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Students' Experiences in Using Haiku Learning Platform to Promote Problem based Learning in a Blended Classroom in Kenya
(ACM Digital Library, 2017)Haiku is an online networking application that can be used by teachers and students to learn, share, communicate and remain connected. In problem based learning, students are able to team together to explore significant ... -
Technology Integrated Lesson Plan Based on Experiential Learning
(ACM Digital Library, 2017)Technology is important for experiential learning because it creates opportunities for reflection on learning experiences that students can relate with. For example, students can record their experiences and refer to them ... -
Learner Experiences with Online tools in a Digitized Environment: A Case of Digital School Students, Kenyatta University
(ACM Digital Library, 2017)Digitization of the learning environment demands application of learner-friendly online tools. Such tools have a singular purpose of facilitating quality of learning. There are different ways in which teaching and learning ... -
An Adaptive Gamification Model for E-Learning
(IST-Africa 2020 Conference Proceedings, 2020)Gamification has gained currency in the recent past and has widely being deployed in various disciplines such as health, education, marketing amongst others. The main driving factor of deploying gamification is due to ... -
Use of computers in teaching and learning business studies in secondary schools: Westlands District, Kenya
(2015-07)Computers have permeated our everyday life in ways that were inconceivable twenty years ago. These multifaceted machines have changed the manner in which we do things including teaching and learning. In the developed ... -
Uncertainty reduction for successful intercultural interaction in Dadaab Refugee Camp
(2015-07)In this article, I set out to express that conflicts between cultures can reduce significantly if uncertainty is reduced. This uncertainty can be reduced by learning about different people’s cultures and understanding ... -
The task-based language learning and teaching (actionable perspective) of French in secondary schools in Kenya
(2015-07)French is an official language of the AU, COMESA, UN and other international organization (KIE, 2002). Dewey’s educational theory (1902) states that the major flaw in instructional methodology is the inactivity of the ... -
The prevailing state of teaching practice in teacher preparation
(2015-07)This study on teaching practice experience was conducted at a Kenyan University by researchers from both the USA and Kenya, a partnership project, to build capacity through quality teacher preparation. The portion of ... -
The effect of using multimedia cases on prospective teachers self-efficacy belief
(2015-07)The study explores how the use of multimedia cases affects the science teaching self-efficacy of prospective teachers in one university in Kenya. Chemistry and physics prospective teachers (N = 42) explored questioning ... -
Teachers’ Preparedness in Integrating Information Communication Technologies in Public Primary Teacher Training Colleges in Kenya
(2015-07)This study investigated teachers’ preparedness in integrating ICTs in public primary teacher training colleges in Kenya. Integration of ICTs brings revolutionary changes in teaching methodologies. The innovation lies not ... -
Teachers’ perspectives towards use of technology, the case of GeoGebra in teaching Mathematics in Kenya
(2015-07)This study looks at GeoGebra as a type of technology and assesses teachers’ perspectives towards training and use of GeoGebra as a tool to enhance learning of mathematics. This paper is reporting the findings of a larger ... -
Teachers' willingness to integrate ICT tools in classroom teaching among primary school teachers in Msambweni Subcounty Kwale County, Kenya
(2015-07)This study sought to explore the extent to which demographic and contextual factors predicted teachers’ willingness to use ICT tools in classroom teaching. Empirical evidence has shown that teachers’ perception of a ... -
Student, teacher and school related variables as determinants of chemistry achievement in Kenya: a case of the mole concept
(2015-07)The Mole Concept is a threshold Concept and has often been referred to as an area of troublesome knowledge. The study constructed and tested a model for providing a causal explanation of secondary school achievements in ... -
School management’s and technical support to physics teachers and students in use of ICT in teaching and learning
(2015-07)Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is beginning to be recognised as one of the major instructional components especially in science subjects. This study sought to investigate the status of ICT in the teaching ... -
Recent developments in e-learning pedagogy: role of Kenyatta University in teacher education
(2015-07)Fundamentally education is the organized process of inquiry of knowledge with the sole aim of being enlightened and empowered for self-inner development, success and happiness in life. Education is a pillar for both human ...
