Department of Education Nelson Mandela Bay District: Port Elizabeth
Impact of COVD-19 pandemic in my context:
I work
as an e-Learning Facilitator for the Eastern Cape Department of Education in
the Nelson Mandela Bay District.
My duties include to:
- support curriculum implementation through e-Teaching and e-Learning. Ø
- train and support teachers on ICT integration in teaching and learning.
- develop and distribute e-content to teachers and learners.
- monitor, support, and sustain ICT solutions in schools.
- develop and maintain a database of ICT solutions in schools for
teaching and learning.
- monitor, evaluate and report on the use of ICT solutions in school
Impact of COVID-19 to education in my context.:
COVID-19 pandemic disrupted education. The Government closed schools
abruptly to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The country on lockdown. This
COVID-19 pandemic became a big push towards e-Learning. Remote learning just got
real, in the absence of traditional face to face teaching. Quick options to use
educational technology to minimize the effect of the coronavirus on teaching
and learning, streaming lessons to learners’ mobile devices. Mobile phones were
prohibited in our schools but during the COVID-19 pandemic the school is inside the
phone.
The education system realized that it definitely has to remodel
the schooling system in the province to proceed with education anywhere,
anytime, anyhow. Learning using digital
platforms.
The gaps became glary, as the Eastern Cape is a largely rural
province with poor ICT infrastructure and network coverage, especially in the
far former homeland. As a result, not everybody benefited from the virtual
lessons that are broadcasted on TV, and Radio.
In remodeling the education system, it is now time to realize
that face to face and online teaching and learning should be implemented at the
same time in our schools. The gaps must be closed. Schools must have a fair
share of resources. Teachers also should be capacitated in using online
teaching and learning tools so that in times like this, teaching and learning
do not come to a standstill, but learners learn anywhere anytime.
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