Student Centred Learning in Uganda : The Mwalimu Open Educational Resource

John Byabazaire

ISBN 10: 3659634328 / ISBN 13: 9783659634321

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2014

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Models of providing quality education to poor students are becoming extinct. This book presents results of successful development and deployment of the Mwalimu Open Educational Resource. As the name suggests, Mwalimu (Teacher) is an online platform that performs all activities expected of a real teacher. This book presents Mwalimu as a new platform for student centred learning in Uganda, whereby students do not only access available content but also contribute to the content pool under the principle of crowdsourcing. The content is structured under four areas including: notes, video lessons, questions and answers, and examinations and solutions. The examinations space is exclusive to the subject consultants, while the rest of the content is sourced from the crowd. The subject consultants also ensure that the crowdsourced content conform to the national curriculum requirements. In effect, the volume of content is the responsibility of the crowd while its quality is the responsibility of the subject consultants. The Mwalimu resource therefore enables poor schools to improve their academic performance despite their inability to afford highly qualified and experienced teachers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Student Centred Learning in Uganda : The Mwalimu Open Educational Resource
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659634328
• ISBN 13: 9783659634321
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu

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Synopsis

Models of providing quality education to poor students are becoming extinct. This book presents results of successful development and deployment of the Mwalimu Open Educational Resource. As the name suggests, Mwalimu (Teacher) is an online platform that performs all activities expected of a real teacher. This book presents Mwalimu as a new platform for student centred learning in Uganda, whereby students do not only access available content but also contribute to the content pool under the principle of crowdsourcing. The content is structured under four areas including: notes, video lessons, questions and answers, and examinations and solutions. The examinations space is exclusive to the subject consultants, while the rest of the content is sourced from the crowd. The subject consultants also ensure that the crowdsourced content conform to the national curriculum requirements. In effect, the volume of content is the responsibility of the crowd while its quality is the responsibility of the subject consultants. The Mwalimu resource therefore enables poor schools to improve their academic performance despite their inability to afford highly qualified and experienced teachers.

About the Author

John Byabazaire is a Senior Software Developer with EurekaLinks (U) Ltd, with experience in: Java, JSP, Python, C++, PHP, Javascript, HTML5, DHTML, XML, CSS, MySQL, Oracle.Benedict Oyo is a Senior Lecturer at Gulu University. His research focuses on ICT in Education using MOOCs and OERs, ICT in Agriculture, System Dynamics and Speech Recognition.