Presentation at Nuffic and PIE Flipped seminar on open online education for capacity development 25 November 2015 Implementation of an eLearning and school management information system at Presbyterian Nursing College Bawku Ghana by IICD and Connect4Change

1. E-Learning at the
Presbytarian Nursing College Bawku
Ghana
Martine Koopman,
Sector Developer ICT in Education
IICD, Netherlands

2. IICD is active in four sectors
Economic Development
Education
Health Water & Climate

3. • Presbytarian Nursing College was part of larger program: Connect
4Change: ICT4Health with IICD, Cordaid and CHAG. Start 2012
• eLearning pilot in Bawku (located in a resource deprived and
conflict prone area which is nearly 300km from the nearest
teaching hospital of Tamale)
• At start: low teaching capacity, low ICT infrastructure, manual data
management, library with almost no resources

4. Success factor: Focus on educational change, not delivering technology only

5. The project process
• 2011: Round table process and Solution Design workshop
• 2012: implementation phase: equip and training in basic ICT
• End 2012: Computer lab and servers burned down
• 2013: re-installation of system, training of teachers, start using School Management
Information System and eLearning environment
• 2014: Content Creation, evaluation of pilot
• 2015: scale up to 3 other nurse training colleges

6. Outcome
• improved tutor classroom delivery of relevant material through
the use of e-learning
• enhanced student learning by accessibility to up-to-date learning
material
• increased efficiency of collecting, managing and communicating
appropriate information within and without the institution

7. Current status
• Teachers and students are trained
• Only a few teachers fully utilize the system: content creation takes
time to become part of teacher preparation and delivery
• Administration system for student admission, academic affairs,
invoicing and billing in use
• eLibrary utilized by teachers and students, but eLearning system not
yet

9. eLearning platform

10. School Administration Management System

11. Challenges
Challenges
• Motivation of teachers to create new content
• Wifi is not working outside classrooms (difficult for preparation)
• No accounting component and current finance system is old
• Change in leadership

12. Way forward
• Facility Readiness Assessment is conducted in 4 Nursing Colleges:
• Holy Family NTC Berekum
• Holy Family NTC Nkakaw
• NTC Offinso
• NTC Kwadaso
• Implementation January 2015
• Joint development e-Learning modules
and supplementary content creation

13. Elearning in medical education
• Online renewal of licenses for Nurses in Malawi
• Digital Curriculum General Counsel of Nurses Zambia
• Distance education: CERTES: e-Health Expertise Centre, Mali
• eLearning and Telemedicine Radiology: iPath web-based user-friendly
portal

14. Malawi – electronic Continuous
Professional Development

15. Nurses and Midwives in Malawi
• Need to renew their licence every year to continue their practice.
• Up until 2012, had to take 8 exams a year, in person, at the hospital.
• Had to invest time and money in extensive travel.
• Faced a shortage of study materials.

16. 3 MONTHS TO
SECURE 55%
OF CREDITS

17. What we learnt
Needs
identification is
critical
High costs vs.
sustainability
High value for
nurses and
midwives
Mobile phones
might help
achieving scale
Broad stakeholder
engagement for
adaptation
SUCCESS FACTORS
FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS

18. Questions?