Budget launches in Australia generally attract praise and condemnation, depending on which side of politics the commentators are from. Only rarely is a budget almost universally condemned by the public – but this has happened with the first budget of Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s right-wing government. So unpopular has the government become as a result […]
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Minjuan Wang, Yong Chen, and Muhammad Jahanzaib Khan
Mobile cloud learning, a combination of mobile learning and cloud computing, is a relatively new concept that holds considerable promise for future development and delivery in the education sectors. Cloud computing helps mobile learning overcome obstacles related to mobile computing. The main focus of this paper is to explore how cloud computing changes traditional mobile learning. A case study of the usage of Moodle in the cloud via mobile learning in Khalifa University was conducted.
Published in: The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
The University of Namibia has admitted its first batch of students into a new masters degree programme in gender and development studies, kindling hope of new solutions to gender-related problems that include violence in which scores of women have been murdered. The degree follows three years of planning by the university, called UNAM, and partners […]
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Recent research has suggested presence of a significant relationship between prevalence of online reading and reading literacy. In this study we examined the prevalence of online reading among 15-year old students in Qatar using a nationally representative sample of 8,089 students. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were conducted at the item and scale levels in order to understand the relationship of online reading activities with computer use for schoolwork and entertainment, and demographic differences such as gender, grade and socioeconomic status. Online reading was found to be strongly associated with both entertainment- and schoolwork-related use of computers at home but weakly associated with computer use at school.
Prevalence of online reading among high school students in Qatar: Evidence from the Programme for International Student Assessment 2009 Jehanzeb R. Cheema, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Recent research has suggested presence of a significant relationship between prevalence of online reading and reading literacy. In this study we examined the prevalence of online […]
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This study investigated University of Ghana Distance Education students’ perceptions toward mobile learning. The paper using the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) explained how students’ beliefs influenced students’ intention to adopt m-learning. Findings from the study showed that most of the students had mobile phones, and used them for conversation and texting. Factor analysis was further conducted which showed strong loadings of factors such as intentions and perceived behavioural control confirming that the TPB explained the students’ m-learning readiness very well. Thus, attitude, subjective norm and behavioural control influenced students’ intention to adopt m-learning.
Determining distance education students’ readiness for mobile learning at University of Ghana using the Theory of Planned Behaviour Authors: Michael Ayitey Tagoe and Ellen Abakah, University of Ghana, Ghana The use of mobile technologies in the classroom is transforming teaching and learning in higher institutions. This study investigated University of Ghana Distance Education students’ perceptions […]
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The paper presents one case study of a larger multiple case study research that employed an ethnographic research approach in investigating the impact of ICT on distance education in Sri Lanka. Documents, questionnaires and qualitative interviews were used for data collection. There was a significant positive relationship between ownership of computers and students’ ability to use computer for word processing, emailing and Web searching. The lack of access to computers and the Internet, the lack of infrastructure, low levels of computer literacy, the lack of local language content, and the lack of formal student support services at the University were found to be major barriers to implementing compulsory online activities at the University.
The article discusses how cross-cultural communication based on information and communication technologies (ICT) may be used in participatory health promotion as well as in education in general. The analysis draws on experiences from a health education research project with grade 6 (approx. 12 years) pupils in Nairobi (Kenya) and Copenhagen (Denmark) addressing the topic of physical activity in everyday life. The article outlines a sequence of educational events (the Cross-Cultural Communication (3C) model) comprising exchange of letters, recording and exchange of films and Skype communication sessions interchanging with reflection sessions in the classes.
Blended learning in distance education: Sri Lankan perspective Authors: Tharindu R Liyanagunawardena, University of Reading, UK Andrew A Adams, Meiji University, Japan Naz Rassool, University of Reading, UK Shirley A Williams, University of Reading, UK The purpose of this paper is to explore the implementation of online learning in distance educational delivery at Yellow Fields […]
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There’s been quite a buzz in my Twitter feed for the last week or so as a result of UNESCO’s report “Reading in the mobile era: A study of mobile reading in developing countries.” I saw tweets about it from organizations doing interesting work in the education and technology fields, like Worldreader, Souktel, e-Limu and iEarn USA, and people likeRonda Zelezny-Green, who produces the Gender & Mobile/Learning Newsletter.
