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Haaranen, Ari and Saarti, Jarmo (2020) Enthusiastic Academic and Support Service Staff as an Agent for Change: A Case Study Based on a Project in African Higher Education Institutes. Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 18 (1).
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The aim of this case study was to evaluate whether there had been educational changes and if so, in which phases of implementation and institutionalization in three African higher education institutions. The changes were evaluated from the point-of-view of trainees in the field of e-learning and library services during the project conducted in 2013-2015. Written texts and visual material were analysed using qualitative content analysis. The enthusiasm and mutual pedagogical understanding of the academic and support service staff were the key factors promoting the changes in the integration of e-learning and modern library services into everyday practices in these higher education institutions. The provision of suitable training and pedagogic skills to the academics and the support service staff made it possible dovetail these concepts to suit their home institution and provide them with a common language and value base that supported student learning.
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| Additional Information: | In this qualitative case study, three African universities (two private and one state funded, from different regions of the continent) were reviewed to compare educational changes in the "integration of e-learning and modern library services into everyday practices." These changes are viewed in light of the effort to align institutions of higher education on the African continent with practices in Europe, to facilitate inter-institutional coordination. Two of the institutions in this study use Moodle, but one only uses it for a few courses, while the other largely uses Moodle as a document repository. Moodle was also used to coordinate the efforts of local project trainers and remote researchers (in Finland) during this study. All three institutions struggled to provide robust network service and access to computers for students. A need for stronger supports for faculty new to teaching using technology was also identified. |
| Subjects: | Education (General) > Higher education Educational technology > Adoption of educational technology |
| Depositing User: | Elizabeth Dalton |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Mar 2020 00:01 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2020 00:01 |
| URI: | http://research.moodle.org/id/eprint/486 |
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