Using information and communication technology at the University of Zimbabwe: Challenges, successes and recommendations
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is now an essential service for the effective admi... more Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is now an essential service for the effective administration of businesses including colleges and universities. The same technology finds use in the teaching and learning activities. This study looks at how this technology is being used at the University of Zimbabwe as an administrative tool and as a teaching and learning tool. Three faculties from which, ten departments, fourteen lecturers and ten students were used as participants in the research as source of studied information. Further to that students were observed as they used the service at the Library, Economics computer laboratory and Commerce computer laboratory. Technical people responsible for day-today operations of the ICT infrastructure were also interviewed. The study shows that while use of the technology is now widespread, there is no policy framework at department and faculty level to ensure its effective use. Teaching staff proved to be competent in the use of the In...
Mobile phones have become an important technological device used in many instances. The power of ... more Mobile phones have become an important technological device used in many instances. The power of mobile phones can improve service delivery in many instances. It may not be appropriate to explain all the areas which the mobile phones have been used. We targeted the education sector. The motivation for this sector was that in many countries in Africa, science subjects like Mathematics have very low pass rates. We were interested in understanding how the mobile phone could be used to improve Mathematics learning. Again we focused on one feature of the mobile phones i.e games. We wanted to investigate if mobile users learn Mathematics when playing games. This study was encouraged by the young generation who mainly uses mobile phones to play games. Besides the popularity of mobile games, it is not clear whether people really learn when playing games. We carried out a study to identify the relationship between the mobile games and Mathematics learning. We carried out two different studie...
Proceedings of the 2009 Annual Conference of the Southern African Computer Lecturers' Association, 2009
Software tools have been used in software development for a long time now. They are used for, amo... more Software tools have been used in software development for a long time now. They are used for, among other things, performance analysis, testing and verification, debugging and building applications. Software tools can be very simple and lightweight, e.g. linkers, or very large and complex, e.g. computer-assisted software engineering ( CASE ) tools and integrated development environments ( IDEs ). Some tools support particular phases of the project cycle while others can be used with a specific software development model or technology. Some aspects of software development, like risk management, are done throughout the whole project from inception to commissioning. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the need for an intelligent risk assessment and management tool for both agile or traditional ( or their combination ) methods in software development. The authors propose a model, whose development is subject of further research, which can be investigated for use in developing intelligent risk management tools
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