Reviewing the research literature in educational technology for development: Balancing rigour and inclusivity - Jordan, Katy (EdTech Hub, 2019)
shortDOI: 10/ghgnf5 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.5281/zenodo.3581041 10/ghgnf5 2405685:YXIGT4W9
Keywords: LP: English; R:Literature review; systematic review; _DOILIVE; _EdTechHub_Output; _zenodoETH

Teacher Professional Development in Tanzania: Challenges and Opportunities - Komba, Sotco Claudius; Mwakabenga, Rehema Japhet (Educational Leadership, 2019)
This chapter is about teacher professional development in Tanzania. The authors have examined the current status of teacher professional development in Tanzania, focusing on predominant perspectives on the concept and provision modalities. In addition, the authors have identified challenges facing teacher professional development in Tanzania, most of which seem to be systemic. The challenges include lack of explicit policy and guidelines for teacher professional development, limited knowledge on teacher professional development among teacher professional development stakeholders, predominance of traditional approach to teacher professional development, and ineffective organization of teacher professional development activities. It is, thus, concluded that a number of opportunities are available for effective teacher professional development in Tanzania. These include strengthening the available institutions responsible for teacher professional development, making use of different teacher professional development providers available in the country to promote professional development activities for teachers through a harmonized scheme and capitalizing on the use of different communication networks and the national optic fiber to promote self-directed teacher professional development.
Publisher: IntechOpen KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.5772/intechopen.90564 2339240:9MJFKUCS 2405685:632GMNKZ
Keywords: _Tanzania; _final_bib

Sierra Leone designs online portal to take long wait out of teacher recruitment - Directorate of Science, Technology & Innovation (Sierra Leone) (2019)
A new teacher recruitment portal developed at the Directorate of Science, Technology, and Innovation (DSTI) will make it easier and faster for education administrators to hire teachers, and allocate teachersRead More
Library Catalog: www.dsti.gov.sl KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:UWP4N7FT

Mobile learning policy and practice in Africa: Towards inclusive and equitable access to higher education - Kaliisa, Rogers; Picard, Michelle (Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2019)
This article presents the results of a review of practice and policy in relation to mobile learning and its potential to enhance inclusive and equitable access to higher education in Africa. We reviewed academic literature on potential barriers. Then, we explored the current state of the mobile learning policy environment in 10 African countries through an analysis of how these policies have tried to address the prominent challenges in the adoption of mobile learning as identified in the literature. The findings reveal that significant resourcing inequalities and epistemological, sociocultural, and institutional barriers remain and affect mobile learning adoption. The analysis also reveals that there is still a policy vacuum in relation to mobile learning specific policies within African higher education institutional and governmental policies. Thus, the formal integration of mobile learning in higher education to facilitate equitable access is very much in its infancy. This article suggests a strong need for institutional, cross-institutional, national and African-wide mobile learning specific policies to ensure better implementation of mobile learning. As interest in mobile learning continues to grow, this review will provide insights into policy and strategic planning for the adoption of mobile learning to achieve inclusive and equitable access to higher education.
Number: 6 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.14742/ajet.5562 2405685:HRGWJESX 4042040:2SL6HJAA
Keywords: Africa; Mobile learning; equity; higher education; inclusive; policy