The expertise, abilities, and knowledge that teachers possess in order to utilize ICTs effectively and efficiently in their teaching practices are referred to as teachers’ ICT competencies. These skills include a variety of topics, such as the ability to use ICT tools and software proficiently, the ability to integrate ICTs into instructional design and the delivery process, and the capability to make use of electronic assets for purposes of education.
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Teachers and Schools Navigating Virtual Worlds and the Metaverse for Enhanced E-Learning: Evaluating an E-Capacity Model Approach
Richard Adade (University of South Africa, South Africa) and
Leila Goosen (University of South Africa, South Africa)
Copyright: © 2024
|Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-1034-2.ch006
Abstract
The purpose of the study reported on in this chapter is evaluating teachers' and schools' capacities to integrate technologies into a new educational curriculum using an e-capacity model approach. Against the background of navigating virtual worlds and the metaverse for enhanced e-learning, the chapter will discuss issues with regard to effective strategies and policies for digital integration in education and training, societal issues (social inequality and the digital divide, etc.), legal and ethical issues (intellectual property legislation, etc.), the hybridization of training (hybrid, Hy Flex, co-modal, etc.), simulations, artificial intelligence (AI) for training, the educational metaverse, and information and communication technologies (ICTs).