A Framework for the Integration of DVD Technology in Geography Teaching and Learning

Abstract

This article discusses the results when integrating digital versatile disc (DVD) technology in full-time second-year geography for BEd degree students at a university in South Africa, a developing country. It proposes a framework for the integration of the DVD in geography teaching and learning, steered by students’ needs, feedback and observations by the lecturer. The proposed framework recommends clear guidelines on how to integrate the DVD, as well as the interactions between the role players/resources. It also explains how the DVD was compiled, what was included and how it was effectively applied in conjunction with seminars, as an alternative to traditional lectures. An action research design was utilized and both qualitative and quantitative data were collected.

Keywords:

• ICT in geography teaching
• DVD technology
• ICT and developing countries
• ICT variants
• DVD and geography
• multimedia learning
• resource-based learning
• learner-centred learning

Acknowledgements

This paper has had a long gestation period and has been presented in various formats to colleagues in the Faculty of Education Sciences (NWU, Potchefstroom campus) and to receptive audiences at the 3rd International Conference on Education and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications (Orlando, Florida, USA, July 2005) and the IGU Commission on Geographical Education (Brisbane, Australia, August 2006). Many people have been helpful in their comments and the authors are grateful to them. Furthermore, the authors wish a note of appreciation to the three anonymous reviewers whose comments greatly improved the quality of this article.