ETILAB portfolio IT - 2015 updated

HUMANITIES: SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Portfolio

ETILAB serves asџ a makerspace for rapid prototyping of education tools & processesџ an adult sandpit to learn through fun and playџ a catalyst to transformative changeџ a social innovation inspirationџ a hub to inspire innovation, creativity and learningџ a builder of human capacity developmentџ a bridge maker of key role players in industry, education, government and practitionersџ a collaborations matchmaker in and outside higher education Vimeo Group: vimeo.com/groups/etilab/albums1 www.etilab.org Twitter: @etilab_sa [email protected] Facebook: facebook.com/ETILAB-580549032050692 Skype: etilab.sandpit

The ETILAB NexusT he Emerging Technologies Inquiry Lab government and non-governmental institutions (ETILAB) is a Sandpit for adults. It and practitioners / teachers, to creatively andinspires home-grown innovations in response innovatively develop solutions to topical andto unique sets of challenges or opportunities, pressing problems in education. It focusessuch as those in education or training settings. outward to equip and empower those wishing to integrate technologies into their daily activities,The ETILAB operations is sandwiched such as educators from all phases, entrepreneursbetween collaborative inquiry, investigation, or employees who wish to integrateincubation, innovation and information sharing. technologies in their daily activities. The ETILAB also focuses inward and works withParticipants at the ETILAB learn through an educators and students at UCT to empoweradult play process. The adult play process them to integrate technologies into theiruncovers the affordances of emerging pedagogic practices.technologies, generates ideas to solve specificchallenges and builds prototypes of possible In this, the ETILAB is positioned at a uniquesolutions. The environment within the ETILAB and privileged research and practice nexus,recreates the playful conditions of a sandpit, creating a highly engaging yet a fun environmentbeing safe, secure and inviting, where one has forming critical connections between significantgreat fun interacting with peers, engaging with role players, and producing highly originalideas while building innovative prototypes or research from this engagement.designing imaginative structures and processesthat are responsive to challenges/opportunitiesidentified.The ETILAB is a multidimensional facility.Through its various activities and events itfurther aims to build bridges between thoughtleaders in higher education, industry,Vimeo Group: vimeo.com/groups/etilab/albums www.etilab.org 2Twitter: @etilab_sa [email protected]: facebook.com/ETILAB-580549032050692Skype: etilab.sandpit

ETILAB LaunchT he ETILAB was officially launched on the 26 June 2014. The event was sponsored by one of the collaborating partners, INTEL Education, and took place in the Neville Alexander Building Quad. In October 2014, the ETILAB website was launched with a new logo and a tag line: the sandpit for inspiring home-grown solutions. Early in 2015 the new lecture hall construction commenced right next to the ETILAB. The noise of jackhammers breaking concrete was disruptive. However, true to the ETILAB's solution orientation, we quickly realized the wonderful opportunity this offered for a photo shoot to match our tag line. The photos on the website are the result of this photo shoot showing students and staff from various UCT faculties 'playing' with technologies in the sand to create their own home-grown solutions.3

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ETILAB: The 1st YearT he ETILAB has grown exponentially in reach, research output, bridge-building and stature since its official launch on the 26 June 2014. Much has been achieved in this shorttime. џ September 2014: The ETILAB logo, website: www.etilab.org, Facebook page and Twitter account was created. џ October 2014: The first Think Tank was held at the V & A Waterfront Hotel џ Dick delivers a TEDx Talk in Cape Town џ Technology Integration Evaluation conducted at Bergvliet Primary commissioned by INTEL Education џ October 2014: PG Diploma Course concludes - students with no prior coding knowledge develop mobile applications working through the ETILAB design process. џ Dick co-authors the book: Activity Theory, Authentic Learning and Emerging Technologies џ March 2015: PG Dip Course runs in ETILAB with 21 students from across Africa attending џ March 2015: Think Tank 2 is held at the Two Oceans Aquarium. All presentations are video recorded and made available online. One of the guest speakers, Clinton Walker, shares the WCED e- Vision and Kobus van Wyk relays lessons he learnt over the course of three decades concerning Technology Integration in Schools in South Africa џ A dedicated ETILAB Vimeo Channel is launched where videos and podcasts from all Think Tanks and other ETILAB events are made available. џ Report completed for Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Canada, on the evaluation of MOOCs in Kenya, India and Malaysia. џ Dick Guest Edits two special issues for the British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET). џ Dick continues his work as Africa's corresponding editor for a prestigious ISI journal, the British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET). џ Isabel is interviewed on Power FM regarding the integration of emerging technologies in schools. џ Dick's opinion piece on Cyber Safety is published in the Cape Argus. џ Puleng's piece on Design Thinking in the ETILAB is published in the Mail and Guardian џ Dick accepts various invitations to deliver keynote addresses at conferences locally and internationally. Vimeo Group: vimeo.com/groups/etilab/albums5 www.etilab.org Twitter: @etilab_sa [email protected] Facebook: facebook.com/ETILAB-580549032050692 Skype: etilab.sandpit

