Nicholas Mavengere

Tampere University | UTA · School of Information Sciences

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyze the effectiveness of innovative technologies and practices adopted to enhance teaching and learning in higher education settings during a crisis e.g. the COVID-19 pandemic in developing countries. We seek to highlight the need for digital and technological transformation in the teaching and learning pr...

Learning is an essential virtue in a dynamic environment. Technologies offer both opportunities and challenges to learning. The global nature of the environment today calls for virtual learning, which offers dimensions, such as, convenience, time and cost factors. This research seeks to promote virtual learning experience by improving the learning...

Learning is integral in the present dynamic environment characterized by factors, such as intense technological innovation and global economy. Thus, learning is constantly required as, for example, rapid development of technologies is both a push factor in learning requirements and a vehicle to advance the learning process. The global nature of the...

The OnCreate project was initiated by ten universities with expertise in collaborative work in online-based learning environments and explores the specific challenges of implementing university courses in creative disciplines in such an environment. The first research phase comprises a literature search on creativity and its contextual factors in o...

The best learning environment that enables excellence should always be sought. This research seeks to draw measures to promote virtual learning experience based on promotion of social interaction and collaborative processes. The research is based on a total virtual learning experience of a masters’ level information and communication technology for...

Information is at the heart of healthcare because all stakeholders need fit-for-purpose information to make decisions. However, producing and utilizing information in the data-intensive and ever-changing health environment requires various skills. In the particular context of low- and middle-income countries, this study, consisting of a scoping rev...

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the First IFIP TC 3 International Conference on Stakeholders and Information Technology in Education, SaITE 2016, held in Guimarães, Portugal, in July 2016. The 15 full papers presented together with 2 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 48 submissions....

The prevalent volatile business environment is exerting pressure on companies to change fast for survival- a need to be strategically agile. This need is more pronounced for supply chains of companies as at least two organizations have to collaborate, communicate, and coordinate their supply chain activities effectively to adequately address enviro...

Strategic agility is a business imperative especially in a competitive business environment. Strategic agility has main dimensions strategic sensitivity, strategic response and collective capabilities. Information technology (IT) is of immense importance in enhancing strategic agility especially in supply chain setting. This study notes strategic a...

The prevailing dynamic and competitive business environment requires reactions from the business. Both Scholars and practitioners have proposed measures to thrive in a competitive environment. Strategic agility comprised of strategic sensitivity, strategic response and collective capabilities is one such business virtue required. Moreover, technolo...

The use of technology in education specifically for enhancing learning is of immense value for improving education delivery. This article serves to highlight the research project to be done by the University of Tampere, University of Botswana and Catholic University of Mozambique. The aim of the research is to investigate how low resourced higher e...

The contemporary workplaces face demanding challenges, such as expectations to be agile, competitive, efficient and adept to using employee knowledge. There are several required virtues in order to have a conductive workplace, for example, organizational learning and agility. The discussion forum aimed to bring out the inter-related roles of organi...

This paper highlights the essential matters in adopting technology as an aid to delivering education in higher education institutes in Africa. The key idea of the paper is how to use open source software for teaching and hence for improving interactivity between content, teachers and students i.e. how a well-selected open source software can foster...

This presentation discusses online learning provision using blended approach in educational settings. Online learning provision in the African setting includes both the traditional e-Learning management systems (e. g. proprietary – blackboard and webCT), and Open Source (i. e. Moodle, KEWL etc.). Online learning can feature at primary, junior and s...