Lots of interesting info came out of the study, such as that more women read on mobiles compared to men, but more men read to children with them. The top key finding was “Mobile reading opens up new pathways to literacy for marginalized groups, particularly women and girls, and others who may not have access to paper books.” (emphasis mine) This has important implications, as women make up 64% of the world’s illiterate population. UNESCO has already been involved in this area through their Mobile Phone Literacy – Empowering Women and Girls project (slide presentation), and Vodafone jumped in recently with the Malala Fund “to promote mobile-based literacy and education projects around the world” for girls. (pp10-13 of their report, “Connected Women: How mobile can support women’s economic and social empowerment,” focus on education)
ICT-based, cross-cultural communication: A methodological perspective Authors: Niels Larsen, Kijani Institute, Denmark Maria Bruselius-Jensen and Dina Danielsen, Steno Health Promotion Center, Gentofte, Denmark Rachael Kaki Nyamai, Parliament of Kenya, The National Assembly James Elijah Otiende, Kenyatta University Jens Aagaard-Hansen, Steno Health Promotion Center, Gentofte, Denmark The article discusses how cross-cultural communication based on information and communication […]
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One of the goals of education is to create responsible citizens who can adequately understand the problems faced by their societies and who can then act to help solve them. Such behaviour can be fostered through proper education that facilitates expert knowledge about social issues, nurtures the ability to think critically and grows the skills needed to pro-actively search for possible solutions. Through this study, we aimed to develop an Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) supported pedagogical framework Children as Agents of Social Change (CASC) as a possible vehicle to facilitate proper education about social issues. This article analyses the first implementation of the CASC framework carried out at schools in Tanzania.
In this study the impact of computer immersion on performance of school leavers Senior Certificate mathematics scores was investigated across 31 schools in the EMDC East education district of Cape Town, South Africa by comparing performance between two groups: a control and an experimental group.
Promoting proper education for sustainability: An exploratory study of ICT enhanced Problem Based Learning in a developing country Authors: Amit Roy, University of Eastern Finland Patrick D. Kihoza, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha-Tanzania. Jarkko Suhonen, University of Eastern Finland Mikko Vesisenaho, University of Jyväskylä, Finland Markku Tukiainen, University of Eastern Finland […]
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This paper examines factors that predict students’ continual usage intention of web-based learning content management systems in Tanzania, with a specific focus at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Science MUHAS.
The impact of computer and mathematics software usage on performance of school leavers in the Western Cape Province of South Africa: a comparative analysis. Garth Spencer-Smithand Joanne C Hardman, University of Cape Town, South Africa In this study the impact of computer immersion on performance of school leavers Senior Certificate mathematics scores was investigated across 31 […]
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Critical success factors for adoption of web-based learning management systems in Tanzania Edda T Lwoga, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania This paper examines factors that predict students’ continual usage intention of web-based learning content management systems in Tanzania, with a specific focus at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Science MUHAS. […]
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Critical success factors for adoption of web-based learning management systems in Tanzania
Edda T Lwoga, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania
This paper examines factors that predict students’ continual usage intention of web-based learning content management systems in Tanzania, with a specific focus at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Science MUHAS. This study adapted the information system success ISS model, and it used structural equation modelling SEM for data analysis. The results show that quality-related factors instructor and system were a key predictor of perceived usefulness and user satisfaction, and that information quality was found to significantly affect perceived usefulness.
As mobile technology continues to steal the spotlight in K-12 classroom methodology, certain areas of study tend to be gravitating towards the trends more strongly. Last week an Education Market R...
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