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Afam Uzorka – International Journal of Technology in Education and Science, 2024
This inquiry explores the opinions of lecturers and students on the advantages and difficulties of switching from traditional face-to-face mode to online mode of delivery in Ugandan higher education institutions during and even after the COVID-19 pandemic. The study investigates participants' perspectives and experiences regarding the benefits and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Experience
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Geofrey Kansiime; Marjorie Sarah Kabuye Batiibwe – Discover Education, 2023
In the wake of COVID-19, higher education institutions worldwide were forced to continue teaching and learning through online means. However, it was only during the pandemic that institutions in Uganda, such as Kabale University, embraced online learning. Against this background, one could not predict how students drastically adapted to the new…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Mathematics Education, Foreign Countries, COVID-19
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Twinamasiko, Nelson; Nuwagaba, Julius; Maria Gwokyalya, Anna; Nakityo, Innocent; Wasswa, Enock; Sserunjogi, Emmanuel – SAGE Open, 2021
COVID-19 is an emerging and highly infectious disease that is becoming a global health challenge affecting all sectors. To prevent COVID-19 transmission, all education institutions were closed and advised to turn to online learning. The present study sought to determine the factors affecting the acceptance and use of electronic learning among…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing
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Yunusa, Abdullahi Abubakar; Umar, Irfan Naufal; Bervell, Brandford – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019
Medical education in Africa is in desperate need of reforms, evident in widespread diseases, and an inability to mobilise and train the required medical workforce to deal with these health issues. However, the exponential rise in the use of mobile technologies due to the spread of the Internet and increased telecommunication networks offer an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Medical Education, Electronic Learning, Affordances
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Bada, Joseph Kizito – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2022
The blended learning approach for course delivery using the Moodle Learning Management System (LMS) is used for online course delivery at Makerere University Business School (MUBS). The study establishes learner views about e-learning and presents a blended learning approach with online assignment and discussion forum for a systems analysis and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blended Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Gupta, Manu; Marsden, Sophie; Oluka, Tony; Sharma, Reetu; Lucas, Henry – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2017
The growing global demand for tertiary education has led to the increased use of e-learning approaches around the world. Demand has increased most rapidly in low and middle income countries (LMICs), which account for half of the students currently enrolled in higher educational institutions (HEIs). But the implementation of e-learning programmes…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Electronic Learning, Program Implementation, Technology Planning
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Kaliisa, Rogers; Picard, Michelle – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2019
This article presents the results of a review of practice and policy in relation to mobile learning and its potential to enhance inclusive and equitable access to higher education in Africa. We reviewed academic literature on potential barriers. Then, we explored the current state of the mobile learning policy environment in 10 African countries…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Access to Education, Electronic Learning, Inclusion
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Asuman, Baguma; Khan, Md. Shahadat Hossain; Clement, Che Kum – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2018
This article reports on the barriers encountered by teachers and the possible solutions to the integration of web-based learning (WBL) into higher educational institutions in Uganda. A total of 50 teachers in the departments of ICT, management, and social sciences from five different universities were purposively selected. A self-designed…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Information Technology, Web Based Instruction, Higher Education
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Zhu, Chang; Justice Mugenyi, Kintu – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2015
This research examines the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) to integrating e-learning perceived by academic staff at a university in Uganda and a university in Tanzania. Mixed-methods research was used in which a main qualitative study was complemented by a quantitative method. The sample participants were academic staff…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Integrated Curriculum, College Faculty
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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