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Another Spotlight on the Continent: "TechTrends" in Africa
Wanjira Kinuthia
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 52, No. 4 (July 2008) pp. 21–23
Much has been written about the technology divide that inevitably leads to a knowledge divide. Dire figures and statistics are often introduced into discussions that contrast Africa to the rest of the world. It is not unusual to read about how the...
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Planning Faculty Development for Successful Implementation of Web-Based Instruction
Wanjira Kinuthia
Campus-Wide Information Systems Vol. 22, No. 4 (2005) pp. 189–200
Purpose: This study was conducted to examine how proficiencies, motivation, and training impact the success of faculty development for web-based instruction (WBI) at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the USA. Design/methodology/...
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Impediments to Faculty Engaging in Web-Based Instruction: Clarification of Governing Policies
Wanjira Kinuthia
Annual Meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology 2004 (October 2005)
An exploratory study was conducted with faculty and administrators at Historically Black College and Universities (HBCUs) to determine the level of reported knowledge and experience with policies that govern Web-based instruction (WBI). Result...
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Reflecting on Embedding Socio-Cultural Issues into Instructional Design
Wanjira Kinuthia
Multicultural Education & Technology Journal Vol. 3, No. 4 (2009) pp. 266–278
Purpose: While there is significant existing literature on learner analysis in instructional design and separately in cultural issues in education, these two areas are rarely examined in tandem. This paper aims to bring these two areas together....
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Exploring Faculty Incentives and Barriers to Participation in Web-Based Instruction
Wanjira Kinuthia
International Journal of Educational Reform Vol. 15, No. 2 (2006) pp. 289–300
The area of integration of technology in education is a continuous effort that revolves around looking for factors and practices that can be applied to encourage faculty to integrate technology into their areas of teaching. Web-based instruction ...
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Developing Pedagogical Technology Integration Content Knowledge in Preservice Teachers: A Case Study Approach
Laurie Brantley-Dias; Wanjira Kinuthia; Mary B. Shoffner; Christopher de Castro; Neil J. Rigole
Journal of Computing in Teacher Education Vol. 23, No. 4 (2007) pp. 143–150
This research examined the effects of case-based instructional strategies on the development of Pedagogical Technology Integration Content Knowledge (PTICK) in alternative teacher preparation students. The study was part of the Crossroads Project...