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Kwapong, Olivia A. T. Frimpong – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2009
The potential of ICT for education and sustainable development cannot be underestimated. Using cases from some African countries and data from deprived regions in Ghana, this paper discusses the opportunities and challenges in ICT for education and sustainable development in underserved areas in Africa. Much as infrastructural development,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Sustainable Development, Foreign Countries
Agyemang, Beatrice K.; Dadzie, Perpetua – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2010
A study to investigate the current state of Information Communication Technology policy of the University of Ghana Distance Education (DE) programme and the extent of awareness and use of ICTs in general by the DE learners was carried out. The survey methodology was adopted using questionnaire and interview instruments. Respondents were made up of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Distance Education, College Students
Ayebi-Arthur, Kofi; Aidoo, Dora Baaba; Ntim, Edward Kofi; Tenkorang, Emmanuel Yamoah – Online Submission, 2009
Disability issues in Ghana are gradually finding space in mainstream discourse. Conceptualising disability issues is challenged with consensus on the determination of parameters; a complex and controversial process. Our research interest is expressed in two objectives: to determine the status of ICT provision at the Centre for SVIs at the…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Assistive Technology, Visual Impairments, Foreign Countries
Awidi, Isaiah T. – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2008
While technology has enabled online education in many countries, the same cannot be said for African public universities. Universities in Ghana have made some progress in building networking infrastructure and acquiring computers, but integrating technology into the teaching and learning process has been a challenge. Instructional delivery remains…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Universities, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
Awidi, Isaiah T. – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2008
Course management systems (CMSs) currently drive educational delivery in most developed countries. Their absence in higher education in most developing countries creates a digital divide between first- and third-world students. Meeting the needs of higher education in Ghana therefore depends on identifying the factors that should inform the choice…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Management Systems, Foreign Countries, Computer Software
Sampong, Kwasi Addo – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2009
The study used an adaptation of Provus' discrepancy evaluation model to evaluate a distance teacher education program in the University of Cape Coast, the premier teacher education institution in Ghana. The study involved comparing performance data of the program as perceived by students and faculty/administrators to standards prepared from the…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Distance Education, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
Borzekowski, Dina L. G.; Fobil, Julius N.; Asante, Kofi O. – Developmental Psychology, 2006
In developed countries, adolescents go online to find information about health; however, little is known about the online practices of youth from developing countries. This study's purpose was to explore and provide current information, drawn from adolescents living in Ghana's capital city of Accra, on the use of the Internet as a health…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Online Searching, Internet, Adolescents
Beaudoin, Michael F. – E-Learning, 2007
Many countries identified with the developing world, such as those in sub-Saharan Africa, have been recipients of aid programs over the past five decades totaling billions of dollars and aimed at fostering social and economic development to achieve global parity with the industrialized world. Much of this activity has been focused on building…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Online Courses, Economic Development

Carey, Jane M.; Chisholm, Ines M.; Irwin, Leslie H. – Educational Media International, 2002
This international and interdisciplinary study investigated and compared computer access, attitudes and perceptions towards computers as well as preferred settings for computer learning among college freshmen in Australia, China Ghana, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Discusses implications for computer training in teacher preparation and international…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Business Administration Education, College Freshmen, Computer Attitudes
Thakrar, Jayshree; Zinn, Denise; Wolfenden, Freda – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2009
The challenges to teacher educators in sub-Saharan Africa are acute. This paper describes how the Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (TESSA) consortium is working within institutional and national policy systems to support school-based teacher professional development. The TESSA consortium (13 African institutions and 5 international…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Consortia, Educational Resources