User:Xibitgh/sandbox/EcoSpot

Week 1
Step 1. Define the Problem : Access to educational materials online and offline using Open Educational Tools to promote Information literacy.

Step 2. Who are the Stakeholder ?

External Stakeholders : Ghana Education Service and Ministry of Education

Internal Stakeholders : Parents Teachers Association and School Administration

How Long ?

Since the introduction of the traditional educational system.

The Impact of the problem : Teachers have become the repository of Knowledge that is a teacher must be all knowing in a subject discipline.This is not true in the 4th Industrial revolution since smart devices and search engines has abundant of information than a human being can recollect.

It inhibits life long learning and progressive self learning amongst students.

Causes :

Inadequate infastructure (mechanisms) to promote open education both online and offline as the Physical cause

Insufficient learning outside the classroom since most of the learning process is in the classroom as the Human Cause

Inadequate level of information and digital literacy integration in the learning process in the traditional learning.

Step 4. The root cause is the Traditional System of learning (Brick and mortar) which has little or no correlation to the real world context.Students should be able to determine their learning process as the teachers only serve as facilitators to move form Instructional paradigm to active learning.

Theories of Change
Objective

_ To provide an alternative to internet infrastructure for information access through Kiwix

Inputs

_Time

Activities

_There is organised seminar for teachers on Digital Citizenship and the role it plays in Education in the 21st Century

_The use of Digital Devices for learning (Mobile and Virtual Learning)

Outcome

_Students learn the use tools to learn

_Students introduced to alternative forms of learnin

Impacts

_Students get access to information where the internet is available however information can still be accessed without the internet.

_Students develop life long learning without walls (Classroom) anywhere.

Ensuring Sustainability
The three legged approach to sustainability are Economy,social equity and environment.

1.Use materials and energy from sustainable sources

2.Avoid production that threatens the life opportunities of future generations

3.Select raw materials and sites that maintain the biodiversity of natural resources

4.4. Incorporate sustainability education into your project

Economic sustainability
1. Engage in financial analysis and planning

2.Streamline ongoing costs

3.Consider the role of volunteers

4. Creating different lines of income through revenue