ICT as a valuable tool in the development of learning styles and cognitive skills in our students. CLTD Conference East London Nov 3-4

Faculty of Health Sciences Mission It is committed to excellence and social responsiveness through the integration of community service into its learning programmes that involve teaching and research, with special emphasis on sustainable rural development and in partnership with communities and service providers. Motto: Excellence through relevance

Hierarchical organization of the components of the learning and teaching system Faculty goals to fulfill in its graduates Assessment tools to provide evaluation & feed-back How & What? Stimulate deep learning/reasoning skills QA faculty How to learn? PBL/CBL/TBL/RP= reality triggers the learning process, discovery in real &simulated context What to learn? Relevant= closely connected to reality Learning Objectives Motivated & motivators Educated & educators Commitment prevent and manage Critical thinkers with holistic mind Self-directed & long life learners

An attempt to explain how knowledge is organized in student’s mind ( Based on Schmidt et al & Bordage et al. 1994) 1. Reduced knowledge 2. Dispersed knowledge 3. Packages of knowledge with organization 4. Propositional networks 5. Causal Networks

ICT perfect fit for Theory of Expertise (Ericsson et al. 1993) Motivate the learner through improvement in real life performance Take into account the learner’s pre-existing knowledge Allow repetition of the skills multiple times Be accompanied by immediate feed-back Be presented mixed across content areas

ICT perfect fit for Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) (Vygostky, 1978)  Learning not only leads development but creates the ZPD, difference between the actual development ( independent problem solving skills ) and the potential development.

CREATE Faculty Problems Across disciplines Across phases Across schools PROMOTE HEALTH PREVENT DISEASE CURE THE SICK AND REHABILITATE

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