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

  1. Arnold Schoonwinkel, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
  2. Antoinette Van der Merwe, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
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 ...