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IJCATR Volume 9 Issue 11

Measuring E-Readiness of Students of Public Universities in Kenya for Digital Learning during the COVID 19 Pandemic and Beyond - A Survey of the Cooperative University of Kenya

Duncan Nyale
10.7753/IJCATR0911.1002
keywords : ICT: - Information and Communications Technology, LMS: - Learning Management System, CUK: - Cooperative University of Kenya, COVID 19: - Corona Virus Disease 2019

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The main purpose of this paper is to assess the e-capacity of the students of The Cooperative University of Kenya to access and use digital platforms of learning at present and beyond. The need for this urgent study is occasioned by the impact of COVID 19 which has stopped on campus learning at all institutions in Kenya; thus necessitating an urgent shift towards digital learning for all students to mitigate against delays that will otherwise have adversely affected their graduation schedules. Three main variables derived from the Harvard Center for International Development (CID) and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) models - Human skills, Infrastructure and Connectivity - were used to craft the evaluation criteria. The results show that (74.87%) of the respondents can access LMS via smart phones not computers which insinuates that Mobile Learning (m-Learning) is the most effective digital learning model that can be adopted by the University in the short term to quickly mitigate against the effects of the lack of face to face learning occasioned by social distancing guidelines due to COVID 19.
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Title = "Measuring E-Readiness of Students of Public Universities in Kenya for Digital Learning during the COVID 19 Pandemic and Beyond - A Survey of the Cooperative University of Kenya",
Journal ="International Journal of Computer Applications Technology and Research(IJCATR)",
Volume = "9",
Issue ="11",
Pages ="295 - 298",
Year = "2020",
Authors ="Duncan Nyale"}
  • The Paper assesses the e-preparedness of students of the Cooperative university of Kenya for digital learning.
  • The survey analyzes the digital infrastructure and connectivity capacity of students of Cooperative university of Kenya.
  • The Study identifies the key issues that need to be addressed in order to achieve the highest level of e-readiness.
  • The findings create a benchmark for the university to plan and roll out e-Learning to all its students.
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