Heads of Departments in Zimbabwean universities regarded online teaching as indispensable for embracing the Fourth Industrial Revolution¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? HODs in Zimbabwean universities noted the indispensability of online teaching to embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution. → Chimbunde 2023

Evidence¶

Chimbunde 2023¶

Chimbunde, P. (2023). Funding the online teaching and learning in developing countries: insights from Zimbabwe. Education Tech Research Dev, 71, 753–766. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-022-10163-3

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

In-depth interviews and WhatsApp discussions with 15 Heads of Departments working in different universities across Zimbabwe generated the data; the study reports that HODs "noted the indispensability of online teaching to embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)". No effect sizes are reported in this qualitative study.

"Findings replicate that while HODs noted the indispensability of online teaching to embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), universities were confronted with trenchant institutional needs"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Zimbabwean universities faced trenchant institutional needs for online teaching — untrained personnel, poor digital infrastructure and cyber security — mostly emanating from inadequate funding — related
• Teachers at all five schools perceived the developed technology as common and indispensable, with no differences between school types — related