Year: 2013
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The purpose of the research is to investigate digital learning objects for HIV/AIDS prevention education in Ugandan secondary schools.The research seeks to find digital solutions to HIV/AIDS prevention education and guidelines for design of learning environment for practitioners to use.The research was conducted using development research methodology.The focus was to design digital learning environment (NetAIDS) and evaluate its educational value with students of age range from 13 to 19 years and teachers.The design emphasizes technical, pedagogical and cognitive aspects of the digital learning environment.Participatory design approach was used to build learning objects with community of students and teachers from different secondary schools in Uganda.Computer games were developed and online lessons with discussion forum were designed using open source software tool (Moodle).The experimentation of these learning objects in schools and the subsequent evaluation shows acceptance rate of learning objects at 80%.Relationships were established between different latent variables in the evaluation of the NetAIDS.Hypotheses were tested and the results were used to formulate software design method referred to as GASONEL for guiding practitioners in developing and integrating similar learning objects in the future.Content analysis of students' online discussions was performed and the results indicate high potential of using online discussions for behavioral change among the teenage youth in schools.GASONEL pedagogy and software design method are very promising for designing online educational software for teenagers in HIV/AIDS education.This same approach of design may also be used to address other social problems in which children can be educated using computer games and online lessons with discussion forum.The future research should include the experimentation of mobile phones for online counseling and 3D animations for HIV/AIDS drama education.
Author: Joseph Kizito Bada
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3094669720