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MAKERERE UNIVERSITY

MAKERERE UNIVERSITY. A SURVEY REPORT ON THE FEASIBILITY FOR THE ADOPTION AND ROLL OUT THE E-PORTFOLIO A. Mwanika I Munabi &T. Okumu. E-portfolio project overview. Three Phases: Portfolio Design Feasibility of Adoption Study Piloting the e-Portfolio. Intervention/ aim.

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MAKERERE UNIVERSITY

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  1. MAKERERE UNIVERSITY A SURVEY REPORT ON THE FEASIBILITY FOR THE ADOPTION AND ROLL OUT THE E-PORTFOLIO A. Mwanika I Munabi &T. Okumu

  2. E-portfolio project overview • Three Phases: • Portfolio Design • Feasibility of Adoption Study • Piloting the e-Portfolio

  3. Intervention/ aim • a pre-intervention survey of the teachers, undergraduate and post graduate students and the institutional context • for factors that may promote or impede education technology adoption in Makerere University.

  4. Target/unit of analysis/objectives • The study surveyed for: • The Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of the students and Teachers in relation to use of education Technologies • Scanning their views on Technology access issues like availability, capacity and technical support.

  5. SCOPE/methodology • The study explored Lecturers and students for the following: • Knowledge gauged as appropriate definition of the use of education technologies and Familiarity with a menu of education technologies. • Attitude as an expression of relevance and importance attached to ETs, willingness to use ETs, work load opinions • Practice as training, participation in on-line courses • Access was explored in terms of possession of computers and mobile phones, availability & reliability of the internet & technical support, reliability of electricity supply.

  6. SCOPE CONT. • The study did not survey managers, & IT administrators , nor the ICT and behaviour because these will be done during the pilot which starts end of march.

  7. methodology . • Approximately 20 students were randomly selected from each of the 9 Colleges and one School. • 4 lecturers were randomly picked from each institution • Data was collected through questionnaire administered by research assistants. • Mixed close ended and open ended questions, providing both quantitative and qualitative data. • The data tool had been tested and adjusted

  8. Data analysis • Quantitative data was entered directly into SPSS 17 for organization and analysis. • The analysis generated descriptive frequency tables, pie charts and graphs. • The qualitative data analysis is on-going .

  9. RESULTS: DEMOGRAPHICS • Three groups of respondents: • 227 Undergraduate students • 17 Post graduate students • 49 Lecturers • Drawn from 9 Colleges and one school.

  10. results • Knowledgeable and familiar with ETs: • 87% could define use of ETs • Familiarity: using Muele as yardstick: • 77% Undergrads familiar with MUELE • 60% lecturers, • 35% post grads 64% not familiar Note: (Makerere has not yet adopted the e-portfolio, however the e-portfolio plug in uses the same platform as Muele) .

  11. Results • ATTITUDE: • 96% Agreed ETs are relevant and important • 87% agreed that ETs deepen learning • 66% said its not extra work load • 94% expressed willingness to use ETs for teaching & learning • 54% said they have sufficient time to use ETs.

  12. results • PRACTICE: • CAN BE USED: - 71% - 94% • On-line courses participation: 43% • Trained in ICT 54%

  13. RESULTS • ACCESS: • Computer ownership: 68% general, 91% lecturers, 94% PGs, 61% Undergrads • Technical support readily available: 28% • Technical support is important: 80% • Reliable internet service: 44%

  14. DISCUSSION • ATTITUDE: • Person agency issues like attitude and value system affect adoption of technologies. The respondents demonstrated positive attitude towards use of technologies. However they tended to qualify this with a call for a comprehensive incentive system to account for the time and intensive labour required to construct and manage e-portfolios. • ACCESS: • Physical access to technologies was good at 68% however institutional contextual issues like technical support for capacity building and reliability of connectivity were found wanting.

  15. CONCLUSION • The study has established a mixed bag of positive and negative factors in terms of promoting adoption of education technologies. There is expressed willingness to adopt education technologies and to commit time to their use by both students and lecturers. The institution has done a lot to improve on availability of various technologies for education. • Expressed willingness and positive attitude however need to be backed up by a comprehensive incentive structure which rewards time investment, builds capacity and competence and provides a reliable technology infrastructure for the adoption and sustained use of education technologies. On balance however this study finds that its feasible to adopt and roll out the e-portfolio at Makerere University.

  16. LESSONS • 61% and 94% ownership of computers by students is an eye opener. • 66% view use of ETs as regular work. • Low familiarity with MUELE among the PGs (64% not familiar) • Acknowledgement that mobile phones can be used for • teaching and learning coupled with almost 99% ownership. • The need for training, technical support and reliable connectivity .

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