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Enhance Research and Innovation in ICT products, Applications, and Services
No full textThe need for most secondary schools in Uganda, especially in Kigezi region, to embrace
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been facing a number of challenges
which had not been clearly documented. In order to ensure the efficient integration of ICT in the
teaching and learning process in these schools, there is need to understand these challenges and
know how best they can be handled. The purpose of this study was to establish whether ICT was
being integrated in the teaching and learning process among selected secondary schools in the
Kigezi region by assessing the usage of ICTs in the teaching and learning process; establish the
ICT infrastructures currently available in the selected schools and how they are being used; and,
ascertaining the challenges secondary school teachers face in integrating ICT in the teaching and
learning process. The study was guided by MICTIVO model (2009) of ICT integration which
captures most of the factors for the Integration of ICT in education by looking at infrastructure
and policy, perceptions, competences and integration at micro-level, and not only at ICT
integration in curriculum development. The study adopted a cross-sectional descriptive survey
design to collect data at one point in time from all the selected secondary schools. The
quantitative approach was the main approach while the qualitative was the complementary
approach. The target population included students (1943) and teachers (24), from Kigezi Region
Districts of Kabale, Rukiga and Rukungiri. The six (6) schools were selected among the top
schools from which Kabale University has been admitting the highest number of students for
different courses in different academic years. The schools represented schools from both urban
and rural settings. From the six schools, a sample of 332 students and 24 teachers were required
to participate in the study. Data was collected by means of a questionnaire. Data analysis was
conducted using descriptive and inferential statistics with the aid of Statistical Package for Social
Sciences (SPSS). The findings from the study indicated that ICT was not being used in the
teaching and learning process with average response mode of 1[never used ICT]. Furthermore, it
was revealed that most of ICT Infrastructures -- computers, printers, Internet connection among
others -- were not available [Average response mode of 1], In terms of ICT skills and
competences, it was found out that respondents lacked skills in Organizing computer files in
folders and sub-folders; Producing a text and using a word processing Programme, among
others, as represented by the average mode of 1 [None]. The model developed revealed that
location of the schools and the year of existence were found to be significant, while class and
gender were found to be insignificant to ICT adoption in secondary schools. Based on the
findings of the study, it is recommended that government and stakeholders should ensure that:
schools are provided with the necessary ICT infrastructure; qualified computer teachers are
recruited; computer laboratory technicians are rectruited; that there is continuous retooling of
both students and staff; and that schools encourage ICT usage at home
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Mobile Telephony as an ICT Tool for Agricultural Information Dissemination in Developing Countries: A Review
Get PDFIn emerging nations, the use of information and communication technology has considerably benefitted the advancement of agriculture, health, rural development, and education. This technique has had a considerable impact on the way agriculture is developed in third-world countries. For information on the weather and prices, farmers now have direct access to the market, buyers, customers, and the metrological department. Information and communication technology has increased farmer incomes all over the world. It is now vital to provide access to facilities and introduce technology to rural areas where farmers lack knowledge, information, and skills regarding this technology. Several studies have also demonstrated that the adoption of information and communication technology tools in agricultural production has increased agricultural productivity. A few of the major problems and challenges that farmers encounter includes inadequate information transfer, poor agricultural practices, record reconciliation between farmers, the government, and traders, and a lack of understanding of the best farming technique
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Analysis of E-Exams performance under COVID-19 Pandemic at Kabale University, Uganda
Get PDFThere has been a shift in the mode of conducting exams from the physical appearance of students to the electronic examinations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper presents the experiences in the management of e-exams as part of the summative evaluation of students. This was achieved by establishing the readiness strategies for managing e-exams, determining the performance of e-exams management and ascertaining the challenges faced during the management of e-exams. Objectives one and three were achieved by reviewing secondary data gathered from various reports from the University and objective two was achieved by analysing the primary data from the e-learning system. The results of the study indicated that Kabale University was strategically positioned to conduct e-exams through university policies, management support, infrastructural acquisition, competent human resource, technical and awareness training of staff and students. The performance rates of e-exams varied from one faculty to another with the least and most attendance rates being 88.62% and 96.85% respectively, and with an overall performance of 92.18% at the university level. Regardless of the success stories, the study identified challenges which the university is already resolving and others that need more attention. The study identified that the e-exam took the form of multiple-choice questions and take-home exams. The challenges were technical e.g., lack of equipment, unreliable Internet and electricity problems; economical e.g., lack of money to buy data; social e.g., lack of conducive environment to sit for examinations at homes and integrity e.g., difficult to confirm the authenticity of the examinees’ identity. The paper recommends the exploration of viable solutions that support diverse forms of e-exams while regulating exam malpractices, like enabling software applications that limit the students’ ability to navigate and search through the computer and internet, live proctoring option to monitor candidates and having response teams to attend to examinee
The Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and the Challenges Faced by Ugandan Smallholder Farmers. Review Article
Get PDFThe influence of ICT use on smallholder farmers in rural farming is examined in this article, as well as the obstacles that ICT use presents. The paper reviews that ICT plays a very important role in the dissemination of improved service technologies to farmers. The review stresses that ICTs are often used as an associate degree economical tool to induce non-progressive farmers to connect to extension information and to inform them adopt technology quicker. On the impacts of ICT on farmers, it is absolute that it considerably exaggerates agricultural development by serving to farmers to access relevant information through ICT and creates awareness of the market system among farmers and advert of the products and services. Likewise, the review known as some constraints by farmers within the course of the utilization the use of ICT embeds inadequate ICT facilities and personnel in rural areas, unstable Power provide in rural communities and farmers’ perception of the ICT skills. The solutions to the constraints by farmers within the usage of ICT is the event of the ICT within the reach and data of farmers, supporting farmers in capability building before the utilization of the ICT devices, and steadily provide power in rural communities
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