期刊名称：International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology
电子版ISSN：1814-0556
出版年度：2007
卷号：3
期号：4
页码：131-142
出版社：University of the West Indies
摘要：One of the most common problems of using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in education is to base choices on technological possibilities rather than educational needs. In developin g countries where higher education is fraught with serious challenges at multiple levels, there is increasing pressure to ensure that technologic al possibilities are v iewed in the context of educational needs. This paper argues that a central role of educational technology is to provide additional strategies that can be used to address the serious environmental and educational challenges faced by educators and students in higher education. The educational needs manifest in South African universities include addressing general lack of academic preparedness, multilingual needs in English medium settings, large class sizes and inadequate curriculum design. Using case studies from one higher educational institution, this paper shows how specific and carefully considered interventions using IC Ts can be used to address these teaching and learning concerns.These examples serve to demonstrate some ways in which teaching and learning may be enhanced when uses of educational technology are driven by educational needs. The pap er concludes that design of educational technology interventions should be driven by educational needs within the contex t of a broader teaching and learning strategy which requires buy-in of both educators and learners
