Implementing digital education in schools from a change management mindset, Level 1

Welcome to Implementing digital education in schools from a change management mindset, Level 1.

This session has been designed to help teachers to consider what change is, changes in the world, how our brains process change and what a change mindset is.

By the end of the session, you will:

• have explored how change surrounds us, how we respond to change and why we do so
• have an understanding of theories of change
• understand digital education and its benefits and challenges
• have considered what happens when we introduce digital education into schools
• have a framework for dealing effectively with the change caused by digital education
• know broadly what the Via Afrika Change Management Mindset Model for the implementation of digital education is
• understand the components of the Change Management Mindset Model
• understand the Personal Change Model
• understand the relationship between our brains and change
• understand why we need to become adapt-able to change

As you go along, you’ll notice that some topics are longer than others, and might consist of a number of lessons.

During the course of each topic or lesson, you’ll see something to be done.

It could be an activity or a quiz. For this course, you will do several practical activities. Most of these activities will be in video format, as part of the course. Instructions and space for making notes and writing down answers are provided in your Class Notes.

We suggest that you download the Class Notes first so you can follow along during the training.

We realise that many of us prefer to save paper, but for this particular course, we highly recommend that you print out the Class Notes or keep an electronic set of notes open on a device that is separate from the one on which you are doing the course.

The concepts dealt with in this course are complex, and you may want to rewatch some of the videos, or to pause while you are watching. Please remember that you can always return to watch any video again later.

We recommend that you take your time with this course. Don’t try to finish each level in one go. Rather take more time to deeply engage with and reflect on the topics you are learning about.

In some instances, you will receive instructions during the course of a video, where you will have to pause the video, follow the instruction in writing, and then continue playing the video.

For the last exercise in this Level, you will need to work with a set of cards that are included in the back of your Class Notes. Even if you will not be printing the whole set of Class Notes, please do print out these cards beforehand.