| dc.creator |
John, Linus |
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| dc.date |
2020-09-17T12:58:28Z |
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| dc.date |
2020-09-17T12:58:28Z |
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| dc.date |
2020-03 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2022-10-25T09:14:51Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2022-10-25T09:14:51Z |
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| dc.identifier |
https://dspace.nm-aist.ac.tz/handle/20.500.12479/910 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/94416 |
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| dc.description |
A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Master’s in
Information and Communication Science and Engineering of the Nelson Mandela
African Institution of Science and Technology |
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| dc.description |
The implementation of the 2030 vision to provide a 12-years free primary and secondary
education and higher education loan scheme offered by the government will increase
students’ enrolment in higher learning institutions. Nonetheless, higher education system
profoundly depends on fixed lecture theatres–these and insufficient public discussion squares
are among the challenges faced by Tanzanian higher education. In response, higher learning
institutions have introduced cement seats in universities’ environment; however, they serve as
learning squares in arid seasons and before odd hours. Additionally, they have introduced
information and communication technology solutions like learning management systems;
nonetheless, these have ended being used as traditional repositories and appear not to tailor in
the direction of the technology used by students.
This study mainly aimed to develop online discussion platform for enhancing effective
collaborative learning for students in higher learning institutions. It used a mixed-method
research design to collect data from 96 respondents from five higher learning institutions in
Arusha region. Analysis using Chi-square statistical test indicated that residence was not
among the factors contributed to the recommendation of the online discussion platform.
Furthermore, the platform was designed and implemented using scram agile software
development methodology and Laravel Pre-processor framework. It was tested and met
specified requirements.
Finally, education stakeholders, the Tanzania Commission for Universities and higher
learning institutions should work on these findings and should adapt and use the online
discussion platform to sustain the challenges of small number of staff and insufficient public
discussion areas in higher learning institutions in Tanzania. |
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| dc.format |
application/pdf |
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| dc.language |
en |
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| dc.publisher |
NM-AIST |
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| dc.rights |
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International |
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| dc.rights |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ |
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| dc.subject |
Research Subject Categories::TECHNOLOGY |
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| dc.title |
Online discussion platforms for effective collaborative learning in higher learning institutions in Tanzania |
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| dc.type |
Thesis |
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