A2I: A Model for Teacher Training in Constructive Alignment for Use of ICT in Engineering Education

Abstract

The outcome-based approach of education requires engineering faculty to be able to align the student learning objectives with their instructional and assessment strategies. With the increasing use of educational technology, faculty technology integration also becomes an essential part of this alignment. Though there exists instances of training programmes that help faculty to achieve this alignment and integration, there are no validated frameworks or models that will enable teacher educators to prepare good instructional development programmes for the faculty. Attain-Align-Integrate (A2I) is a model for teacher educators to create short-term training programmes (STTP) to achieve constructive alignment in use of Information and Communication Technology. In this paper we describe the model, its key features, then the instantiation of the model as a STTP. Following this, the evaluation of the STTP is described to explain the utility of the model for attaining faculty professional development goals. The results of STTP indicate that participants have shifted from a teachercentric instructional strategy to a student-centered one, however they require more practice in the alignment to integrate it completely within their teaching learning environment.