
Valentina ArkorfulUniversity of Cape Coast | UCC · College of Distance Education
Valentina Arkorful
Senior Lecturer /PhD Educational Technology /eLearning in ODL
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In the ever-evolving digital landscape, higher education (HE) students find themselves at the crossroads of two critical aspects: their digital competencies and their digital citizenship. Given the ubiquitous integration of digital technologies in educational settings, it is essential to investigate the relationship between students’ digital compet...
A distance education Diploma and Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Science programs are faced with low enrollment and graduation rate as well as high attrition of students. The aforementioned challenges are attributed to students' satisfaction and continuance intention. However, students' satisfaction and continuance intention toward distance ed...
The Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer, popularly referred to as ChatGPT, is an AI-based technology with the potential to revolutionise conventional teaching and learning in higher education institutions (HEIs). However, it remains unclear which factors influence the behavioural intentions and the actual usage of ChatGPT among economics studen...
With the rapid digital paradigm shift in educational settings, it is of utmost importance to comprehend the factors that influence the inclination of students towards utilising tablet-based learning. This study examined students’ intentions to use Tablet-based Learning (TBL) through an extended UTAUT2 model. Descriptive cross-sectional survey desig...
Higher institutions are increasingly embracing the use of computer technologies in advancing education. Despite evidence pointing to the positive impact of computer technologies on teaching and learning, systematic research study on the role of teachers' competencies in computer technologies integration is still not saturated in literature. Therefo...
The study examined the perceptions and strategies adopted by teachers in using the IBOX learning platform for teaching. The researchers employed an exploratory qualitative research approach to know the learning experiences of teachers who use the IBOX in their teaching. The theories adopted in this study were the social learning and social construc...
Within the academic landscape, distance education is progressively gaining global attention and recognition, and many institutions are committing resources to make it a success. Global enrollments show a steady increase in distance learning. However, the availability of support services and students’ technological competence are critical to the suc...
The digital age is characterised with technologies that have even changed
the scope of education. A popular outcome of such technologies has been
the evolvement of e-learning. E-learning has become a solution to most
institutions in churning out education to the majority who cannot access
traditional education, especially in higher education. E...
Distance education has seen tremendous transformation over the years
due to technological innovations, especially web 2.0. The affordances of
this technology for delivering modern distance education have bridged the
distance phenomenon. Even in traditional distance education where face-to�face is dominant for specific periods within a time frame...
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) integration is essential, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic. While the need for ICT integration in today’s pedagogical activities is inevitable, online instruction in Ghanaian higher education is still challenging. Referring to the pressing need for ICT integration and online instructions amid COV...
This study examined technological infrastructure deplored by students during lockdown amidst COVID-19 pandemic. This study explored the behavioural intention to use video conferencing tools for learning from the perspective of university students. The study adopted the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) concept. The data is...
The study examined how the perceived level of students’ knowledge on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) influence its use. The study utilizes the use of Innovation Diffusion Theory and Technology Acceptance Model to examine factors that influence students use of MOOCs within the Ghanaian university. The data was analyzed using the Statistical Pack...
Online learning environments have become a contemporary component of global tertiary education due to their affordances. These environments are hinged on internet-based learning management systems and one such tool is Google Classroom. However, empirical studies have indicated that gaps exist in determining how Google Classroom influences students'...
This study explores the acceptance and use of WhatsApp messenger for teaching and learning in senior high school during the COVID-19 pandemic period. This research adapted TAM as its theoretical model. The participants of the study were 62 history students from a senior high school in Ghana. The study also adopted a questionnaire as the research in...
The adoption of blended mode of e-learning is dominant basically because of the affordances of the combination of both the benefits of online and face-to-face sessions. In view of this, most traditional distance education institutions have acquired Learning Management System (LMS) for online learning to support the face-to-face aspect of lesson del...
The study examined the Integration of Information and Communication Technology in teaching in Senior High Schools. The study focused on the Kumasi Girls Senior High School in Ghana. The study had two objectives. The first objective examined the extent to which the attitude of teachers influences the integration of ICT in teaching. The second object...
This study examines the integration of information technology (IT)
perception of the Ghanaian distance Education and provides a comparative
analysis of the levels of integration among public universities in Ghana. The
research was conducted at the distance learning centres of the four major public
universities namely University of Ghana (UG), U...
Technology has revolutionized the culture within contemporary society. Especially for communication and sharing of information, social media has taken the epicenter. The proliferation of social media technologies in our daily communication has infiltrated into all facets of life from education, commerce, family and friends, relations etc. However,...