ETILAB: The 2nd Yearџ Think Tank focusing on Cyber Safety is held.џ CONFERENCE: Emerging Technologies and Authentic Learning in Higher Vocational Education Conference, 31 August - 3 September 2015 is successfully hosted.џ Commissioned research: Ў Baseline assessment of 12 rural schools including 2022 Gr 7 – 9 learners and 119 teachers Ў Baseline assessment of a private school group's BYOT year of discovery for Gr 7 – 9 learners Ў Systems analysis for a private service provider reaching 40 000 learners across Western & Northern Cape Ў WCED collaboration with CTLI to develop Foundation Phase workshop for technology integration Ў WCED collaboration to scale & spread the Adult Play Process in schools across the province Ў Zambia ministry of education to evaluate integration across the systemџ Dick presents the keynote address at the SMART CITIES CONFERENCE at Arabella Hotelџ New Master's Degree Course in Educational Technologies starting in 2016 with two modules delivered 'in the cloud' online and two face-to- face modules including a minor dissertation.џ The ETILAB Adult Play process across vastly different contexts and on a national scale starts, visiting schools as far as Beaufort Westџ Outreaches that include work-based adult play sandpit sessions starts.џ Manuscript for: ETILAB PLAY WITH EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES in press.џ Upcoming Think Tanks: Game-Based Learning & Mobile Learning in South African contextsVimeo Group: vimeo.com/groups/etilab/albums www.etilab.org 6Twitter: @etilab_sa [email protected]: facebook.com/ETILAB-580549032050692Skype: etilab.sandpit

ETILAB Think TanksT he ETILAB Think Tanks take place four product developers, software designers and times a year as a whole-day event. industry specialists, leaders in the Western CapeETILAB Think Tanks are collaborative spaces Department of Education and academics fromwhere thought leaders from Industry, the various universities in the Western Cape. ForGovernment and Education Institutions inquire example, the first Think Tank focused onand engage in creative and innovative thinking exploring the landscape and identifying generalaimed at tackling an educational challenge. The problems particularly in education in thethemes of the Think Tanks are established Western Cape. The second Think Tank focusedthrough an empathy process with both on the challenges and constraints schools andpractitioners and researchers. In this the teachers experience when adopting andETILAB sees itself as facilitating bridge- integrating technologies into their teaching andbuilding between key players involved in learning. The third Think Tank focus was oneducation: curriculum desighers, instructional Cyber Safety and how educational institutionsdesigners, educational technologists, policy may prepare learners to engage safely online andmakers and providers of technologies. importantly manage Cyber Bullying.Thought leaders from Industry, Government To participate or sponsor an ETILAB Thinkand Educational Institutions participate in the Tank contact the ETILAB team atETILAB Think Tanks. Past Think Tanks have [email protected] or call 021 650 1906.seen principals and teachers share ideas with Vimeo Group: vimeo.com/groups/etilab/albums7 www.etilab.org Twitter: @etilab_sa [email protected] Facebook: facebook.com/ETILAB-580549032050692 Skype: etilab.sandpit

