A unit of study for teachers to consider some of the challenges raised by adopting a PBL approach, and how these can be overcome.
The objective is to look at ways of dealing with the challenges and fears of PBL projects.

Melinda dP. Bandalaria (Ph.D) from the University of Philippines Open University (UPOU) lectures on how ICT provides high levels of flexibility for learning. She also looks at collaboration, synchronous vs asynchronous learning, improved access to learning materials via OERs and MOOCs. She calls for teachers to use a 'Flipped Classroom'.

This is a unit of study whose competency is to Manage student project-based learning activities in a technology-enhanced environment to support collaboration.

This course has been developed to support the training of teachers to integrate ICT into their teaching practices. The materials, guides and activities are strongly aligned with the UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers (CFT).
While the course embraces the role ICT can bring to the classroom it is also not held prisoner by the need for high end or sophisticated technology platforms. The course can be deployed in areas of limited or no connectivity via CD ROM or memory stick as most of the resources have been previously downloaded and collected. There are also web and paper based versions of the lessons and guides.
This course uses materials that are Open Education Resources (OER) or free to use for educational purposes, allowing the use and distribution, and in some instances the repurposing of the materials, at no additional cost. (See the Open License tab for more information).
But most importantly we hope the lessons are fun and engaging enough to introduce new possibilities and refresh the participant's passion for teaching and learning.

By the end of this unit teachers should be able to:

Deepening knowledge 3- (d) Designing unit plans and classroom activities so that students engage in reasoning, discussion and use of key concepts of the subject matter while collaborating with peers in understanding, representing and solving complex real-life problems as well as considering solutions to these problems and communicating regarding it.

بحلول نهاية هذه الوحدة ، يجب أن يكون المعلمون قادرين على:

تعميق المعرفة 3- (د) تصميم خطط الوحدة وأنشطة الفصل الدراسي بحيث يشارك الطلاب في التفكير المنطقي والمناقشة واستخدام المفاهيم الأساسية للموضوع أثناء التعاون مع أقرانهم في فهم وتمثيل وحل مشاكل الحياة الواقعية المعقدة بالإضافة إلى التفكير في الحلول لهذه المشاكل والتواصل بشأنها.

By the end of this unit teachers should be able to:

Deepening knowledge 3. (a) Demonstrate how ICTs and collaborative project-based learning can support students' thinking and social interaction; Students come to understand the basic concepts, processes, and skills of the subject and use them to solve life's problems realism.

Deepening knowledge 3- (b) Identifying or preparing complex problems prevailing in real life and working to structure them in a way that integrates the basic concepts of the subject matter in the problems and is a basis for students' projects.

بحلول نهاية هذه الوحدة ، يجب أن يكون المعلمون قادرين على:

تعميق المعرفة 3. (أ) توضيح كيف يمكن لتكنولوجيا المعلومات والاتصالات والتعلم التعاوني القائم على المشاريع أن يدعم تفكير الطلاب وتفاعلهم الاجتماعي ؛ يتعرف الطلاب على المفاهيم والعمليات والمهارات الأساسية للموضوع ويستخدمونها لحل مشاكل الحياة الواقعية.

تعميق المعرفة 3- (ب) تحديد أو إعداد المشكلات المعقدة السائدة في الحياة الواقعية والعمل على هيكلتها بطريقة تدمج المفاهيم الأساسية للموضوع في المشكلات وتكون أساسًا لمشاريع الطلاب.

A unit of study where teachers will help learners complete a tutorial, brainstorm a list of possible project ideas for a PBL project that includes gathering, processing and presenting information.
The purpose of this practical is to provide participants with clear directions so that they can design such a project.

A unit of study to introduce in-service teachers to Constructivist teaching methods. Teachers will look at a particular manifestation of the theory, Constructionism, or more specifically, Project-based Learning.

KICTCFT: The teacher can use ICT to support traditional methods of teaching and learning in the classroom. Specific Objectives: By the end of the unit you should be able to: 1] Identify ICT tools suitable for didactic teaching and learning, 2] Describe how didactic teaching and learning and ICT can be used to support student's acquisition of school subject matter knowledge, and 3] Incorporate appropriate ICT activities into lesson plans so as to support student's acquisition of school subject matter knowledge

KICTCFT: Teachers can plan and are aware of the practicality of designing Project Based Learning opportunities. Specific Objectives: On completion of this unit you should be to, 1] Identify and describe ICT tools that support Project Based Learning, and 2] Describe how to structure real-world problems into a project design.

Welcome to this unit on ICT to support collaboration and communication. In this unit we will look at how we can enhance collaboration and communication in classroom teaching using various ICT tools. What tools do we usually use to communicate? Can we use the same tools to communicate in the classroom? Let us find out.

A unit of study for teachers to provide participants with clear directions so that they can continue to design a PBL project.

The aim of this unit is that upon completion, teachers will be able to manage the learners' project-based (PBL) activities in a technology-enhanced environment to support collaboration.

The latest version of the UNESCI ICT Competency Framework for Teachers published in 2018

UNESCO’s Framework emphasizes that it is not enough for teachers to have ICT competencies and be able to teach them to their students. Teachers need to be able to help the students become collaborative, problemsolving, creative learners through using ICT so they will be eff ective citizens and members of the workforce. The Framework therefore addresses all aspects of a teacher’s work:

Understanding ICT in Education
Curriculum and Assessment
Pedagogy
ICT
Organisation & Administration
Teacher Professional Learing

The Framework is arranged in three diff erent approaches to teaching (three successive stages of a teacher’s development). The first is Technology Literacy, enabling students to use ICT in order to learn more effi ciently. The second is Knowledge Deepening, enabling students to acquire in-depth knowledge of their school subjects and apply it to complex, real-world problems. The third is Knowledge Creation, enabling students, citizens and the workforce they become, to create the new knowledge required for more harmonious, fulfi lling and prosperous societies.

The Zimbabwe ICT Essentials for Teachers Course is avaiable as an App for Android phones and tablets. The original course has been reformated to fit on screens of different sizes! The full course is available.