Browsing by Author "Mayoyo, Nancy"

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    An assessment of the extent of Facebook use by Students at Kisii University, Kenya and its Implication on Educational Activities
    (ScienceDomain International, 2015-03) Mayoyo, Nancy; Nyang’au, Tom N.; Nyamwaka, Evans; Aming’a, Nemwel N.
    The study purposed to assess the extent of Facebook use by fourth year Bachelor of Education students at Kisii University, Kenya and its implication on educational activities. Social networking sites allow users to establish networks with other users. This enables communication through platforms such as Facebook and Twitter among others. While these technologies have eased communication a number of problems abound such as distraction of students from their studies. This was a case study in which fourth year Bachelor of Education students were sampled. The participants consisted of 300 Bachelor of Education students 2012/2013 academic year and 5 ICT officials. Stratified random sampling was used to select 86 males and 85 females to make a sample size of 171. The response rate was 83.6% with 143 respondents returning their fully filled up questionnaires. Data were analyzed using frequencies, means and percentages and presented in tables. The study established that: 93.7% (134) of the respondents used Facebook and spent on average 115 minutes daily Facebooking. The students were found to be spending much of their time socializing online rather than using the social network for academic use. Based on these findings and conclusions, it was recommended that rather than using Facebook for socialization only; the University management and students should be encouraged to embrace it more as a teaching and learning resource as it had the potential to enhance learning.
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    The eco-sensitive carwash technology in management of waste water in river ecosystems
    (2015) Mayoyo, Nancy
    Kenya aspires to become a middle income country as envisioned in Kenya vision 2030. This means better living standards powered by the middle level income population. This will translate to many cars on our roads, highly consumptive economy that generates more solid and liquid wastes drained into water sources, air and land. Currently the estimated number of cars on Kenyan roads is 935,000 and each of them is at least valeted two or three times a week, either in a constructed car wash, along rivers, urban pavements, or within the compound. The by-products of car valeting in form of grease, tar, detergents, oils, soil, heavy metals such as chromium from paint, lead from acid accumulators, mercury from stabilization system accompanies storm water or drainage systems and enter into the urban water systems (rivers, lagoons, fish ponds and pans) Water contaminants such as grease (kills fish, micro and macro-organisms) heavy metals such as iron and mercury have bioaccumulation properties entering the food chains destroying the spectrum of food webs. Solid particles i.e. grease, oil and soil lower water quality and associated economic costs of water usability affecting businesses and downstream use of the river water systems. Therefore the eco-sensitive carwash technology is a new innovation with the following objectives: To clean and improve water quality of urban water systems, Increase biodiversity in urban water systems, Increase clean water supplies for domestic, industrial and agricultural use and decrease the disease burden of water borne diseases. The technology works based on four scientific principles of physical filtration, contaminant adsorption, recycling and backwashing as a cleanup mechanism. ESCT design constitute of a cylindrical container that assumes a man hole like structure arranged from top-bottom materials of decreasing sizes as follows: large gravel, pebbles, sand, cellulose, activated carbon and cellulose to do filtration, adsorption and backwashing as regenerative clean up mechanism. Successive implementation of the technology will lead to; Carwash activities being accepted and legitimized by the county, other counties and international governments, sources of employment in terms of people doing construction and training, source of clean water for domestic, industrial and agricultural use, boost urban farming associated with urban irrigation.
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    The Impact of Contemporary Communication Technology on Undergraduate Students’ Dating Violence Episodes: An Exploration of Routine Activity Theory
    (Scientific publisher, 2020) Mayoyo, Nancy; Ogeno, Jackton; Likoye, Francis
    The study was an empirical exploration of the kinds of communication technologies used in perpetrating different forms of Cyber Dating Abuse. The study was guided by Routine activities theory which states that the daily activities that individuals engage in make them susceptible to Cyber Dating Abuse. The study utilized data collected from 315 dating undergraduate students from selected universities in Nairobi City County, Kenya. The research design used in the study was a cross-sectional descriptive survey. The results showed that respondents mainly used smartphones to constantly exchange calls, text messages and instant messages on social media. Instant messaging on WhatsApp was most frequently used to perpetrate Cyber Dating Abuse. The findings indicate that the social interaction afforded by the use of various digital media made it possible for motivated offenders to encounter suitable victims (in this case their partners). An extended use of digital media by the victims increased their visibility and accessibility to the offender. A Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient r (313) = 0.20, p ≤ 0.001 established that the amount of time spent online was statistically and significantly positively associated with higher Cyber Dating Abuse victimization. Since digital media keeps evolving with chances that the youth will keep using it, this implies that Cyber Dating Abuse victimization is likely to persist. This calls for a need for universities to have critical discussions on how Cyber Dating Abuse, can be prevented to avoid its escalation which may lead to worse consequences on students’ psychological health and academic outcomes.
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    Mental Health and Academic Engagement: The Influence of Cyber Dating Abuse Victimization on Undergraduate Students
    (Journal of Social Sciences, 2025-05) Mayoyo, Nancy
    Objective: The study examined the effect Cyber Dating Abuse (CDA) had on victimized undergraduate students’ mental health and how this related to their academic engagement. Participants: Three hundred and eighty-four randomly selected undergraduate students took part in the study. Methods: The study utilized a descriptive research design with data collected using a self-administered questionnaire. A Pearson Correlation Coefficient was used to examine the correlation between distress and academic engagement. Numerical data was analysed using descriptive statistics to yield frequencies and percentages. Results: The findings indicated a high prevalence rate for Cyber Dating Abuse victimization among the respondents. Over half of them reported that the most frequently experienced CDA consequences were fear, depression and anxiety. Equally, almost half of them (46%) experienced moderate levels of distress while 28% experienced high levels of distress any time they were victimized. A Pearson Correlation coefficient of r (314) = −.137, p = .015 indicated that there was a significant negative, though weak, association between distress and behavioural academic engagement. Conclusion: Given the high occurrences of Cyber Dating Abuse reported by victims and the negative effect it had on their mental health, the study suggests the need for interventions. This could lessen the adverse effects this abuse had on the student’s academic engagement. Recommendations: Victims should be encouraged to seek guidance and counselling which is likely to positively impact their mental health. Awareness creation programs can also be useful in encouraging healthy dating among undergraduate students and enhancing behavioural academic engagement.