ICT policy implementation in higher education institutions in Namibia: A survey of students’ perceptions

Woyo, Erisher; Rukanda, Gladys Dadirai; Nyamapanda, Zanele

doi:10.1007/s10639-020-10118-2

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“…The Namibian government's education ICT policy is aimed at capacitating learners, teachers and the community for the modern economy (Gunga & Ricketts, 2007;Paledi & Alexander, 2018). Woyo et al (2020) noted that whilst the Namibian government developed its ICT for education policy in 2005, research on the perceptions of higher education students regarding e-learning remains limited. They observed that the bulk of the extant literature in Namibia has focused on high schools, thus leaving a gap in knowledge that is yet to be adequately addressed.…”

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“…The purpose of this paper is to report on the challenges faced by undergraduate students when accessing learning resources at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) during the COVID-19 lockdown measures. Student perceptions are an important aspect of e-learning success, yet there is a paucity of studies on challenges faced by these key stakeholders when using e-learning in the Namibian higher education context (Woyo, Rukanda and Nyamapanda, 2020), particularly in the unusual environment created by the COVID-19 pandemic. E-learning has historically tended to be too technologically centered, with the inevitable consequence of institutions of learning overemphasizing the technologies to the detriment of other factors (Kibuku, Ochieng & Wausi, 2020).…”

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Investigating the E-Learning Challenges Faced by Students during Covid-19 in Namibia

Kaisara

Bwalya²

2020

IJHE

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Over the past two decades, e-learning has become an increasingly important field of study that has attracted scholarly and policy makers’ attention. Many developing nations have embraced e-learning as a tool to enhance accessilibility and affordability of higher education. During the COVID-19 lockdown period, many universities across the world were forced to embrace online teachning and learning to circumvent lockdowns, social distancing and other public health interventions put in place to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. Consequently, this study sought to establish students’ experiences with the e-learning mode during the COVID-19 lockdown in Namibia. The paper discusses the results of an online survey of 137 undergraduate students about their experiences using e-learning technologies during the COVID-19-induced university closures. An online survey instrument was created on Google forms and a link distributed to students through WhatsApp class groups. Quantitative data were presented through frequency tables and figures, whilst we adopted thematic content analysis to analyse qualitative data. The results of the survey indicate that mobile devices remained the primary computing device used to access academic information. An analysis of the study results led to the emergence of five themes, viz, e-learning system accessibility, e-learning platform layout, resources to access Internet and network, isolation and home environment that captured student challenges with online classes. This paper argues that e-learning is still faced by a myriad of challenges that need to be addressed if it has to be a success. Furthermore, we advance the argument for mobile learning as a viable option for Africa due to the ubuiquity of mobile devices.

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Investigating the E-Learning Challenges Faced by Students during Covid-19 in Namibia

Kaisara

Bwalya²

2020

IJHE

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“…With the employment of college students changing from the state allocation in the planned economy to the two-way selection in the employment market, the employment situation of college students was once increasingly severe, and employment guidance services have been established to effectively help college students in employment, while information technology and network technology, to promote employment, play an important role in the employment guidance services [6].…”

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An Empirical Study on the Precise Employment Situation-Oriented Analysis of Digital-Driven Talents with Big Data Analysis

Lin

Tsai

2022

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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This paper conducts an in-depth research analysis on the precise employment of college graduates in the context of big data using a number-driven approach. The textual information of the study is obtained by using in-depth interviews, and the evaluation index system of college students’ employment quality is constructed by combining the step-by-step coding method with rooting theory. The research on the current situation of employment recommendation platform research and the application status of big data in the employment recommendation platform is explored by using a bibliometric approach. And the innovative use of web crawler technology is used to comprehensively understand the recommendation function and status quo of the same type of recommendation platform, which provides a reference for the research of this platform. Based on the preliminary analysis of platform requirements and overall design, the overall design and functional implementation of the big data employment recommendation platform are carried out by using big data crawler technology, big data architecture technology, text mining technology, database technology, etc. The construction of a recommendation module based on user history information, a recommendation based on real-time user online behavior data, and hybrid recommendation carried out on the recommendation module to grasp all-round the platform is built based on a stakeholder perspective. Based on the platform construction, the initial platform operation and maintenance management mechanism was established from the stakeholder’s perspective. The Pearson correlation coefficient is used to objectively evaluate the current situation of talent supply in universities and talent demand in enterprises from the perspective of image and data. In the research on the development status of the big data education industry, the Lorenz curve and Gini coefficient are used to match the status of new big data majors with their college construction volume in each province and provide data support for the reasonable adjustment of majors setting in each province according to the education level.

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“…In this line, the concept of knowledge management arises, which, applied in educational institutions, refers to the transfer of knowledge and existing experience between its members [49,50].…”

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“…In the context of research, education is understood as a key resource for acquiring the ability to process information and transform it into applied knowledge. In this order, the challenges posed for higher education institutions depend on the learning scenario, understood as the space-time frame where the student develops learning activities [20,50]. In this way, the orientation received and the technological availability are key elements in the exploitation of ICTs for training activities in these new scenarios [87].…”

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Managing ICT for Sustainable Education: Research Analysis in the Context of Higher Education

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The use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for the benefit of the environment favors the development of a sustainable education, which will help to train more responsible and aware students. The management of educational technology in the context of a sustainable higher education must achieve the internalization of ethics and the sustainable development of humanity. The main objective of this study is to, at a global level, examine the research during the period 2000–2019 on the management of ICTs for sustainable education in the context of higher education. Global research trends on this topic during the period 2000–2019 have been analyzed. Consequently, bibliometric techniques have been applied to a sample of 1814 articles selected from the Scopus database. The results provided data on the scientific productivity of the journal, authors, research institutions, and countries that contribute to the development of this topic. The evidence reveals an exponential trend, mainly in the last five years. In addition, current and future lines of research have been identified. Research at an international level presents a growing trend of publication that allows determination of the relevance of research on ICT management to achieve sustainable education in the context of higher education. This study makes it possible to establish the relationship between science, sustainability, and technology in higher education institutions, and to base the decision-making process for the driving agents of this area of knowledge.

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ICT policy implementation in higher education institutions in Namibia: A survey of students’ perceptions

Cited by 20 publications

References 47 publications

Investigating the E-Learning Challenges Faced by Students during Covid-19 in Namibia

Investigating the E-Learning Challenges Faced by Students during Covid-19 in Namibia

An Empirical Study on the Precise Employment Situation-Oriented Analysis of Digital-Driven Talents with Big Data Analysis

Managing ICT for Sustainable Education: Research Analysis in the Context of Higher Education

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