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Evaluation of E-Learning Utilization as an Aid to Teaching and Learning: The Case of Federal College of Education Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria

ABSTRACT The title of the study was to evaluate e-learning utilization as an aid to teaching and learning. The perspective of federal college of education Zaria had a number of challenges in e-learning utilization ranging from inadequate knowledge/skill to maintenance, and technical support, with the main objective of enhancing acceptance of e-learning to complement teaching and learning. The specific objectives are to determinate the level of e-learning utilization, and factors that impede t...

HIS 206: Latin America from the 15th to the 19th Century

ABSTRACT  Migration in Latin America comes in several phases;it could be inter-regional or inter-continental depending where our focus is directed.This particular assertion could be looked at in two different perspective the first perspective from the first Europeans who discovered the new world then the second is according to CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS' view of what he discovered in the new world when he arrived. This paper is focusing on the migration of various groups of people and different ra...

Account for the Life and Times of Oba Akinsemoyin

ABSTRACT This paper attempt to, account for, the Life and Times of Oba Akinsemoyin. This study is necessitated by the important role in which Oba Akinsemoyin played in the chequered history of the Lagos area in the 18th century, most notably in the aspects of the transformation of Lagos from a mere Lagoon area to a territory featured of commerce, trade, industrialization, urbanization, and even more profoundly, modernization. As a result of the objective of this paper, by accounting for the ...

The Mutapa and the Portuguese: Archaeometallurgy and Regional Interaction in Southern Africa

Abstract For 400 years before the onset of British colonisation, northern Zimbabwe witnessed increased interaction between the locals and several Europeans. The most powerful local player was the Mutapa state, while the mercantilism-fuelled Portuguese were the dominant foreign players. These foils were brought together by the lucrative Indian Ocean trade network. The available historical evidence posits that in this trading system, northern Zimbabwe supplied gold, iron, ivory and other loc...

Evaluation of Factors Influencing the Acceptance of Koha Library Software in Selected Academic Libraries in Uganda.

ABSTRACT The study aimed at evaluating the factors that influence the acceptance of Koha library software in academic libraries. The specific objectives included; (1) to determine the socio-demographic characteristics of respondents in terms of age, gender, highest level of education and number of years worked with the library; (2) to investigate how system productivity influences the acceptance of Koha library software in academic libraries; (3) to determines how ease of use influences the ...

Ethnic Conflicts in Stability and Development in Kenya: A case Study of Kitale Town, Trans-Nzoia District Kenya

ABSTRACT During the Past 10 years (2000 -2009) perennial conflicts involving the communities of Western Kenya have assumed an increasingly violent nature. In most cases the conflicts have resulted in the deaths of dozens of men, women and children and the theft of thousands of livestock. The purpose of the study was to investigate the implications of ethnic conflicts on stability and development in Trans-Nzoia District in Kenya. Objectives of the study were to investigate the historical caus...

Staff Qualities and Management of Internally Displaced Persons in Hargeisa Somaliland

TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTERS 1 ONE THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE 1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 1 Statement of the problem 3 Purpose of the study 3 Objectives of the study 4 Specific Objectives 4 Research questions 4 Hypothesis 4 Scope of the study 4 Significance of the study 5 Operational definition of key terms 5 TWO REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 7 Concepts, opinions and ideas from Authors and experts 7 Theoretical prospective 16 Related studies 18 THREE METHODOLOGY 19 Research design Research populati...

Scarce Resources and Inter-Clan Conflict in Selected Districts in Mandera County, North Eastern Kenya

ABSTRACT This study was set out to establish the extent to which scarce resources lead to inter- clan conflict in selected districts in Mandera County in North Eastern Kenya. Specifically the study was to (i) determine the profile of the respondents in terms of age, gender, rank, income level, highest educational qualification and district of residence (ii) determine the level of scarce resources (land, water and pasture) in selected districts in Mandera County in North Eastern Kenya (iii) de...

Insecurity and Challenges of Human Capital for Sustainable Development in Nigeria: A Graphic Analysis

The security situation in Nigeria appears to be speaking unintelligible language only terrorists and insurgencies can understand that is elusive to conventional security. Without security, a country is at the mercy of innumerable threats, and thus vulnerable, and, most crucially, the human capital for sustainable development becomes a quagmire. This paper however identified human capital as driver of sustainable development and veritable tool for national investment. The expression is that th...

People's Perception On Civil War and Children's Education in Nothern Uganda: The Case of P Abbo Internally Displaced Camp, Gulu District

ABSTRACT The study Investigated People's perception on Civil War and Children's Education in northern Uganda. The study had specific objectives among which were:- (1 )To examine the effect of the civil war on children access to enrolment in Pabbo IDP camp. (2)To assess the effect of the civil war on children's retention in schools in Pabbo IDP camp. (3)To investigate the effect of the civil war on school management in Pabbo IDP camp. The study was carried out in Pabbo IDP camp, Gulu District....

Ethnic Violence and Peace Building among the Communities of Murie and Lou-Nuer in Jonglei State - South Sudan

ABSTRACT This study was carried to understand the influence ethnicity have on violence, the effect of peace building initiatives laid to mitigate violence between the two communities beside the availability of correlation between these variables. The researcher utilized documented reports on ethnic violence, focus groups discussions and questioners beside interviews. This study found that ethnification is decisive in violence between the two communities and peace building initiative rendered ...

Mass Media and Extent of Violence in Selected Sub-Counties in Western Region, Rwanda

ABSTRACT This research investigated the relationship between mass media and extent of violence in two selected sub-counties in Western Region, Rwanda. Apart from determining the profile of respondents, the study investigated the level of influence of mass media in the study areas, extent of violence in the subcounties, and established the significant relationship between the level of influence and the extent of violence. Different theories and concepts were articulated in the literature revie...

Exploring the Response of the Local Community to Challenges of Hosting Refugees at Nakivale Camp.

ABSTRACT This study explored the response of the host community to challenges of hosting refugees at Nakivale camp, western Uganda. Using a qualitative research design, 32 participants were purposively recruited in the host community and the refugee settlement. Four focus group discussions each consisting of 6 participants and eight in-depth interviews were conducted. The focus group discussions and in-depth interviews were minute recorded, transcribed, coded, and analyzed thematically based ...

Child Rights and Abuse in Tharaka District Eastern Province, Kenya

ABSTRACT This study is to examine child’s rights and abuse in tharaka in order to evaluate the most common forms of child right abuses, who are the main right abuses , the factors predisposing children’s other stake holders to strategies to be adopted to promote children’s rights protecting The study was guided by the following objectives, to identify the common forms Childs rights abuses in tharaka identify factors .Predisposing children to abuse in tharaka and to identify the challen...


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