Donna’s interview •
What is Donna’s vision for her institution?
She wants We want our students to be empowered life-long learners, able to leave, choose a career path, and come back again and study further, if necessary. They should have a full range of digital skills to show their future employers, apply for jobs and ultimately be productive citizens.
• How has she gone about making a case for change?
installed a VLE with an adaptive design, lecture capture is available for lecturers to use and students can submit work to their e-portfolios via an Android or IOS app.
• what has she proposed?
to improve their job prospects. Not to play with technology toys. There's been considerable investment in people, processes, and technology as we seek to accomplish. I believe it's important to improve everyone's digital capabilities to enable them to thrive in this new world. We never stop learning.
• How are students and academics affected?
We’ve installed a VLE with an adaptive design, lecture capture is available for lecturers to use and students can submit work to their e-portfolios via an Android or IOS app. I’m pleased to see that momentum developing around these technologies and it is clear that new capabilities are is developing amongst the staff and students. We want our students to be empowered life-long learners, able to leave, choose a career path, and come back again and study further, if necessary. They should have a full range of digital skills to show their future employers, apply for jobs and ultimately be productive citizens. As part of my induction, I went on this digital leaders course. For me, the big win was connecting with other digital leaders in my colleges and others from around the world. Yes, there's some exciting new technologies out there. I particularly liked the possibilities that augmented reality offers our students. But we can’t afford to use technologies uncritically. I’ve said that we need to make our learning intentions clear before making expensive purchases. If we know what we want, then we can either use what is available or budget. This approach will allow us to develop digitally capable students, appropriately equipped and ready to thrive in the workspace
• How will they achieve this change?
Digital is the future, it is important for everyone, both academics, and teachers to incorporate this new approach into our institution.
Mike’s interview
• What is Mike’s vision for his institution?
To be ahead of the curve and uses digital to make life easier for students to attend class prepare them for the future
• How has he gone about making a case for change”?
Current teaching and learning practices come from industrial paradigms. This must be rebooted. In the information society, a pen and an exam pad are insufficient tools. Laptops, tablets, and a stylus are necessities. Paper-based classrooms are passé. We have made it Blended Learning compulsory for all first year. Streaming lessons allow students to avoid the inconvenience of traveling to campus. They do not need to physically attend lectures. Their timetable schedule automatically reminds them to log in to the lecture capture platform so they can stream it to any device. Even their mobile phones
• What has he proposed?
Blended Learning is compulsory for all first year. Hybrid style online class and face to face
• How are students and academics affected?
They do not need to physically attend lectures. Their timetable schedule automatically reminds them to log in to the lecture capture platform so they can stream it to any device. Even their mobile phones. Of course, students need to hand in their work electronically, be marked electronically, and receive feedback almost in real time. Electronically submitted work also allows us to scan work for plagiarism.
• How will they achieve this change?
By having a hybrid system of online and face-to-face for the first year
Of the two visions, who is making a better case for change? Why?
Mike because he going to do blend learning and is doing trial and error to test if it works and that will be good in rural areas
• Look at the vision that you selected. Is the case for change being made in response to strengths and opportunities or a reaction to weakness and threats
Strength learners from different parts of the country can get a good education and make learning fun
Weakness data will be expensive also with load-shedding there is no signal and students might get lazy at home and not attend class
Which case for change would your senior management support? Why?
Mike and he going to do trial and error on his system so need someone to oversee it
Which case for change would your students support? Why?
First, one Donna as they have the system up and running
• Can you name other people in your institution who are also making “a case for change”? In what ways is their vision similar/different from Donna and Mike’s visions?
Yes Thabiso my colleague he try to do web development and make IT course for students from grades 1 to 12
• Do you have a vision for a digital future? Can you succinctly articulate what you propose for your organization?
Hybrid
• Can you identify who will be directly and indirectly affected by the changes?
All my students
• Can you Identify what the impact of this vision will be on learning, teaching, students, lecturers, organizational structure, institutional reputation, etc.?
It will get students from far to help and work together and I can expand my learners
• What could you do to strengthen your case for change?
Get them to participate in free learning courses so they can come to class
• What is the likelihood that your vision will be realized
It already happens I have 150 earners already ready to learn Python language and AI
- Would your students support this case for change? Why? Yes as my students do not have to walk or come far they can just logon
- Can you identify who will be directly and indirectly affected by the changes? directly will be students and teachers indirectly will be the senior manager
- Can you Identify what the impact of this vision will be on learning, teaching, students, lecturers, organizational structure, institutional reputation, etc.?
- we will increase with more students and more money coming in to business we will go advance and perform well we will bridge the digital divided