Project Mission and Purpose
The Bachelor of Education (Primary) is designed to enable pre-service teacher education students to become successful practitioners in the classrooms of the future.
Graduates will take up positions in schools where applications of information technology are seen as essential tools in the teaching and learning process. Participation in the School of Education ECU Advantage project provides students in the Bachelor of Education (Primary) with a unique opportunity to develop their skills through the provision of a free laptop during the first year of the course.
Students will be able to use their laptop in assignment preparation, e-mail, research and learning how to use information technology in teaching.
The ECU Advantage IBM Thinkpad University Project is both a strategic and an institutional academic initiative. The expected outcomes of this project are the integration of new technologies into mainstream teaching and learning practices with the aim of:
- Supporting the use of notebook and wireless connectivity to assist students to achieve successful learning outcomes in an exciting and stimulating fashion
- Developing students’ confidence, knowledge and skills in the selection and application of technology appropriate to their field of scholarship
- Achieving an institutional advantage over competitors by adding value to the teaching and learning experience
- Expanding students’ use of online resources and information at ECU (ie learning management systems, library etc)
- Enhancing flexible delivery options for staff and students
- Making better and more efficient use of space
- Developing new teaching and learning models utilising mobile computing technologies
- Integrating technology into the university experience for academic staff by providing educational design opportunities, infrastructure and support.
This project is a cooperative venture with IBM Australia. Click here to explore the available laptop options
We hope that the provision of laptops in a wireless environment will promote:
- Student centred learning
- The attainment of graduate attributes
- Outcomes based education
- Development of authentic learning environments and assessment tasks
- Problem-based learning/case-studies
- Teamwork
- Independent and lifelong learning skills
- Flexible learning opportunities
- Online interactivity, including synchronous and asynchronous communication.
- Improved access to university resources eg teaching resources and information
- Improvements in information literacy by providing better access to Library resources and reducing the requirement to access physical library (materials, instructions and services).
- Opportunities for internationalisation and cross-cultural awareness
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