Supporting Online
Learning Groups
Godfrey Mayende
Supervisors: Prof. Andreas Prinz,
Dr. Ghislain Maurice Norbert Isabwe
Dr. Muyinda Paul Birevu
DELP Workshop 2015, 15 June, Makerere
University, Uganda
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OUTLINE
• What?, Why? and
How?
• Research Directions
and approaches
• Preliminary findings
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What?
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Why?
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How?
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Research Directions
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Methods
 Qualitative
methods.
 Semi-structured
 Observations
interviews
of students activities in the
LMS.
 Purposive
selection was used
 Transcription
were analysed by
categorisation.
 Preliminary
results/themes are shown in next
figure.
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Preliminary Findings
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Preliminary Findings
Comprehensive
study guide
Online
tutors with a ratio of 25 learners
per tutor.
Questioning
and feedback.
Scaffolding
and guidance can propel
meaningful learning.
Need
for automated mechanisms to
detect critical states that need
intervention.
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Acknowledgement
We are grateful to the
following:
Norad
DELP Project
University of Agder
Makerere University
ADILA Project
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Thank You
ADILA
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