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ETILAB ConferenceT he Emerging Technologies and Authentic Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT), Learning in Higher Vocational Education the University of Greenwich, The BritishConference 2015 (etinedconf2015.com) took Educational Research Association (BERA) andplace from 31 August – 3 September 2015 at the British Journal of Educational Technologythe UCT Graduate School of Business. (BJET); as well as the University of the Western Cape (UWC), the Cape Peninsula University ofThe conference chairs, Dick Ng'ambi (UCT, Technology (CPUT) and the StellenboschETILAB) and Jill Jameson (University of University.Greenwich) and Vivienne Bozalek (Universityof the Western Cape) envisaged a conference A glittering array of most celebrated keynotethat would not only draw on existing speakers adorned the stage. Prof Gilly Salmonknowledge around emerging technologies in (University of Western Australia) and Prof Janeducation but would extend the debate by Herrington (Murdoch University, Perth) flew incelebrating the emergent knowledges from from the far South, while Prof Victor Mbarikahigher vocational education settings. (The ICT University & Southern Universities) and Prof George Veletsianos (Royal Roads The conference was made possible through University) flew from Northern America. Ourthe collaboration and financial support own university's Prof Laura Czerniewiczgarnered from the ETILAB as main presented the fifth keynote address.organisational driver, UCT's Centre for Vimeo Group: vimeo.com/groups/etilab/albums9 www.etilab.org Twitter: @etilab_sa [email protected] Facebook: facebook.com/ETILAB-580549032050692 Skype: etilab.sandpit

The conference drew together many voices oneducational technologies in education,discussions around authentic learning andlearner-driven experiences, and specificallyfocused on highervocational educationcontexts.Dynamic presentations George Veletsianosof keynotes andpresenters, interspersed networking andwith interactive group informal collegialdiscussions and sandpit engagements to besessions on design fostered.thinking, and dinner atthe Two Oceans Selected papers fromAquarium and Richards'Supper Club, ensured a the conference will belively mix of fun, published in a special Dick Ng’ambi issue of the British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET) in Gilly Salmon May 2016. For a detailed conference report including contributions from keynotes, sketchnoters and presenters, please contact the ETILAB or visit the conference website: etinedconf2015.comVimeo Group: vimeo.com/groups/etilab/albums www.etilab.org 10Twitter: @etilab_sa [email protected]: facebook.com/ETILAB-580549032050692Skype: etilab.sandpit

The unique and colourful work of the group ofsketchnoters, the first use of group skechnotingat a conference in South Africa, captured theessence of each presentation which was sharedon the conference Twitter hashtags #etiedconf#etilab. This overwhelming support andcollaborative discussions that ensued on Twitter,ensured the conference trended at number 8 inSouth Africa! www.etilab.org Vimeo Group: vimeo.com/groups/etilab/albums Twitter: @etilab_sa11 [email protected] Facebook: facebook.com/ETILAB-580549032050692 Skype: etilab.sandpit



Sandpit SessionsF riday afternoons from 2 - 5pm teachers process the emerging technologies are from different schools in and around Cape deliberately ‘made invisible’ while teachers playTown attend the ETILAB Sandpit Sessions. with different tools in order to find solutionsThese sessions provide a fun-filled, safe that may immediately address their identifiedenvironment in which teachers discover the problem.uses of technologies through play. At the end of this play session, teachers reflectThe Sandpit Sessions start with a process of on their learning. Where the emergingdeveloping deep empathy for teachers’ technology was initially invisible, through criticalproblems and priorities. Empathy for the plight reflection it is made visible. In this way teachersof teachers is a hallmark of the ETILAB are able to appropriate the affordances they hadprocess. discovered through play to activities that may facilitate learning with the use of emergingOnce teachers had clearly identified one technologies.immediate problem that they would want tosolve, through a scaffolded process, the This adult play process is used with pre-servicefacilitator suggests different tools that PGCE and in-service teachers from variouseducators may find useful in order to address Cape Town based schools. The varioustheir immediate problem. They are encouraged iterations continuously refine the processto play with these tools and to discover and producing promising results and feedback fromexplore different affordances for these. In this teachers and students have been very positive. www.etilab.org Vimeo Group: vimeo.com/groups/etilab/albums Twitter: @etilab_sa13 [email protected] Facebook: facebook.com/ETILAB-580549032050692 Skype: etilab.sandpit

