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Public universities across Africa are turning to the use of e-learning to cope with the rapidly increasing demand for university education.<\/p>\n
But limited ICT skills has hampered the adoption of e-learning.<\/p>\n
A four-member team from the University of Dar Es Salam, Tanzania have therefore paid a working visit to the E-Learning Centre of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.<\/p>\n
The visit was to expose the team to the use of ICT in the delivery of the University\u2019s core function.<\/p>\n
The E-Learning Centre is mandated to deploy technology to support quality teaching and learning in the university.<\/p>\n
It has created a user-friendly platform, where students can access course materials, take exams and interact with lecturers.<\/p>\n
Director of the E-Learning Centre, Professor Eric Appau Asante, says his center is looking at offering an outfit to help individuals repurpose their content for online delivery.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople have the mindset that they have been teaching for long. They see the e-learning idea to be too complicated to embrace. This is most common in our part of our world,\u201d he revealed.<\/p>\n
The team from Tanzania assisted by Professor Eric Appau Asante, toured the 23 E-Learning studios and a laboratory where video conferencing, proctor services, webinar series, virtual classroom, e-counselling and online teaching and learning are held.<\/p>\n
He explained the roles of the instructional design, system and service support unit, which make up the facility.<\/p>\n
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is working towards being a center of excellence in E-learning.<\/p>\n
Partners like the Association of Commonwealth Universities are helping push this drive.<\/p>\n
The Tanzanian team led by the Director of Planning, Development and Investment at the University of Dar Es Salam, Professor Siasa Issa Mzensi is positive of a collaboration between the two universities.<\/p>\n