Kyambogo University has introduced E-learning as a way of teaching. According to the acting Vice Chancellor, Prof Eli Katunguka, E-learning will not only permit each student to study at their pace but also help the University move towards a 21st century learning experience.
Katunguka said e-learning would help compensate for scarcity of academic staff, including instructors as well as facilitators and lab technicians.
This revelation transpired in a training session in which Kyambogo staff was taught the use of online teaching to transfer it to students in return.
Kyambogo University has adopted ICT as an administrative tool and education management under its E-Kampus platform which focuses on providing education managers and administrators with accurate and timely data. Currently, admissions, registration, results, transcripts processing and fees payments are automated.
According to John Okuonzi, the university information systems manager, all trained staff will be tasked to develop content for at least two course units in their area of expertise and upload it in the e-platform known as the Kyambogo University E-Learning Management System (KELMS).
He added that quite a number of working class students have already expressed interest to study online. For Universities that have not yet embraced e-learning, IT specialist Andrew Moore who trained staff, left them a message.
“I think in the next five to 10 years, if your university is not transmitting content online, then you are in dangerous waters,” he said. “We are no longer gatekeepers to knowledge; the universities now have to be facilitators of learning.”
