The 4th Annual eLearning Innovators Conference & Expo (ELICE), an international conference for mobile educators, researchers, innovators & leaders, was held between 12th-16th September at KICD in Nairobi. This year's event attracted over 300 delegates during the five day event. The 2016 theme, Powering Growth, saw us kick off conversations about mobile learning, competency based learning and digital literacy. From key notes - on gamification in learning, collaboratively building capacity for financial inclusion and using big data to empower decision making and M&E - to workshops and a networking mixer; the conference was a great opportunity to discover and discuss trends in the industry, network and build potential partnerships. www.elice.co

1. Establishing the E-learning
Function in a Public
University: From Content to
Results
Fred Keraro
Egerton University
ELICE, Nairobi, 12th - 16th
September, 2016
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2. Where do you start?
• University strategic plan
• University e-learning policy
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3. Strategic plan 2013 - 2018
• Vision: To be a world class university for
the advancement of humanity
• Mission: To generate and disseminate
significant knowledge and offer exemplary
education to contribute and innovatively
influence national and global development.
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4. Strategic objectives
• Provide quality higher education and
training
• Develop resources and resources for
Distance Education
• Develop and integrate ICT in Teaching,
learning, Research and Management
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5. E-learning Policy
• Developed in 2010
• Key policy guidelines
 Quality assurance
 Staff incentives for
e-content development
 Capacity building
 Security and Access rights
 IPR
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6. IMPLEMENTATION
• The University had to make a number of
decisions on the implementation of e-
learning programmes.
i. Prioritization of programmes
ii. Funding
iii. E-content development
iv. LMS
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7. Initial/ Pilot phase programmes
• The university expects to have all
programmes offered on the e-learning
platform in 5 years
• Started with 5 pilot phase programmes
• Mainly targeted popular evening and
programmes that largely attract the
working class
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8. Pilot Programmes
Undergraduate
 BSc Community
Development
 BA Criminology &
Security Studies
Postgraduate
 MA Security
Management
 MA Criminology &
Criminal Justice
 MSc Community
Development &
Extension
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9. Other programmes
Undergraduate
 Bachelor of
Psychology
 Bachelor of Library
and Information
Science
 Bachelor of
Commerce
Postgraduate
 MBA
 M.Ed Educational
Management
 MA Gender &
Development studies
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10. Funding
• The university council allocated Ksh. 50m
in the 2015/16 FY for the pilot phase
• Budget for the establishment of the e-
campus [for basic infrastructure & launch
of pilot phase programmes]
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11. E-content development
• Academic staff in respective depts trained
on e-content development
• E-content development template
developed to guide faculty
• E-content developed/course materials
subjected to peer review
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12. LMS
• Modular Oriented Object Dynamic
Learning Environment [Moodle] was
customized/adapted
• E-content developed is uploaded on the
LMS by trained staff
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13. Enrolment of Learners and
Learner Support
• Successful applicants enrolled in
respective programmes/courses
• Orientation [both students & academic
staff – use of the learning platform and e-
class management
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14. Orientation on use of e-Learning
platform
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15. Cont…
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16. Conti…
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17. Conti…
• Monitoring and support of learner/tutor
interactions
• Assessment – CATs/assignments/exams
• Processing exams follow normal university
procedures
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18. Cont…
• Evaluation
• Revision/review of course materials and
programmes
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19. ?
Thank you
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