An Online Collaborative Discussion Platform for Bridging a Technological Reliance Gap in Higher Learning Institutions in Tanzania

John, Linus; Sam, Anael

doi:10.5815/ijmecs.2018.11.04

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“…Software elearning technologies can be proprietary or open source. Albeit the significance of E-learning in education and research its adoption in Tanzanian HLIs though at an increasing rate is apparently low [5,9].…”

Section: B E-learning Technologies Adoption Challenges In Hlis In Tamentioning

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Web-based Application Tool for Recommendation of Open Source Software for Higher Learning Institution in Tanzania

Okey¹,

Sam²

2019

IJMECS

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Open Source Software (OSS) provide a number of advantages to Higher Learning Institutions (HLIs) in developing countries, such as Tanzania. This is because they are freely available, free to make copies and free to distribute. Through literature reviewed, it has been observed that OSS usage in HLIs in Tanzania is low due to lack of awareness of OSS designed for academic purposes. This paper presents a study on how to implement a reliable and effective web-based application tool for recommendation of OSS for enhancing awareness of HLIs on existing OSS designed for academic purposes. There are three recommendation algorithms that were employed for filtering the OSS in this study: the contentbased, collaborative, and demographic filtering. We used various web technologies for the implementation of application functionalities. The result is the reliable and effective web-based application tool that recommends OSS to individuals in HLIs for enhancing their awareness of OSS designed for academic purposes.

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Section: B E-learning Technologies Adoption Challenges In Hlis In Tamentioning

confidence: 99%

Web-based Application Tool for Recommendation of Open Source Software for Higher Learning Institution in Tanzania

Okey¹,

Sam²

2019

IJMECS

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“…The application of semantics in text mining has created a new avenue to overcome those. For example, [20] has used semantic approaches for identifying duplicate questions in the online discussion forum of elearning tools. In a study [21], the authors have utilised it for characterising users based on the message similarity in online discussion forum.…”

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Measuring Domain Knowledge for Early Prediction of Student Performance: A Semantic Approach

Khan

Ghosh

2020

2020 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)

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The growing popularity of data mining catalyses the researchers to explore various exciting aspects of education. Early prediction of student performance is an emerging area among them. The researchers have used various predictors in performance modelling studies. Although prior cognition can affect student performance, establishing their relationship is still an open research challenge. Quantifying the knowledge from readily available data is the major challenge here. We have proposed a semantic approach for this purpose. Association mining on nearly 0.35 million observations establishes that prior cognition impacts the student performance. The proposed approach of measuring domain knowledge can help the early performance modelling studies to use it as a predictor.

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“…Software e -learning technologies can be proprietary or open source. Albeit the significance of E -learning in education and research its adoption in Tanzanian HLIs though at an increasing rate is apparently low (John and Sam, 2018;Lungo and Kaasbol, 2007).…”

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A Web-based application for recommendation of open source software for higher learning institutions in Tanzania

Okey¹

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Higher Learning Institutions (HLIs) perform a vital role in developing students to professionals, and in contributing to social and industrial development through research outputs and delivering professional support to different organizations. The growth of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has led to the high use of software tools for supporting the roles of HLIs to deliver high-quality research and education. However, most of the Proprietary Software (PS) tools are expensive, hence hindering HLIs in Tanzania from using them for their core activities. Open Source Software (OSS) provide advantages for HLIs because they remove the cost of acquiring licenses and prevent software illegality issues. However, in Tanzania, most of HLIs do not use OSS due to lack of awareness. This study aimed at improving the adoption of OSS in Tanzanian HLIs through enhancement of individual awareness on the existing OSS designed for academic purposes using a recommender application. The application uses three recommendation approaches: content-based, demographic and collaborative filtering. Questionnaires were used for identifying currently used software in different academic areas of specializations and gathering requirements for development of a web-based application. Further, it explored useful OSS designed for academic purposes from online platforms and categorized them according to their academic area of use. The list of categorized OSS were uploaded to the application’s database and used as a foundation for recommendations. The developed application passed a test against users’ requirements as it was able to: recommend OSS, send notification through user’s email, allow view and download, and accept users’ feedbacks.

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An Online Collaborative Discussion Platform for Bridging a Technological Reliance Gap in Higher Learning Institutions in Tanzania

Cited by 5 publications

References 7 publications

Web-based Application Tool for Recommendation of Open Source Software for Higher Learning Institution in Tanzania

Web-based Application Tool for Recommendation of Open Source Software for Higher Learning Institution in Tanzania

Measuring Domain Knowledge for Early Prediction of Student Performance: A Semantic Approach

A Web-based application for recommendation of open source software for higher learning institutions in Tanzania

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