The Use of ICT for Teaching in a Poor Resource Setting
Year: 2014
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: our rural districts there is no infrastructure for any kind of internet connection. One of the key objectives of the MEPI programme (Medical Education Partnership Initiative) is to be able to conduct de-centralised teaching to medical students in rural hospitals via video conferencing. These students are normally doing their community service and have no contact with their lecturers.
The role of Computer Education and Information technology is key to the successful implementation of the UKZN MEPI ENTREE programme. The IT provisioning involves the setup of infrastructure and the rollout of an effective video conferencing system that would facilitate decentralised teaching and learning. IT. The IT brief also entails the planning and rollout of an E-Learning platform to further enhance the effectiveness of the programme. Given the demographic diversity and lack of adequate IT infrastructure to support such and elaborate objective, IT will have to find innovative ways to overcome these challenges.
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2408741657