Using ICT in Tertiary Education- Do We Dare pare.pdf

Using ICT in Tertiary Education
- Do We Dare pare?
dr Christo Potgieter
Waikato Institute of Technology
Hamilton, NZ
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dr Marlien Herselman
Technikon Pretoria
South Africa
ABSTRACT the Paper age to the Information age requires that the
user-centered models replace provider-centered ones
Information munication Technologies in which learners construct their own knowledge (Cronje
(ICT) are major driving forces of globalised and & Clarke 1999:1).
knowledge-based societies of a new world era. Policies for South African higher education
They will have a profound impact on teaching and acknowledge the imperatives posed by Information and
learning for two decades e, including munication Technology (ICT). So is the integration
dramatic effects on the way tertiary education of ICT in course content and delivery emphasized by
institutions carry out their functions of teaching, The National Plan for Higher Education (April 2001).
learning and research, particularly on the creation, This document emphasizes the role ICT can play in
dissemination and application of knowledge. enhancing students’ mobility, delivering information and
These developments pose unprecedented to provide broader access to knowledge. However,
challenges to tertiary institutions. The purpose of South African HEIs still have a long way to make optimal
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