TY - JOUR TI - ICT integration in teaching and learning activities in higher education: a case study of Nepal's teacher education AU - Rana, Kesh AU - Rana, Karna T2 - Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology AB - This article reports an examination of information and communication technology (ICT) integration in teaching and learning activities in higher education in Nepal. ICT education policy by the government of Nepal emphasises the need to develop teachers' ICT competencies and suggests the use of ICT will transform traditional models of teaching to ones that are student-centred. The case study reported the lack of clear strategy to implement the ICT education policy and to fund for the ICT infrastructure and professional development of university staff to integrate ICT in teacher education. In this case, the Faculty of Education in the university, where there is no funding from the government and university for the ICT in education project, received funding from an international organisation to install ICT infrastructure and provide ICT training for teachers and other staff. It is argued that, to realise the policy in practice, more sustainable mechanisms need to be developed to provide ICT facilities for teachers and to train them how to use ICT in teaching activities. DA - 2020/// PY - 2020 DO - 10.17220/mojet.2020.01.003 VL - 8 IS - 1 SP - 36 EP - 47 LA - English UR - https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1239982.pdf AN - 2396845922; EJ1239982 KW - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) KW - Educational Policy KW - Foreign Countries KW - Higher Education KW - Information Technology KW - Nepal KW - Postsecondary Education KW - Preservice Teacher Education KW - Program Implementation KW - Sustainability KW - Technology Integration KW - __:import:01 KW - __:match:final KW - __:matched KW - __:study_id:2095751 KW - __finaldtb ER - TY - JOUR TI - Teachers’ experiences of ICT training in Nepal: how teachers in rural primary schools learn and make progress in their ability to use ICT in classrooms AU - Rana, Karna AU - Greenwood, Janinka AU - Henderson, Robyn T2 - Technology, Pedagogy and Education AB - This article reports on teachers’ experiences of ICT training in rural areas of Nepal. It discusses aspects of policy documents to help understand the Nepali educational context, before highlighting the challenges of establishing and maintaining infrastructure and professional learning opportunities across a country with challenging terrain and extreme environmental conditions. It then examines teachers’ perceptions in five rural primary schools about their experiences of training to use modern educational technologies in instructional activities. The findings indicate that none of the teachers received training in the use of ICT in their initial teacher education and that the Government has allowed non-governmental organisations to provide ICT infrastructure and training for rural schools and teachers. Although this is a small study, it offers insights into the gap between policy and practice and highlights the contextual challenges of Nepal’s attempts to operate on a global educational level as well as the challenges for teachers. DA - 2022/05/27/ PY - 2022 DO - 10.1080/1475939X.2021.2014947 DP - Taylor and Francis+NEJM VL - 31 IS - 3 SP - 275 EP - 291 SN - 1475-939X ST - Teachers’ experiences of ICT training in Nepal UR - https://doi.org/10.1080/1475939X.2021.2014947 Y2 - 2022/10/21/09:18:49 KW - ICT training KW - Nepal education KW - TPACK KW - rural education KW - teacher professional development ER - TY - JOUR TI - A shift from traditional pedagogy in Nepali rural primary schools? Rural teachers' capacity to reflect ICT policy in their practice AU - Rana, Karna AU - Greenwood, Janinka AU - Fox-Turnbull, Wendy AU - Wise, Stuart T2 - International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology AB - Policy by the government of Nepal emphasises the need to develop ICT competencies and suggests the use of ICT will transform traditional models of teaching to ones that are student-centred. This article reports a study of primary teachers' experiences of using digital technologies in rural primary schools in Nepal, and investigates their perceptions of how the availability and use of ICT in their schools has transformed traditional teaching models. It further examines the resources they can access and the training they received. Teachers' accounts of their experiences indicated that the integration of available digital technologies in instructional activities changed their role in the classroom to some extent, created a learner-friendly learning environment and improved aspects of their teaching. The study also found that there was often insufficient access to ICT in and outside the school premises, and that pre-service teacher education, as well as government-provided in-service training, does not cover the use of ICT in instructional activities. Rather provision of infrastructures and training in the use of digital devices is carried out by non-governmental organisations (NGOs). The article argues that for policy to be realised in practice, more sustainable and comprehensive systems need to be developed to train teachers in ICT use and to provide them with necessary facilities. DA - 2018/// PY - 2018 VL - 14 IS - 3 SP - 149 EP - 166 LA - English SN - 1814-0556, 1814-0556 UR - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330181660_A_shift_from_traditional_pedagogy_in_Nepali_Rural_Primary_Schools_Rural_teachers'_capacity_to_reflect_ICT_policy_in_their_practice AN - 2228636653; EJ1201514 KW - Computer Uses in Education KW - Conventional Instruction KW - Curricula KW - ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) KW - Education KW - Educational Change KW - Educational technology KW - Elementary Education KW - Elementary School Teachers KW - Elementary Schools KW - Elementary schools KW - Foreign Countries KW - Learning KW - Nepal KW - Pedagogy KW - Rural Schools KW - Rural areas KW - Rural schools KW - School environment KW - Teacher Attitudes KW - Teacher education KW - Teaching KW - Teaching Experience KW - Technology Integration KW - __:import:01 KW - __:match:final KW - __:matched KW - __:study_id:2095916 KW - __finaldtb KW - ⛔ No DOI found ER -