This study examined factors that contribute to Web based learning success in Distance Education using eLearning platforms from students and faculty perceptions. The study examined student's self-efficacy, online self-efficacy, motivation, prior knowledge and course expectations (Kölmel &Würtz, 2015). Eight well-known factors that comprise of studen...
Social media have become part of students’ life as a result of their features and the predominant mobile smart medium of usage. In the advanced world, the social platforms have provided affordances for integration in education providing smart learning environments. However, within the Sub-Saharan African region, especially in Ghana, this phenomenon...
Abstract: This study investigated the availability of electronic information resources (EIRs) that support postgraduate student
learning to establish their relationship, as the advancement of technology is making learning fun. In turn, the study was prompted to investigate whether the availability of EIRs predicts postgraduate students’ learning....
More than a decade has passed since the introduction of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) within schools in Africa. Computer-assisted instruction has enhanced teaching and learning at all levels of education in Africa. However, many aspects of the issues facing CAI implementation, as well as its effects on students' performance in the history cla...
Despite the effort Government and other stakeholders are making to support Ghanaian senior high schools in information and communication technology (ICT), most of the schools are teaching ICT as an isolated subject rather than integrating the ICT resources into the educational curriculum to improve teaching and learning. The objective of the study...
Despite the effort Government and other stakeholders are making to support Ghanaian senior high schools in information and communication technology (ICT), most of the schools are teaching ICT as an isolated subject rather than integrating the ICT resources into the educational curriculum to improve teaching and learning. The objective of the study...
Despite the effort Government and other stakeholders are making to support Ghanaian senior high schools in information and communication technology (ICT), most of the schools are teaching ICT as an isolated subject rather than integrating the ICT resources into the educational curriculum to improve teaching and learning. The objective of the study...
The paper explored the availability of information and communication technology (ICT) resources and the extent to which these resources influence the use of ICT in teaching Social Studies. The study setting was in the Awutu Senya district of Ghana. A descriptive survey design and quantitative approach were adopted for the study. From a target popul...
Distance education delivery has shifted from the mere meaning of distance due to the use of abridged technologies. Current distance education utilizes technologies that have made the term distance a metaphor. The affordances of technology have promoted student-student interaction; teacher-student interaction as well as student-student interaction a...
Distance education delivery has shifted from the mere meaning of distance due to the use of abridged technologies. Current distance education utilizes technologies that have made the term distance a metaphor. The affordances of technology have promoted student-student interaction; teacher-student interaction as well as student-student interaction a...
Distance education has evolved partly through technologies that defined them in
the various generations of distance education delivery. However, in the twenty-first
century, the use of Learning Management System (LMS) has changed the face of
distance education delivery. Even the traditional face-to-face based distance
education mode is now adopting...
The study investigated the effects of computer-assisted instruction in integrated scienceon Distance Education students in Greater Accra, Western, Brong Ahafo and Ashanti Regions in Ghana. Two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated for the study. The design adopted for the study was quasi-experimental. One hundred and two (102) Dista...
Cloud computing is fast gaining a significant ground as a solution to offer institutions with competitive advantage compared to the old traditional Technology. Despite the potential benefits that is associated with cloud computing which includes reduction of total costs of acquisition or ownership (TCO) of hardware, software and skilled resources,...
A wide variety of systems need reliable personal recognition systems to either authorize or determine the identity of an individual demanding their services. The goal of such systems is to warrant that the rendered services are accessed only by a genuine user and no one else.In the absence of robust personal recognition schemes, these systems are v...
Bachelor of Education undergraduate students at Valley View University are trained to teach in the second cycle schools of Ghana leveraging the merits of technology to enhance their instruction. Therefore, students are introduced to learning technologies before their exit. In spite of the general notion that today's youth are tech savvy, there is t...
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This study reported on the extent to which Instructional Media (IM) are being utilized at the Colleges of Education in Ghana and how IM utilization affect students’ academic performance. Quasi-experimental design was adopted for the study. Stratified sampling technique was used in selecting five Colleges from the thirty-eight (38) public C...
E-learning is seen as a potent option for mass education globally. Consequently, institutions are hastily adopting it to meet the 21st century education demands, often without recourse to considering the antecedents that promotes the success or otherwise of this mode of instruction. In view of this, the study investigates the awareness and use of e...
E-learning is seen as a potent option for mass education globally. Consequently, institutions are hastily adopting it to meet the 21st century education demands, often without recourse to considering the antecedents that promotes the success or otherwise of this mode of instruction. In view of this, the study investigates the awareness and use of e...
This study investigates the effectiveness of using e-learning in teaching in tertiary institutions. In
institutions of higher education, the issue of utilizing modern information and communication
technologies for teaching and learning is very important. This study reviews literature and gives a
scholarly background to the study by reviewing some c...