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Improving the Quality of Basic Education Through the Use of Gender-Sensitive Student Councils: Experience of Six Selected Districts in Tanzania
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-07)
This paper analyses whether the gender-sensitive and democratically elected student councils helped in strengthening school leadership and providing a platform for increased awareness and advocacy for male and female ...
Willingness to Engage in Open Educational Practices Among Academics in Rwandan Public Higher Education and Responsive Actions
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-11)
Academics’ engagement in Open Educational Practices (OEPs) is critical for opening up higher education. It is in this perspective that the willingness to engage in such practices among academics in Rwandan public higher ...
Can New Modes of Digital Learning Help Resolve the Teacher Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa?
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-03)
Sub-Saharan Africa, more than any other part of the world, is experiencing a crisis in finding sufficiently qualified teachers to meet the needs of expanding school systems. The professional development support provided ...
Distance Learner's Perspective on User-Friendly Instructional Materials at the University of Zambia
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-03)
This case study focuses on print-based instructional materials available to distance education learners at the University of Zambia. Using the Visual Paradigm Software, we model distance education learners’ voices into ...
Leaders in Distance Education on the African Continent
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-07)
Both the task of identifying leadership in distance education, as well as leadership per se, does not happen in a vacuum. We need to understand the definition of leadership and the processes of identifying leadership in a ...
Pre-Service Teachers' Self-Efficacy Beliefs Towards Educational Technologies Integration in Tanzania
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-07)
This study examines pre-service teachers’ (N = 386) self-efficacy beliefs towards educational technologies integration in the classroom at the two colleges in Tanzania that prepare secondary education teachers. Using ...