An Assessment of Computer and ICT Skills at Botswana Open University: Implications of ICT in Business Subjects

Hamaluba, Tommie

An Assessment of Computer and ICT Skills at Botswana Open University: Implications of ICT in Business Subjects

dc.contributor.author	Hamaluba, Tommie
dc.contributor.editor	Panda, Santosh
dc.coverage.placeName	Botswana	en_US
dc.coverage.spatial	Africa	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2022-03-23T17:27:05Z
dc.date.available	2022-03-23T17:27:05Z
dc.date.issued	2022-03-19
dc.description.abstract	This paper presents a study that focused on assessing computer and ICT skills of business subjects’ learners at Botswana Open University (BOU). The study explored the levels of computer skills; existence of ICT skills and perception of business subject learners on the adoption and use of ICT skills for teaching and learning. A sample size of 223 participants from BOU’s five regions was studied and data was collected quantitatively using survey questionnaires. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the data. The results showed that most of the respondents had average ability to navigate on the e-learning school platforms (E-library, portals, websites, etc.) and average awareness of the business learning software and applications; they were familiar with most MS package elements, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Publisher. They were familiar with the use of emails, social sites and blogs as well as internet searching and browsing. Results also showed that the respondents understood the basic functions of computer hardware. The study also revealed that respondents needed improvement in the use of ICT tools for learning their business subjects, and that the improvement of the use of ICT tools would enhance their understanding of the subject matter. Respondents cited poor internet connectivity and unreliable power supply, as well as slow internet connectivity, as some of the reasons for their poor ICT skills in teaching and learning ICTs.	en_US
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.56059/jl4d.v9i1.552
dc.identifier.issn	2311-1550
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11599/4036
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Commonwealth of Learning (COL)	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Journal of Learning for Development;Vol 9; No 1
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/	en_US
dc.source.uri	https://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/552	en_US
dc.subject	Information and Communication Technology (ICT)	en_US
dc.subject	Higher Education	en_US
dc.subject	Skills Development	en_US
dc.subject	Business Administration	en_US
dc.title	An Assessment of Computer and ICT Skills at Botswana Open University: Implications of ICT in Business Subjects	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article	en_US