Online Learning, Instruction, and Research in Post-Pandemic Higher Education in Africa

Martin Munyao

doi:10.5771/9781666916072

Summary

Online Learning, Instruction, and Research in Post-Pandemic Higher Education in Africa, edited by Martin Munyao, argues that beyond survival, universities need to adapt to technology-mediated communication learning in order to thrive. Disruptive technologies have recently proved to be means of thriving for institutions of higher learning. This book reflects on how leveraging on education technology has transformed teaching, learning, and research Higher Education Institutions (HEI) impacting Africa through digital transformation. In particular, HEIs are collaborating more now than ever before. Finally, this book addresses the challenges of teaching STEM programs online in Africa.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-1606-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-1607-2
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 242
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. Foreword No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 4
1. Background and Significance of the Research No access
2. Essential Terms, Concepts, and Organizations No access
3. Education for Sustainable Development No access
4. Sustainability in Higher Education No access
5. Sustainable Pedagogy No access
6. Sustainable Benefits of Online Learning No access
7. Implementation No access
8. Pedagogical Strategy: Transformative Learning No access
9. Online Pedagogical Training That Best Aligns with SDG Number 4 and Practical Strategies toward Sustainable Online Pedagogy No access
10. Conclusion No access
11. Bibliography No access
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. Proportion of Academic Programs and Students Transitioned into eLearning No access
  2. Higher Education Regulators’ Action to Mitigate for the Pandemic No access
  3. HEIs’ Investment into eLearning No access
  4. Faculty’s Challenges with eLearning No access
  5. Students’ Challenges with eLearning No access
3. Proposed Mitigation Measures No access
4. Conclusion and Future Research No access
5. Note No access
6. Bibliography No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Online Learning as a Psychological Phenomenon No access
3. Psychological Factors That Underlie Effective Online Learning No access
4. Psychological Barriers to Online Learning No access
5. Opportunities for Online Learning No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Bibliography No access
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. The Art of Questioning No access
3. Regathering and Getting in Touch with the Invisible Learners No access
4. The Context of Online Learning No access
5. Problem-Based Learning No access
6. Reflections/Critical Reflective Learning No access
7. The Learning Context No access
8. Online Learning as a Means Not an End No access
9. 1. Undesirable Outcome No access
10. Some Challenges Currently Facing Online and How They Are Being Addressed No access
11. Conclusion No access
12. Bibliography No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Understanding PBL No access
3. PBL during COVID-19 No access
4. The South African Experience No access
5. Justifying PBL No access
6. PBL and Learning Theory No access
7. Relevance of PBL in Africa Today No access
8. PBL and Entrepreneurship No access
9. A Pedagogy for Practical Skills No access
10. Leveraging Online Resources No access
11. State of Teaching in Kenyan Universities No access
12. Instructor Competencies No access
13. Lack of Skills for Online Instruction No access
14. Diminished Funding for Higher Education No access
15. Cost of Online Infrastructure No access
16. Opportunities for Partnership No access
17. Opportunities through Foreign Investment No access
18. Academia Is Ready for PBL No access
19. Bibliography No access
1. Introduction No access
2. The Impact of Using eLearning during the COVID-19 on Kenyan Higher Education Institutions No access
3. Statistics of eLearning in Kenya in Light of the Coronavirus Pandemic No access
4. Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Higher Education in Kenya No access
5. eLearning, the Digital Divide, Challenges and Responses during the COVID-19 Period No access
6. Teacher/Student Digital Skills No access
7. Teachers’ Motivation/Perception and Attitude No access
8. Conclusion No access
9. Bibliography No access
1. Introduction No access
2. The Function of CMC No access
3. SIDE Mode No access
4. Computer-Mediated Communication No access
5. Methods and Material: Textual Analysis No access
6. Textual Analysis No access
7. Discussion No access
8. Conclusion No access
9. Note No access
10. Bibliography No access
1. Introduction No access
2. The Rationale No access
3. The Cheese Fable Framework No access
4. Definitions of Terms No access
5. The General Outlook of HE during COVID-19 No access
6. The DX Ecosystem and Its Relevance to African HE No access
7. Foregrounding Digital Technology in HEIs No access
8. Global Contextual Cheese Moving and the DX Connection No access
9. A Nested Socio-technological Cheese Movement No access
10. Economic Cheese Moving No access
11. National or Regional Demographics and Quality Goals No access
12. Employability and Averting Student Debt No access
13. The Social Cheese Is Moving No access
14. Environmental Cheese Is Moving No access
15. 1. Converging It Together: Designing a DTF No access
16. Conclusion No access
17. Bibliography No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Review and Related Work No access
3. Blockchain in Higher Education No access
4. Blockchain Systems No access
5. Blockchain Security No access
6. Ranking Factors No access
7. Paradigm of the Research No access
8. Security and Availability of Data No access
9. 1. Improve Record Keeping No access
  2. Increase Efficiency in Existing Business Processes No access
  3. Create a New Market for Digital Assets No access
  4. Create a Disruptive Business Model No access
  5. Seamless Payments No access
  6. Teaching and Storage Space No access
10. The Research Building for Blockchain Technology in the Higher Education Sector to Date No access
11. The Current Challenges and Future Research Paths No access
12. Conclusions No access
13. Bibliography No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Theoretical Background of Collaborative Learning No access
3. 1. Jigsaw Technique No access
  2. Think-Pair-Share (TPS) No access
  3. Brainwriting No access
  4. Discussion Questions No access
  5. Breakout Group Discussions No access
  6. Scaffolding Instruction No access
  7. Flipped Classrooms No access
  8. PBL No access
4. Collaborative Learning Activities No access
5. Benefits of Collaborative Learning No access
6. Elements of Collaborative Online Learning No access
7. Challenges of Collaborative Online Learning No access
8. Conclusion No access
9. Bibliography No access
1. Introduction No access
2. COVID-19 in Africa No access
3. COVID-19 in Kenya No access
4. 1. Recruitment and Enrollment No access
  2. Alternative Consenting Processes No access
  3. Data Collection, Storage, and Analysis No access
5. 1. Communication during the COVID-19 Pandemic No access
  2. Communication with Mentors, Peers, and Research Team Members No access
  3. University-Level Communication No access
  4. Maintaining Morale and Well-Being No access
6. Recruitment and Enrollment No access
7. Grant Writing and Funding Opportunities No access
8. 1. University-Level Communication No access
  2. Maintaining Morale and Well-Being No access
9. Conclusion and Recommendation No access
10. Bibliography No access
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. Perspectives on Financial Sustainability of HEIs No access
  2. Impact on Funding Sources No access
  3. Impact on Expenditure No access
  4. Impact on Student Enrollment No access
3. Teaching and Learning No access
4. Digital Infrastructure No access
5. Impact according to Academic Discipline No access
6. Changes in Curricula No access
7. Research Funding No access
8. Research Collaboration No access
9. Conclusion No access
10. Bibliography No access
1. Introduction No access
2. COVID-19 Learning Disruption No access
3. Face-to-face vs. eLearning No access
4. eLearning in the Global South No access
5. Linkages between Dialogic Communication and eLearning No access
6. Key Aspects of Communicating for eLearning No access
7. SIPT No access
8. The Case of Daystar University No access
9. Conclusion and Future Perspectives No access
10. Bibliography No access
Index No access Pages 233 - 234
About the Contributors No access Pages 235 - 242