Innovative Technologies and Pedagogical Shifts in Nepalese Higher Education

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-90-04-43232-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 10, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

Reihe: New Research - New Voices

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Carm, Ellen

Johannesen, Monica

Luitel, Bal Chandra

Øgrim, Leikny

Phyak, Prem

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Ellen Carm, Ph.D. (2017), Stockholm University, is lecturing, supervising, and conducting research focusing on Education and Sustainable Development in the Global South. She has been involved in several joint international projects regards Education Sector Development and Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asian countries.

Monica Johannesen, Ph.D. (2013), University of Oslo, is Professor at OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University. Her research interest is in the field of technology enhanced learning, e-learning in higher education, cyber ethics, and digital literacy in teacher education. She has published several journal articles and book chapters.

Bal Chandra Luitel, Ph.D. (2009), Curtin University, works in the area of transformative STEAM education in Nepal. His recent publication includes Research Transformative Learning for Sustainable Futures: Global Voices and Visions (Brill Sense, 2019, co-edited with P. C. Taylor).


Leikny Øgrim, Dr.Scient. (1994), University of Oslo, is Professor at OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University. She has published journal articles and book chapters on e-learning, digital literacy, and technology-enhanced learning in in schools and teacher education.

Prem Phyak, Ph.D. (2016), University of Hawaii at Manoa, teaches at the Department of English of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research interest includes multilingual, language policy, and higher education in developing worlds.