ETILAB ResearchT he ETILAB's international full-service research function has fulfilled both anevaluative and monitoring function for variousclients in the past two years. These clients haveneeded research to inform their differentprocesses:џ Massive Open Online Course (MOOCs) providers wanted to monitor and measure how effective delivery platforms of MOOCs were in three different contexts: Kenya, India and Malaysia. What can be learned to improve future offerings.џ Multinational service providers with acommitment of large sums of money toprovide devices and connectivity to schoolsneeded an independent analysis of thepossible impact (risk assessment) andweighing aganist impact on teaching andlearning in these schools. Learners filling in the survey formsџ Schools development teams planning large- at one of the Karoo schoolsscale strategies wanted to know cost-effectiveapproaches to provide devices and connectivity that would have the greatest impact on learning.џ Leadership teams wanted to know what/how uses of devices in classrooms are likely to impact learning outcomes more effectively.џ Software developers needed to know if their systems were being optimally used. If not, what needed to change to ensure optional use, and if yes how could use be scaled up.џThe ETILAB works closely with research clients, using the ETILAB process, to clearly identify theproblem they wish to research and develop research questions and a proposal to address this. Asthe ETILAB process is driven by empathy, methods such as interviews and focus groupdiscussions with all role players are commonly used alongside large data collection methods usingsurveys and questionnaires. Critical discourse analysis is a frequent tool used to analyse powerrelationships, dominance and inequality, and how these are reproduced or resisted in multimodaltexts and processes within defined socio-cultural contexts.Vimeo Group: vimeo.com/groups/etilab/albums www.etilab.org 14Twitter: @etilab_sa [email protected]: facebook.com/ETILAB-580549032050692Skype: etilab.sandpit

ETILAB Adding ValueA fundamental principal of the Dick presenting a seminar to teachers ETILAB is to add value in asocially responsible way to all researchparticipants. This may take the form of acelebrity DJ accompanying the ETILABteam to schools to motivate learners tostay in school and fuel their aspirationsand goals in life. Another may be thesandpits presented to teachers whostruggle to integrate technology into theirclassroom practices or presenting aworkshop on the relevance of emergingtechnologies to rural learners.Having visited some schools where theneed for basics such as clothes, shoes orbooks was particularly high, the ETILABteam collected such items through socialmedia networks, to add a value where itwas needed. Donations for schools collected through Facebook www.etilab.org The goals is to never leave the participant, having collected data from15 [email protected] them, without adding value to their lived experiences. Vimeo Group: vimeo.com/groups/etilab/albums Twitter: @etilab_sa Facebook: facebook.com/ETILAB-580549032050692 Skype: etilab.sandpit