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Students' Experiences in Using Haiku Learning Platform to Promote Problem based Learning in a Blended Classroom in Kenya
(ACM Digital Library, 2017)Haiku is an online networking application that can be used by teachers and students to learn, share, communicate and remain connected. In problem based learning, students are able to team together to explore significant ... -
Technology Integrated Lesson Plan Based on Experiential Learning
(ACM Digital Library, 2017)Technology is important for experiential learning because it creates opportunities for reflection on learning experiences that students can relate with. For example, students can record their experiences and refer to them ... -
Learner Experiences with Online tools in a Digitized Environment: A Case of Digital School Students, Kenyatta University
(ACM Digital Library, 2017)Digitization of the learning environment demands application of learner-friendly online tools. Such tools have a singular purpose of facilitating quality of learning. There are different ways in which teaching and learning ... -
An Adaptive Gamification Model for E-Learning
(IST-Africa 2020 Conference Proceedings, 2020)Gamification has gained currency in the recent past and has widely being deployed in various disciplines such as health, education, marketing amongst others. The main driving factor of deploying gamification is due to ... -
Use of computers in teaching and learning business studies in secondary schools: Westlands District, Kenya
(2015-07)Computers have permeated our everyday life in ways that were inconceivable twenty years ago. These multifaceted machines have changed the manner in which we do things including teaching and learning. In the developed ... -
Uncertainty reduction for successful intercultural interaction in Dadaab Refugee Camp
(2015-07)In this article, I set out to express that conflicts between cultures can reduce significantly if uncertainty is reduced. This uncertainty can be reduced by learning about different people’s cultures and understanding ... -
The task-based language learning and teaching (actionable perspective) of French in secondary schools in Kenya
(2015-07)French is an official language of the AU, COMESA, UN and other international organization (KIE, 2002). Dewey’s educational theory (1902) states that the major flaw in instructional methodology is the inactivity of the ... -
The prevailing state of teaching practice in teacher preparation
(2015-07)This study on teaching practice experience was conducted at a Kenyan University by researchers from both the USA and Kenya, a partnership project, to build capacity through quality teacher preparation. The portion of ... -
The effect of using multimedia cases on prospective teachers self-efficacy belief
(2015-07)The study explores how the use of multimedia cases affects the science teaching self-efficacy of prospective teachers in one university in Kenya. Chemistry and physics prospective teachers (N = 42) explored questioning ... -
Teachers’ Preparedness in Integrating Information Communication Technologies in Public Primary Teacher Training Colleges in Kenya
(2015-07)This study investigated teachers’ preparedness in integrating ICTs in public primary teacher training colleges in Kenya. Integration of ICTs brings revolutionary changes in teaching methodologies. The innovation lies not ... -
Teachers’ perspectives towards use of technology, the case of GeoGebra in teaching Mathematics in Kenya
(2015-07)This study looks at GeoGebra as a type of technology and assesses teachers’ perspectives towards training and use of GeoGebra as a tool to enhance learning of mathematics. This paper is reporting the findings of a larger ... -
Problematic areas in the didactics of teaching and learning French as a foreign langauge in Kenya
(2015-07)Performance in French as a foreign language (FFL) in secondary schools in Kenya had declined since the year 2006. Student teachers entering university to pursue studies in French are finding it more and more challenging ... -
Predictors of extent of integration of computers in classroom teaching and learning among science and mathematics teachers in public secondary schools in Kwale County, Kenya
(2015-07)Investment in ICT infrastructure to improve teaching and learning in schools have been initiated by many governments globally with the effects being anticipated more in sciences and mathematics, subjects in whom students ... -
Teachers' willingness to integrate ICT tools in classroom teaching among primary school teachers in Msambweni Subcounty Kwale County, Kenya
(2015-07)This study sought to explore the extent to which demographic and contextual factors predicted teachers’ willingness to use ICT tools in classroom teaching. Empirical evidence has shown that teachers’ perception of a ... -
Student, teacher and school related variables as determinants of chemistry achievement in Kenya: a case of the mole concept
(2015-07)The Mole Concept is a threshold Concept and has often been referred to as an area of troublesome knowledge. The study constructed and tested a model for providing a causal explanation of secondary school achievements in ... -
School management’s and technical support to physics teachers and students in use of ICT in teaching and learning
(2015-07)Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is beginning to be recognised as one of the major instructional components especially in science subjects. This study sought to investigate the status of ICT in the teaching ... -
Recent developments in e-learning pedagogy: role of Kenyatta University in teacher education
(2015-07)Fundamentally education is the organized process of inquiry of knowledge with the sole aim of being enlightened and empowered for self-inner development, success and happiness in life. Education is a pillar for both human ... -
Physics classroom discourse favors boys more than girls: a myth or reality?
(2015-07)Mode of instruction used in teaching is key to the understanding of the concepts and skills to be learned. Instruction in classrooms is controlled to a larger extend by the interaction patterns involving teachers, learners ... -
Perspectives on tutors’ preparedness and adoption of ICT in Public Teacher Training Colleges in Kenya
(2015-07)This study was concerned with perspectives on tutors’ preparedness and adoption of ICTs in public teacher training colleges. The rationale was based on the view that properly designed, learning materials inspired by ... -
Opportunities and challenges: integration of ICT in teaching and learning Mathematics in secondary schools, Nairobi, Kenya
(2015-07)This presentation is based on a larger study whose purpose was to explore the various opportunities and challenges influencing integration of ICT in teaching and learning Mathematics in secondary schools in Nairobi County. ...
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