INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS in CULI

Associate Professor Annabel Bhamani Kaj

ornboon November 30, 2001

CULI National Seminar Nove - mber 2 9 3 0 , 2 0 0 1

Information Age

•Banking transaction•Office management•Computer games•Word processing•Internet•Academic field--language learning/teaching

CU as an educational

institution must keep abreast with the

technology

CULI must too

CU• Pacesetter• Leader (http://chula.ac.th/about/mission)

CULI (1977)•Division of English for Social Science and Humanities

•Division of English for Business

•Division of English for Science and Technology (All divisions teach FE I & II)

IT Roles•Hangman/tic-tac-toe•Commercialized•Internet--create own teaching materials (managing)

Innovation

•“ Innovation is an idea , pract ice or object that is perceive

d as new to an individual or a nother unit of adoption.” (R

oger 1995:11)• Monkey see and monkey do• Make it a way of life• Define challenges

A Model of Stages in the Innovation-Decision Process

COMMUNICATIOIN CHANNELS

Interviews’ with Experts

•Hardware, software supplied•Technical staff•Some motivation to learn and use IT

•Set own goals not machine or technical side to dictate what has to be done

•Policy driven

Staff Development

•Ensure that the staff learn and develop

•Growth of organization•Response to a changing environment adopt/reject

•Motivate staff•Applicable to teaching/learning

Instructional Design Criteria

•People’s creation•Introduce computers

•Familiarize•Acceptance•Training/PD•Roles

The machine sh ould not dictate

what has to

be done.