn Prof. Hanyan univ (south Korea) College of engineering- education university of Baghdad
6 Advanced Robotics Ten lectures Prof. Dr Hussein Guelph Univ- Canada College of engineering University of Baghdad
41 technology -learning e- program ala Almo Prof. President of e-learning technology univ. Canada Training and development program for faculty staff members - university of Baghdad
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Baghdad university- college of Eng. Lecturer
Prof. Dr Ahn- south Koreasubject wireless
communication
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UOB-MOH-MOElecturer Dr Mohammad Alalai-
Australiasubject Avian influenza infections in
human
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UOB MSc courseLecturer Dr hussein A Abdullah-
Guelph university-canada Advanced automation and
robotics?
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Live Lectures from Hanyan university-South Korea
(Wireless communications).
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Woman Health Conference London 2006
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Conclusions

• Technology offers the opportunity to change the
  roles that university faculty members and
  students have traditionally played. With
  technology dispensing information, university
  faculty members are free to coach and facilitate
  students learning. With technology monitoring
  learning, students can become active learners,
  working to effectively acquire new skills as they
  solve problems.
• The Technology Effectiveness Framework must be
  developed to assist educators, researchers, and
  policymakers in evaluating technology and
  technology-enhanced programs/curricula against
  specific reform goals for a university, district,
  state, or service agency
• It is that universities interested in technology
  begin by thinking about education reform -
  articulating their activities around the needs of
  students and a set of instructional principles.
  From there, careful consideration can be given to
  the contribution that technology can make.
• The successful transformation of student learning
  and accomplishment in the next decade requires
  effectively bringing together three agendas - an
  emerging consensus about learning and teaching,
  well-integrated uses of technology, and
  restructuring.
• Good technology planning does not stop with the
  submission of the first plan participants agreed.
  Planning should be an ongoing process that
  involves evaluating current technology programs,
  keeping abreast of new applications, assessing
  new needs, and modifying plans accordingly.
• Baghdad university model for using technology in
  education show good results for the present scope
  and for current situation of Iraq, this model can
  be improved and expanded to include more
  institutions and scientific programs at Baghdad
  University and other universities in Iraq and out
  side Iraq by using new technology in education
  for all stage of education. This needs a general
  long term plane with stabile resources of
  foundation from Iraqi government for the next ten
  years.

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• Thanks to stay in touch
• Bahaa
• drbahaa_at_uob.edu.iq