ERIC Number: EJ1174066
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Feb
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ISSN: EISSN-1492-3831
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Status of e-Learning Quality in Kenya: Case of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology Postgraduate Students
Hadullo, Kennedy; Oboko, Robert; Omwenga, Elijah
International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, v19 n1 p139-160 Feb 2018
There is a substantial increase in the use of learning management systems (LMSs) to support e-learning in higher education institutions, particularly in developing countries. This has been done with some measures of success and failure as well. There is evidence from literature that the provision of e-learning faces several quality issues relating to course design, content support, social support, administrative support, course assessment, learner characteristics, instructor characteristics, and institutional factors. It is clear that developing countries still remain behind in the great revolution of e-learning in Higher Education. Accordingly, further investigation into e-learning use in Kenya is required in order to fill in this gap of research, and extend the body of existing literature by highlighting major quality determinants in the application of e-learning for teaching and learning in developing countries. By using a case study of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), the study establishes the status of e-learning system quality in Kenya based on these determinants and then concludes with a discussion and recommendation of the constructs and indicators that are required to support qualify teaching and learning practices.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Educational Quality, Case Studies, Agricultural Education, Technology Education, Graduate Students, Integrated Learning Systems, Developing Nations, Agricultural Colleges, Factor Analysis, Questionnaires, Likert Scales, Interviews, Curriculum Design, Social Support Groups, Administrator Role, Course Evaluation, Student Characteristics, Teacher Characteristics, College Faculty, Institutional Characteristics, Student Attitudes, Qualitative Research, Content Analysis, Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Kenya
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