Share Paper: Moving beyond the hype: The formulation and implementation of a context-specific, integrated and sustainable strategy for the integration of ICTs in teaching and learning
Thursday, June 30 10:30 AM-11:00 AM Pavilion Ballroom C
Abstract: This paper reports on an institution-specific case study at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. A holistic approach is taken, with the learning and teaching academic project as point of departure, and not as a technological quick fix. Building on the university’s 20-year history of the implementation of ICTs, a university task team formulated a context-specific, integrated and sustainable strategy for the integration of ICTs into teaching and learning in 2013. The strategy was submitted as a five-year project to the university council, which approved substantial funding in May 2014. A sound project management approach is applied in the governance structure of ...