Browsing by Author "Bakkabulindi F. E. K."

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Effect of Qualifi cation in ICT, Age and Income on Use of Computers among Postgraduate Students in Makerere University School of Education
(African Journals Online, 2009) Bakkabulindi F. E. K.; Sekabembe B.; Shopi J. M.; Kiyingi G.
The purpose of this study was to establish the relati onship between: qualifi cati on in using ICT, age and level of income; and use of computers among postgraduate students in Makerere University School of Educati on. The study was carried out following a cross-secti onal survey design and involved 69 students. Primary data, which were collected using a self-administered questi onnaire, were analysed using summary stati sti cs, t-test, analysis of variance, correlati on and multi ple regression analyses. The study found an insignifi cant relati onship between possession of qualifi cati ons in using ICT and the use of computers; a signifi cantly negati ve relati onship between age and the use of computers; and a signifi cantly positi ve relati onship between level of income and the use of computers. It was, therefore, concluded that possession of qualifi cati ons in using ICT is not suffi cient to enhance the use of computers; age can negati vely aff ect the uti lisati on of computers; and income enhances the uti lisati on of computers. Thus, it is recommended that, to enhance the use of computers among the said students, relevant managers should give special ICT training to the older students; and provide access to computers, to ensure that students whose incomes do not enable them to acquire personal computers have access.
Readiness of Kampala International University Doctoral Students for Open and Distance Education
(African Journals Online, 2010) Bakkabulindi F. E. K.; Mulumba F. N.; Aluonzi B.; Oketch C.; Taibu A.
This study examined the readiness of Kampala International University Doctoral Students for open and distance education and related this readiness to gender, income and perceived user friendliness of ICT. Using a self-administered questionnaire, data were collected from 43 of these students and analysed using means, t-test and correlation analyses. The findings were that there is relationship between each of gender, income and perceived user friendliness of ICT and readiness for open and distance learning. However, only the relationship between perceived user friendliness of ICT and the said readiness was found to be statistically significant. Therefore, it was concluded that, if they are to be ready for open and distance education, the students deserve equal encouragement, exposure and training with respect to the use of ICT, notwithstanding their gender and income differentials.
Suboptimal Utilisation of Resources in Sub-Saharan African Higher Education Institutions: the Case of Teaching Space at Makerere University
(African Journals Online, 2012) Ssempebwa Jude; Owolabi S. O.; Bakkabulindi F. E. K.
Many higher education institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa are underfunded. Consequently, they are operating with encumbering resources constraints that threaten quality assurance. Accordingly, they are working to expand the availability of these resources. Notwithstanding, it is taken for granted that once available, these resources are optimally utilized and that, in instances expanding their availability is not possible, compromising on some elements of the quality of higher education is inevitable. The problem is that this presumption could disguise inadequacies in the utilization of the resources, with the consequence that the institutions’ need for the resources is exaggerated. Preoccupation with expanding the availability of resources could also stifle the innovation of creative ways of making the best use of the resources available. This means that the institutions need to evaluate their utilization of these resources—to pinpoint their need for the resources and potential for quality assurance. This paper reports the findings of a study that responded to this need, taking the case of teaching space at Makerere University. The objective of the study was to verify the hypothesis that the University is teaching space constrained. The findings were that the resource is overly underutilized albeit this was disguised by occasional overutilization of the same space, a concomitance that only multidimensional evaluation could unearth. Accordingly, the study gives credence to the hypothesis that shortages of resources at the University, and similar institutions, are ostensible. Therefore, it is recommended that these institutions subject their utilization of resources to rigorous evaluation.