Exploring the Implementation of Blended Learning in a Developing Country: A Case Study of Uganda
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Date
2008
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Fountain Publishers
Abstract
This paper explores on how the blended learning method has been implemented
in the developing country such as Uganda. Many higher education institutions in
Uganda have acquired a new form of learning using technology that they combine
with the traditional learning methods. Implementation of this form of learning
using technology has been challenged by several factors. Many of the challenges are
attributed to the conditions that exist in a developing world such as lack of appropriate
technology. In spite of the several challenges blended learning has been implemented in
relation to the existing internal procedures to suit the developing world context. The
study strategy aimed to identify if the procedures initiated for implementing blended
learning in the developing world were suitable. A case study approach was adopted
in order to inspect these implementation procedures used within a higher education
setting. The results from the study indicate that despite the lack of the appropriate
technologies, infrastructure, pedagogical knowledge, quality assurance procedures
and capital to invest, hybrid policies/frameworks are implemented. For this reason,
a lot of higher education institutions are falling short of the implementation policies
adopted. Therefore the paper stipulates that it is not simply adopting what the
developed world has done but designing what suits the contextual setting that the
particular country posses.
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Chapter 13, Page 132
Keywords
Blended Learning, Developing Country, Uganda
Citation
Ayoo, P. O., & Lubega, J. (2008). Exploring the implementation of blended learning in a developing country: A case study of Uganda. Strengthening the role of ICT in development, 4, 133-143.