Clarke Ebow Yalley
2 Publications in AERD
Author Publications
Export PDFPersonal computer usage and teasing among geographic information systems students
By Adams Osman
This study arose from the observation of teasing among Geographic Information Systems (GIS) students who use personal computers (PCs) during practical sessions. A review of the literature did not provide any informative knowledge on teasing based on PC characteristics. Hence, the study sought to assess the degree of teasing among GIS students, PC characteristics students are frequently teased over, types of teasing, and its positive and negative effects. Students at University of Education in Winneba (UEW), Ghana, provided data on their experiences with analysis employed being multinomial regression, binary logistic regression, the McNemar and Wilcoxon signed-rank test. The findings of the study revealed that students had experienced and engaged in various forms of teasing during GIS sessions. Low processing power of PCs and the brand type were the targets of verbal jokes among students. Teasing during lecture periods resulted in both positive and negative utility, with a greater number of students reporting net positive utility. Although the findings verified the researchers' utilitarian viewpoint, teasing needs to be regulated, as some students exhibited feelings of depression and low self-worth. © 2023
Flexibility and Usability: Focal Point of Graduate Students’ Knowledge Level of The Features of SAKAI Learning Management System
By Jonathan Odame
Coupled with the global pandemic (COVID-19) and technological advancement, the SAKAI learning management system (LMS) was initiated to deliver synchronous, asynchronous, blended instruction to break the artificial boundaries towards delivering quality education. This requires students to acquire the requisite knowledge to develop self-regulated skills to navigate through inbuilt features of SAKAI LMS to ensure usability, flexibility, and accessibility. To ascertain the usability, flexibility and accessibility of the SAKAI LMS, this study sought to examine the knowledge level of graduate students on the features of SAKAI LMS. The cross-sectional survey design was used to gather data. Using the SAKAI LMS, the systematic sampling technique was used to sample 209 students drawn from the six (6) schools within the three colleges of the University of Ghana. A close-ended questionnaire on a three-point Likert Scale was employed to elicit information on respondents’ knowledge of the features of the SAKAI LMS. The study’s findings revealed that the respondents possessed a low level of knowledge on forum tools, lesson tools, quizzes and assessment tools, resources tools as well as chatroom tools of the SAKAI LMS. However, there was a significant difference between the level of knowledge of the features of SAKAI LMS across genders, but there was no statistically significant difference in the level of knowledge of the SAKAI LMS across the age and college of affiliation of respondents. Based on the study’s findings, university management needs to organise some SAKAI LMS training and orientation for at least three days to enable students to acquire the requisite knowledge and understanding of the different inbuilt features of the SAKAI LMS. Through this exercise, respondents will build and develop self-regulatory skills. This is because the SAKAI LMS can become beneficial if respondents possess the mastery of knowledge to control and monitor their traits of metacognition as they engage with the SAKAI LMS. © 2023, University of Southern MIssissippi. All rights reserved.
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