Financial Impact of Internet Access Infrastructure of Online Learning Mode on Tertiary Students in Covid-19 Era in Ghana

Wireko, Joseph Kofi; Brenya, Boahemaa; Doshi, Ruchi

doi:10.1109/ccge50943.2021.9776422

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“…Despite all the potential benefits BL renders to educators and students, it is perceived to impose challenges. The majority of the study participants emphasized that inadequate technology infrastructure, an inadequate internet connection, a bad internet network, a noisy environment for delivering BL instruction and the high cost of internet data bundles (Wireko et al, 2021) are challenges they experience. These concerns are related to Truss and Anderson's (2023) study, which discovered that educators face challenges in delivering BL instructional content due to a lack of vital resources such as access to digital tools, technical and learning instruction support, career development training and preparation time.…”

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“…These concerns raised by participants emphasize that there are inadequate technology resources, a poor Internet connection, a higher cost in purchasing data bandwidth, a noisy environment for teaching and learning and an increased workload that are part of the challenges experienced in using the BL approach. Wireko et al. 's (2021) study identified the high cost of paying for internet infrastructure as a challenge that students in developing countries experience.…”

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Higher education in emergency situation: blended learning prospects and challenges for educators in the developing countries

Brenya

2023

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PurposeBlended learning (BL) is becoming more popular as a method of welcoming a progressively diverse range of students while adding value to the learning environment through the integration of online teaching resources. However, BL's approach of combining online instruction with conventional classroom strategies has received attention and expressed reservations over the years. While several research works have been conducted and draw attention to the global challenges of the BL mode of delivering instruction in BL's entirety, there is still no full idea of the challenges and prospects that exist regarding teacher educators' usage of the approach in higher education institutions (HEIs) in the context of developing countries. As a result, this study investigates the prospects and challenges of BL implementation in HEIs from the perspective of educators.Design/methodology/approachDrawing from the technology acceptance model (TAM), qualitative research methods and semi-structured interviews were used to gather insights from 10 educators. The data were analyzed using a thematic data analysis technique to arrive at the outcome of the study.FindingsThe findings reveal that educators deeply comprehend the BL approach and perceive the approach's effectiveness in delivering instruction and student learning. Conversely, educators' challenges are inadequate technology resources, poor internet connections, inadequate professional development training and a dearth of incentives. The study has implications for theory, research, policy enactment and practice regarding the improvement of the BL agenda in HEIs.Originality/valueThe explanatory framework presented here is the qualitative approach to the study of themes regarding the perceptions, prospects and challenges educators experience in their use of the BL approach in teaching and learning in the HEIs.

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Higher education in emergency situation: blended learning prospects and challenges for educators in the developing countries

Brenya

2023

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“…While this is a welcoming development, tech-driven Covid-19 management may pose some privacy concerns to the public [14]. In another study, [21] reviewed existing smart innovations (mainly sensor technology, mask, robotics, drone, artificial intelligence) and their associated frameworks that have recently emerged to tackle the global emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic [22]. The authors identified the disparate smart devices and smartphone applications used in a number of geographical distributions to manage Covid-19 pandemic.…”

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Smart Face Masks for COVID-19 Pandemic Management: A Concise Review of Emerging Architectures, Challenges and Future Research Directions

Fagbola

Aroba

et al. 2023

IEEE Sensors J.

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Smart sensing technology has been playing tremendous roles in digital healthcare management over time with great impacts. Lately, smart sensing has awoken the world by the advent of Smart Face Masks (SFM) in the global fight against the deadly Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. In turn, a number of research studies on innovative SFM architectures and designs are emerging. However, there is currently no study that has systematically been conducted to identify and comparatively analyze the emerging architectures and designs of SFMs, their contributions, socio-technological implications, and current challenges. In this paper, we investigate the emerging SFMs in response to Covid-19 pandemic and provide a concise review of their key features and characteristics, design, smart technologies, and architectures. We also highlight and discuss the socio-technological opportunities posed by the use of SFMs and finally present directions for future research. Our findings reveal four key features that can be used to evaluate SFMs to include reusability, self-power generation ability, energy awareness and aerosol filtration efficiency. We discover that SFM has potential for effective use in human tracking, contact tracing, disease detection and diagnosis or in monitoring asymptotic populations in future pandemics. Some SFMs have also been carefully designed to provide comfort and safety when used by patients with other respiratory diseases or comorbidities. However, some identified challenges include standards and quality control, ethical, security and privacy concerns.

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The Social Presence Factor in Blended Learning Community and Student Engagement in Higher Education Institution in Developing Countries

Brenya

Wireko

2021

2021 International Conference on Cyber Security and Internet of Things (ICSIoT)

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Financial Impact of Internet Access Infrastructure of Online Learning Mode on Tertiary Students in Covid-19 Era in Ghana

Cited by 10 publications

References 9 publications

Higher education in emergency situation: blended learning prospects and challenges for educators in the developing countries

Higher education in emergency situation: blended learning prospects and challenges for educators in the developing countries

Smart Face Masks for COVID-19 Pandemic Management: A Concise Review of Emerging Architectures, Challenges and Future Research Directions

The Social Presence Factor in Blended Learning Community and Student Engagement in Higher Education Institution in Developing Countries

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