Full Description
This book is a result of a joint project between Tribhuvan, Kathmandu, and Oslo Metropolitan universities on innovations and challenges in Nepalese teacher education. A team of scholars from Nepal, China, and Norway examine how ICT tools are applied to support students and to promote local knowledge and gender-sensitive approaches to higher education. Particular attention is devoted to the use of ICTs as a tool to ensure equal access in rural and under-resourced contexts. The book shows how the inclusion of ICTs, curriculum revisions, and the application of constructivist and innovative pedagogies improve the relevance and sustained development of Higher Education.
Contributors are: Contributors are Bed Raj Acharya, Resham Acharya, Sushan Acharya, Ellen Carm, Suresh Gautam, Laxman Gnawali, Monica Johannesen, Khem Raj Joshi, Peshal Khanal, Bal Chandra Luitel, Madhu Neupane, Leikny Øgrim, Laxmi Prasad Ojha,Shesha Kanta Pangeni, Binod Prasad Pant, Prem Phyak, Ambika Prasad Poudel,Tikaram Poudel, Indra Mani Rai, Renu Kumari Singh and Dhanapati Subedi.
Contents
List of Tables
Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction
Ellen Carm, Monica Johannesen, Bal Chandra Luitel, Leikny Øgrim
and Prem Phyak
PART 1: New Technologies, New Opportunities
2 Instructional System Design for Blended Learning: A Reflection on
Interpretive Action Research
Suresh Gautam
3 Uses of Communication Tools for Online Learning: Lessons Learned
from Nepal
Shesha Kanta Pangeni
4 Appropriation of Online Distance Learning in Nepal
Ellen Carm, Monica Johannesen and Leikny Øgrim
PART 2: Shift in Technology, Shift in Pedagogy
5 Shifting the Paradigm in Higher Education: Students' Progression
towards ICT-Supported Learning in a Resource-Constrained
Environment in Nepal
Peshal Khanal and Ellen Carm
6 The Potential of Blogs as Discussion Forums for Developing
Collaborative Writing Skills in Higher Education
Laxmi Prasad Ojha and Resham Acharya
7 Praxis Amid Theory and Practice in a Teacher Education Course:
Narrowing the Gap via Reflective Practices
Dhanapati Subedi and Indra Mani Rai
8 University Teachers' Use of Blogs for Enhancing the Writing Skills of
Students
Ambika Prasad Poudel and Renu Kumari Singh
9 Improving Academic Writing Skills of English Language Teacher
Trainees through ICT
Tikaram Poudel and Laxman Gnawali
PART 3: Including Gender and Indigenous Knowledge
10 Incorporating Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in Teaching Mathematics in
a Blended Learning Environment: An Action Research Study
Binod Prasad Pant and Bal Chandra Luitel
11 Online Education: Does Gender Matter?
Madhu Neupane and Sushan Acharya
12 Bringing Indigenous Knowledge into English Classes: Why Are We
Multiplying Our Challenges?
Khem Raj Joshi
13 Integrating Indigenous Knowledge Via Information and Communication
Technologies: Towards Pedagogical Paradox at Tribhuvan University,
Central Department of Education, Nepal
Indra Mani Rai and Bed Raj Acharya
14 Reflections and Culminations
Ellen Carm, Monica Johannesen, Bal Chandra Luitel, Leikny Øgrim
and Prem Phyak
Index
