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eLearning and Development: Lessons from Multi-Disciplinary Capacity Strengthening
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2014)
This paper documents the experience and lessons from implementing an e-learning program aimed at creating multidisciplinary research capacity. It presents a case study of bringing together a multidisciplinary group of ...
Assessing E-Learning Readiness at the Kenya Technical Teachers College
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2014)
The purpose of this survey was to assess the level of e-learning readiness at the Kenya Technical Teachers College (KTTC). This was part of an institution-wide strategy to guide the adoption and implementation of e-learning ...
A Critical Look at Policy Environment for Opening up Public Higher Education in Rwanda
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016)
Policies play a critical role in the implementation of open, distance education and opening up higher education. To encourage participation of different stakeholders in related practices, policies may need to embody values ...
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 ...
A Discourse Analysis of Teacher-Trainees’ Abstract Conceptualizations of Emerging Technologies in Teaching to Revitalise Luganda Language
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2015)
While many young learners of the 21st century have grown up with, and generally prefer to learn using Emerging Technologies (ETs), few teachers of Luganda language graduate with learning experiences of integrating ETs in ...
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 ...