Research Capacity Building BridgesCompleted Projects џ Collaborating with CTLI – Cape Teaching andџ Review of MOOCs implementation in India, Kenya & Leadership Institute Malaysia [Requesting Organisation/Institution: џ Engaged with WCED on their e-Vision Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Canada] џ Working with Nomadic Verve (i.e Smart Cities) andџ Review of Tablet Use for teaching and Learning at Bergvliet Primary School [Commissioned by INTEL Social Innovation Centre (GSB) Education, South Africa] џ UCT: Schools Development Unit (SDU), Centre forCurrent Projects Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT) & Emergeџ Eden & Central Karoo Baseline Study of 12 schools, Network, Library & Information Science, Information Systems, Research Office 2022 learners & 119 teachers, & the school џ Collaborating with Institutions: SU,CPUT & UWC management teams џ Collaborating with BERTHA Centre at UCT Graduateџ Herzlia Middle School Evaluative Study of their Year Business School of Discovery with Bring-Your-Own-Tablet (BYOT) to џ Various schools and educators school Reaching OutEdited Booksџ Activity Theory, Authentic Learning & Emerging џ Present 4 X Think Tanks per year bringing together the corporate sector, education institutions, government, Technologies, eds. V Bozalek, D. Ng'ambi, J Hardman, researchers and practitioners focusing on a specific J Herrington, A Amory. 2015 education theme e.g. Cyber Safety in Education; Mobileџ Special Journal Issues 2 x British Journal of Learning etc) Educational Technology (BJET) published [i) Emerging Technologies and changing practices, i) џ Written opinion pieces for: Cape Argus & Mail & MOOCs – a 'disruptive' practice in higher education Guardianџ 2 BJET Issues scheduled to publication in 2016 џ Radio interviews with Cape Talk, Voice of the Cape,Research recognition Power FMџ Africa's Corresponding Editor: British Journal of џ Delivered a TEDx Talk in 2014; EduTec Talk at Bertha Educational Technologies Centre (GSB) in 2015; Metro Advance Forum in Nov 2015Reaching Students џ Active on Social Media (both Facebook & Twitter),џ Blogposts & Website (www.etilab.org)џ Convening the PGDip in Educational Technology with џ Delivered keynote and invited public addresses – at four block modules conferences, and institutions. For example: a keynoteџ Convening the new Masters’ in Educational delivered at a WCED Conference 31 August - 3 September 2015 Technologies with two modules offered 'in the cloud’џ Teaching on a PGCE programme - Authentic Learning џ Hosted the first international conference on Emerging Technologies & Authentic Learning in Higher with Emerging Technologies Vocational Education 2015џ Convening & supervision of PhD and Masters studentsџ Input sessions at PhD eventsReaching Educatorsџџ Sandpit Sessions taken to schools - ETILAB team visits schools & presents 'Sandpit Sessions' as a catalyst for transformative changeџ Teachers attend ETILAB Sandpit Sessions and learn through play how solve everyday education problems they experience such as integrating technology into classroom practiceVimeo Group: vimeo.com/groups/etilab/albums www.etilab.org 16Twitter: @etilab_sa [email protected]: facebook.com/ETILAB-580549032050692Skype: etilab.sandpit

Team ETILABT he visionary responsible for the conceptualisation and A/Prof Dick Ng’ambibirth of the ETILAB is Prof Dick Ng'ambi. He dreamt Directorof a change in education in a fresh new way, allowing teachers'own perspectives to address pressing problems they experience, ratherthan have these imposed by others. This dream of transformingeducation sparked the passion in many others to participate, inspiringthem to be part of the transformation process. Prof Ng'ambi isamongst the few experts that effectively operates at the intersectionof social sciences, education, technology and innovation. He qualifiedas a mathematician and as a computer science / information scientistand has many years' experience as an educator, developer ofeducational tools and as an instructional designer. In 2007 ProfNg'ambi pioneered the postgraduate programme in Information andCommunication Technologies (ICTs) in Education at UCT, currentlyknown as Educational Technology programmes, which to-date is oneof the fastest growing programmes in the School of Education. As aresearcher, Prof Ng'ambi has published widely in journals, peer-reviewed conferences and delivered many keynote addresses. He is aleading researcher in emerging technologies and mobile learning, apassionate change agent and thought leader, and an inspiration tothose who work and learn with [email protected] / [email protected] Tarling H ow do we move from our lived taken-for-granted ways ofETILAB Team being and doing into new ways and paradigms? For instance, how do teachers change from deeply ingrained practices of chalk and talk, to embrace transformative pedagogies? This is the main focus of Isabel's research and incorporated into the ETILAB processes. She has 10 years' first hand teaching experience, having taught almost all age groups up to Gr 10, and authored Gr 4 – 9 CAPS aligned textbooks for Science and Technology, Technology and English home language. This diverse background allows her to walk in the shoes of teachers while donning the researcher hat; to understand deeply and meaningfully innovative, transformative approaches and how change may be affected to unthought-of practices and taken-for-granted structures to spread rather than scale transformation across vastly different landscapes. [email protected] www.etilab.org Vimeo Group: vimeo.com/groups/etilab/albums Twitter: @etilab_sa17 [email protected] Facebook: facebook.com/ETILAB-580549032050692 Skype: etilab.sandpit