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Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Course Overview
The convergence of technology and education has become increasingly popular as a result of rapid global change. To flourish in a diverse classroom environment and a rapidly changing academic world, Teachers must adapt to specific teaching and learning practices to provide great learning experiences to their students. The Teaching With Technology online course teaches how to integrate technologies in the lesson plans, classroom activities, and teaching strategies.
The Teaching With Technology Training encourages learning about the history of technology as a tool of teaching and cultivates the opportunity to initiate a pedagogical change using technology in various contexts, guided by associate professor and Business analyst Joanne Hardman. The Teaching With Technology syllabus explores highly theoretical and practical applications and provides the knowledge of tools needed to deliver outstanding education to students at every stage of education. The course teaches to apply the most recent applications in primary, secondary, and higher education settings, as well as trains to use technology in an effective and substantive manner.
The Highlights
- Assessments and projects
- Course provider Getsmarter
- 8 weeks duration
- Split fee option available
- Self-paced learning
- Downloadable resources
- Online learning
- Shareable certificate
- 6-8 hours per week
- University of Cape Town offering
Programme Offerings
- Live polls
- quizzes
- Offline resources
- Infographics
- Case Studies
- Self-paced learning
- video lectures
- online learning.
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|
| yes | UCT Cape Town |
Fee type | Fee amount in INR |
Teaching With Technology fees | Rs. 49,828 |
Installment Plan
| 1st installment | Required before: 2025-03-18 | Amount Due: ₹24,914.00 INR |
| 2nd installment | Required before: 2025-04-17 | Amount Due: ₹24,914.00 INR |
Eligibility Criteria
Certification Qualifying Details
Students must complete all program features, including tasks, objectives, live polls, and questionnaires, in order to qualify for the Teaching With Technology Certification. Students are evaluated through a series of practice exercises and tests. To apply for the qualification, a candidate must fulfil all of the conditions defined in the course handbook.
What you will learn
After the completion of the Teaching With Technology course for beginners from Getsmarter in collaboration with UCT, candidates will learn about the impact of technology on teaching. Candidates will learn about various tools, technology, and frameworks to transform the pedagogy. Professionals will study new-age theories and gain knowledge of advanced practical applications.
Who it is for
- Education industry professionals who want to improve their skills and quality of education using innovative technology.
- Educators want to reshape their classical teaching methods by incorporating technology and pedagogical techniques into their teaching methodologies.
- Education field professionals wish to improve their skills and knowledge in a format that works better with their hectic training or teaching schedule.
Admission Details
To register for UCT's Teaching With Technology certification course, students must follow the steps outlined below:
Step 1. Go through the link provided below to open the official portal of the teaching with the technology course.
(https://www.getsmarter.com/products/uct-teaching-with-technology-online-short-course)
Step 2. Visit the course page and tap on the 'Register Now' button to start registration.
Step 3. To ensure that you adhere to the terms and conditions, mark the consent box.
Step 4. Make a profile on the Getsmarter by filling in personal info.
Step 5. Provide the information of billing address and continue
Step 6. Complete the last step of registration by paying the fee and begin the course
The Syllabus
- Review how skills have shifted in the 21st century
- Articulate the trends that culminate in the shift towards knowledge-based economies
- Investigate the implications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution for educators
- Reflect on how the reframing of educational vocabulary might influence an educator to rethink and reimagine their approach to teaching
- Identify the tenets of behaviourism and cognitivism
- Determine the differences and similarities between Piaget's and Vygotsky's theories
- Investigate a cultural-historical approach to learning in the classroom
- Review the connectivism conception of learning
- Articulate the problems associated with the connectivist conception of learning
- Investigate how cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT) allows for an understanding of technology within social relations
- Decide how to apply CHAT, as an analytical framework, to a teaching context
- Articulate how Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) can be used to teach with technology
- Investigate how Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition (SAMR) can be used to teach with technology
- Evaluate technology use in the classroom using the SAMR model
- Recognise the six levels of Bloom’s revised taxonomy
- Discuss how Bloom’s revised taxonomy can be applied to transform a teaching context
- Illustrate how the Teaching Change Frame (TCF) can be used to teach with technology
- Investigate how to move between quadrants in the TCF
- Diagnose teaching practices and pedagogies using the TCF
- Discuss how Change Laboratories can be used to facilitate dynamic change
- Articulate how contradictions function as a site of dynamic change
- Investigate and inquire how Change Laboratories can initiate meaningful change
- Conclude how to integrate technology for foundation and intermediate phase students
- Recommend possible frameworks for how you can integrate technology in the intermediate phase
- Design a lesson for foundation or intermediate phase students that draws on technology
- Choose how to integrate technology for Further Education and Training Phase (FET), Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), and higher education students
- Investigate frameworks for integrating technology in the FET, TVET, and higher education phases
- Justify a framework for a lesson for FET, TVET, and higher education phase students
- Design a lesson for FET, TVET, and higher education phase students that draws on technology
Instructors
UCT Cape Town Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
Teaching using technology is the use of media tools incorporated into Learning Management Systems (LMS) as well as those conducted independently via the Internet.
Teaching with technology allows students to study at their own speed. students who require more time can spend more time, whilst students who require less assistance can carry on.
Teachers may utilize technology to boost their productivity, incorporate valuable digital tools to extend students' learning possibilities, and promote student support and involvement.
Online teaching, Social networking, class blogs, podcasting, wikis, mobile devices, and interactive whiteboards are just a few of the new technologies being used in classrooms today.
Instructors and students' responsibilities can be changed by digital devices such as tablets, apps, and laptops, which gives teachers more time to focus on maximising effect via content interactions.