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ICT Essentials for Teachers (Zimbabwe)

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This course is designed to provide teachers with the skills and competencies needed to both incorporate information and communications technology (ICT) in their teaching as well as to use it for their professional development. The course covers a wide range of thematic areas, from basic computer use and maintenance (including hardware, software, applications and troubleshooting) through to internet, email, and social media in the educational context. Through the course, teachers will develop the skills to understand, evaluate and operationalize ICT within the context of related national educational policies, integrate ICT in education from a pedagogical perspective, manage learners’ project-based learning (PBL) activities in a technology-enhanced environment and even integrate ICT into the curriculum.

Material Type: Full Course

Author: UNESCO

Zimbabwe ICT Essentials Accessibility Guide

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Zimbabwe ICT Essentials for Teachers Course Accessibility Guide. The Zimbabwe ICT Essentials for Teachers Course is designed to help teachers acquire skills and competencies to allow them to incorporate ICT in their teaching and student learning. The course is meant to work as an offline resource, although some units include web-based activities. In many programmes and initiatives in Zimbabwe, disability is frequently overlooked. This is sometimes true even in cases where institutional policies are in place to guide staff on handling disability issues. In these circumstances, it is prudent to first tackle the issue of accessibility before giving attention to issues relating to education or ICT. To address disability issues, there is a need to follow the guidelines laid out in the global and regional Declaration of the African Decade of the Disabled and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Disabled. Both these instruments stress the need to provide information to the disabled in accessible formats. Implementation of these instruments is a real challenge because attitudinal barriers and a culture of invisibility on disability issues is perpetrated in Zimbabwe. In view of the many challenges that Zimbabwe faces, there is a need for research to establish what is workable for the disabled in this country. Moreover, there is a need for those with physical challenges to be ICT-proficient in order to have access to the incredible resources that the digital world has to offer. Consequently, this guide is designed to support the participant in customising their computer to optimise their course experience.

Material Type: Unit of Study

Author: Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education Zimbabwe