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=Tarirayi Mukabeta's e-portfolio=

=‍‍‍Introduction ‍‍‍= Welcome to my e-portfolio. I am Tarirayi Mukabeta, a lecturer at Bindura University of Science Education situated 75km from the country capital city Harare in Zimbabwe. I am a Master in Information and Communication Technology student at University of Cape Town South Africa and I have started creating this e-portfolio in partial fulfillment of my studies. As a professional in the ICT field, I have taught some courses to both conventional students and block release students. This has posed a challenge in delivering education to students from diverse locations and some who are taking sandwich programs (working full time and learning part time). In one of the courses that I am ‍‍‍te ‍‍‍aching(Introduction to Computer Programming using C language), students do not have full access to computer lab resources for them to do enough practicals as the department has a tight timetable. This e-portfolio is a design focused on giving students self-paced ways of getting extra practical examples for them to improve in their courses. ‍‍‍On ‍‍‍ this e-portfolio, I will start by examining the context to which the intervention is needed in terms of the underlying epistemological, learning theory and pedagogical assumptions together with their associated learning strategies. This is done in the Analysis Phase of the eportfolio and also includes gathering the requirements for the learning intervention The requirements are gathered by analysis of the learners/educators needs and also the content that needs to be provided. These are based on the objectives/learning outcomes expected. The next stage will be the Design Phase which is based on the requirements identified in the analysis phase fed as input to this stage. Technologies will be selected that will match the context being addressed and the underlying pedagogical stategy that best matches the context will be chosen. The ‍‍‍[|prototype] ‍‍‍for the intervention will also be designed and possible evaluation measures taken prior development. Development Phase includes the actual creation of the content for the course using a variety of technologies which are explained. Next is the Implementation Phase which explains the Online Learning Activity that was designed to be used by both the learner and the educator who then performs a formative evaluation of the learning intervention in the ast stage of the design model which is the Evaluation Phase. Last but not least in importance as I evaluate the eportfolio is to mention that the expeience was unique and more practical which is one of my best ways I learn as a student and educator as well. Challenges were there but mostly made me look for other ways in which to best achieve the desired outcome. I especially liked the practical design of the [|prototype] and trying to look for a framework that will include a pedagogical and learning stategy that best suites the context to which certain technology should be selected and used.

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Context Content Learners Educators || Design Pedagogical Strategy Learning Theory || Development <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 15px;">[|Prototype] || <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Implementation <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 15px;">ICTs Adopted in OLA || <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Evaluation ||
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