02: ICT Supporting Curriculum Goals

Exploring Curriculum Analysis in Relation to ICT 

Curriculum analysis in relation to ICT involves examining the curriculum to identify how, where, and why digital technologies and open educational resources (OER) can be integrated to improve teaching and learning. The focus is not only on using ICT tools but also on leveraging freely available, openly licensed materials to enrich curriculum delivery and ensure wider access.

Steps to Explore Curriculum Analysis with ICT and OER Integration:

• Analyze the curriculum’s intended learning outcomes and competencies.
  
• Identify areas where ICT and OER can support or enhance those goals (e.g. open textbooks, interactive modules, digital skills).

• For each subject/unit, explore where ICT and OER can be appropriately embedded (e.g. use open-licensed simulations in science, OER videos in humanities, open datasets in mathematics).
  
• Consider remixing or adapting OER to local context and curriculum alignment.

• Evaluate how ICT + OER can support learner-centered approaches (flipped class, project-based learning, blended learning).
  
• Encourage teachers to adapt open resources to suit their pedagogical style and learners’ needs.

• Find curriculum areas lacking ICT or OER support.
  
• Identify constraints: infrastructure, teacher capacity, awareness of licensing issues, quality control of OER.
  

• Investigate how ICT and OER can be used in assessment: e-portfolios hosted on open platforms, open question banks, digital rubrics, peer review with open tools.
• Align assessment tasks not only to content mastery but also digital literacy, creativity, collaboration.

• Ensure ICT + OER provide fair access for all learners (consider device access, internet connectivity, assistive technologies).
• Use open resources to reduce cost barriers and adapt materials to learners with diverse needs (e.g. multiple modalities, translations).

• Propose how to embed ICT and OER more systematically into the curriculum (policy, teacher professional development, resource allocation).
  
• Advocate for training in open licensing, curation of quality OER, and infrastructure support.
  

In summary, exploring curriculum analysis with ICT and OER ensures that technology and open resources are meaningfully integrated into teaching, learning, and assessment. ICT provides the tools for innovation, while OER expands access, affordability, and flexibility — thereby making education more inclusive, sustainable, and aligned with 21st-century needs.