ABSTRACT
This book critically examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has stimulated digital innovation within higher education using case studies from Africa. Imagining a future for post-pandemic higher education, it analyses the challenges and opportunities of remote teaching and learning.
The book explores the structural barriers around access to higher education and how these were reconfigured and amplified by technology-dependent teaching and learning. Case studies from countries across Africa provide unique insights into the challenges experienced by Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) during the COVID-19 pandemic, examining examples of emergent pedagogies such as online, mobile and social media-enhanced teaching, and blended learning. The chapters consider online assessment and teacher professional development, critically examining some of the benefits and structural challenges of digital technology integration in the context of pre-existing education disparities (such as students and teachers living in poverty-stricken and highly unequal societies).
Offering invaluable insights into higher education in Africa, the book will be essential reading for researchers, scholars, and students in the fields of higher education study, digital education and educational technology, and African and comparative education. It will also be of interest to higher education managers and policymakers.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|50 pages
Emerging Platforms and Practices in Online Teaching and Learning
chapter Chapter 226|14 pages
Digital technologies and remote teaching during COVID-19 pandemic in African higher education institutions
chapter Chapter 3|20 pages
Social constructivism and participative learning beyond the traditional classroom during the COVID-19 pandemic
chapter Chapter 4|14 pages
E-learning implementation challenges in universities during COVID-19 pandemic
part II|70 pages
Formative and Summative Assessments in the “New Normal”
chapter Chapter 576|13 pages
Rethinking students' assessments in higher education during and post-COVID-19
chapter Chapter 6|16 pages
Assessment in higher education in Ghana amid the COVID-19 pandemic
chapter Chapter 7|14 pages
Effectiveness of online assessments in higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic
chapter Chapter 8|25 pages
COVID-19 and e-assessments in Ghanaian higher education institutions: The case of journalism education
part III|50 pages
Learning Management Systems and Policies
chapter Chapter 9146|18 pages
Adoption of teaching and learning technologies during COVID-19 pandemic
chapter Chapter 10|14 pages
Equitable e-Learning in Tanzania's higher education institutions beyond the COVID-19 pandemic
chapter Chapter 11|16 pages
Integrating complementary learning tools in Moodle as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic
part IV|48 pages
“Leave No One Behind”: Human Capacity Building
chapter Chapter 12196|18 pages
COVID-19, Webinars and human capital development among academics in higher education institutions
chapter Chapter 13|13 pages
Students' online learning competencies in higher education institutions in Namibia
chapter Chapter 14|15 pages
Teacher development for online teaching in African universities
part V|44 pages
Socio-economic, Political, and Technological Constraints