The Department of Mathematics and ICT Education, UCC is calling for applications for the mobility component of the ongoing GOT project. The GOT project is a collaboration between the University of Cape Coast, University of Education, Winneba, Tallinn University, and Tampere University. The project aims at shifting lesson delivery towards data-driven and evidence-based methods to provide Digital Education at the University of Cape Coast
Aim(s) and or Objective(s) of the GOT Project
The aims of the collaboration are to:
- enhance staffs’ capacity to effectively facilitate digital learning and integrate instructional multimedia
- revise and implement ICT policies for UCC and UEW
- use social media and web-based tools to complement the use of digital learning management systems
- build faculty capacity and competencies in eLearning, Educational Technology and pedagogical integration of ICTs
- increase research visibility of both universities
- share gained experiences with sister universities in Ghana and Africa
- establish a digital education methodology assistants’ unit
- write new grant proposals jointly to continue practical and research-oriented co-operation on the quality development of the digital education delivery in Ghana
Objectives
The objectives for this study are to investigate the:
- state of ICT implementation policies in the two Ghanaian universities;
- current competencies of higher education instructors in Ghana;
- available digital technologies in the two Ghanaian universities;
- kind of support management gives to instructors in delivering lessons digitally in the two Ghanaian universities;
- assessment practices higher education instructors enact when using digital technologies;
- health and safety measures higher education instructors put in place when using digital technologies; and
- kind of digital strategies adopted by instructors of these universities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Based on the afore mentioned aims and objectives, applications are invited from teaching staff, through their Heads of Department, for a 5–day Training of Trainers at Tampere University, Finland, and Tallinn University, Estonia. The applicant must be a full-time teaching staff.
Eligibility
Applicant must
*be in active service
*have been confirmed
*be in his/her mid-carrier
*possess a valid passport
Requirements
Applicants are required to submit a 1-page write-up, stating
*the motivation to be part of the mobility segment of the GOT project
All applications should be made via the link below:
https://forms.gle/S7rAnUDXJDmi7jet7
Deadline
23rd October, 2023
For further information contact
Christopher Yarkwah, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator (PI)
Department of Mathematics and ICT Education
University of Cape Coast