The purpose of this study was to compare two different methods to teach educators about
HIV/AIDS. Sixty educators were selected from eight schools in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South
Africa, to undergo HIV/AIDS training using an interactive CD-ROM intervention. Another sixty
educators from other schools were selected to undergo a two-day Life Skills Training Programme
provided by the Department of Education. The outcomes both before and after the interventions
were measured by surveying the educators’ knowledge and attitudes related to HIV/AIDS, as well
as their self-efficacy with respect to dealing with HIV/AIDS in the classroom setting. Both
interventions resulted in significant changes in knowledge and attitudes as well as in the selfefficacy
with respect to ability to teach about HIV/AIDS and to deal with classroom situations
involving HIV and blood. The Life Skills Training Programme proved superior in enhancing basic
knowledge about HIV, and the CD-ROM was superior in teaching about HIV transmission risks.

A study was conducted to investigate the accessibility and use of e-resources in Tanzania. The
methodology adopted for the study was survey in which questionnaires, interviews and
observations were used in collection of the data. A total of 50 respondents participated in the
study. The study revealed that livestock research institutes in Tanzania had very few e-resources
for their researchers. It was concluded that most livestock researchers were not aware of most of
the e-resources available hence they could not access and use them effectively in their research
work. The researchers recommended for improvement of internet connectivity to enable efficient
information searching from the internet.

Although the potentials of ICT such as blogs seem to be obvious, universities find challenges in
using them pedagogically. For example, there is dissonance between blogging and pedagogy, or
rather a gap between rhetoric about blog potential and blog practice, which has prompted this
investigation and professional development in the use of blogs at the University of New England
(UNE). Preliminary findings show fundamental implications for professional development in
pedagogical uses of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).

Nigerian secondary school graduates are not normally examined for their proficiency at computer
and internet use but are repeatedly required to employ such skills in applying for certification and
placement examinations. In 2005, in her bid to develop functional computer competencies among
secondary school students as part of the global drive for computerization, the Nigerian Lagos
state government equipped 40 secondary schools with microcomputer-fitted laboratories which
were also connected to the Internet. Three years on, this study was designed to evaluate the
computer interest, approval and confidence possessed by the students with the aim of
encouraging other state governments in the country and other countries of similar development
status to take a cue and also to suggest ways of improvement. One hundred students were
selected randomly from the Senior Secondary III classes of each of the six schools equipped with
computers by the state government in three local government areas to participate in the study.
The instrument used was designed to measure students’ interest, approval and confidence at
using computers and were administered on the subjects by their ICT subject teachers. Data
analyses employed descriptive statistics (means and frequencies), t-test and ANOVA. The results
showed that the students possessed high levels of interest, approval and confidence in the use of
computer and its other concerns. Female students were found to develop more interest than their
male counterparts. On the basis of field of study, vocational students seem to excel in interest
and approval. Students aged 19 to 21 seem to perform better in approval of computer and its
concerns, but no age differences were found in interest and confidence.

This paper explores what educational technologists in one South African Institution consider
innovation to be. Ten educational technologists in various faculties across the university were
interviewed and asked to define and answer questions about innovation. Their answers were
coded and the results of the overlaps in coding have been assimilated into a definition. Soft
systems methodology (SSM) was used as a method to make visible the complex nature of
innovation in educational technology in one setting. The initial definition formed the ‘situation
definition’ in SSM terms. The method proved useful in producing a picture (based on rich pictures
drawn by each person) and a root definition (based on CATWOE, a mnemonic that enables the
interviewer to ask each participant to identify processes and role players). Participants discussed
changes in processes, structures and attitudes at the institution.

A study was carried out to design, develop and test an educational interactive video-DVD on dairy
health management practices. Design for the provision of menus and sub-menus in the
developed video-DVD facilitated interactivity by means of branching navigation to different
chapters in the video content. A total of 60 dairy farmers owning DVD player and television were
selected by means of proportionate random sampling among the farmer members of four milk
cooperative societies identified in Kannur block of Kannur district in Kerala State of India, which
constituted the sample for the study. The findings of the study revealed significant difference
between the mean scores of knowledge level of respondents in pre and post -exposure stages
and a high majority of the respondents perceived the various aspects of the video-DVD to be
most satisfactory in fulfilling its intended use.

This study aims to examine the computer usage intentions of Ghanaian Tertiary Students. The
Technology Acceptance Model was adopted as the theoretical framework to ascertain whether it
could help explain behavioral intentions of individuals to accept and use technology. Factor
analysis was used to assess the construct validity of the initial research model and to uncover
any additional factors influencing students’ behavioral intentions. Multiple Linear Regression
analysis was done to determine the extent to which dependent variables were predicted by
independent variables. T-tests were used for test of significance.

This paper presents a computer based diagnostic tool developed to facilitate the learning
process. The developed tool is capable of generating possible error syndromes associated with
the answers received. The developed tool simulates the error pattern of the test results and then
accordingly models the action plan to help in children’s learning process. The built-in tests are
designed in such a way to consider the procedural, factual and conceptual knowledge of the
learning topic. The tool considers aspects related to both, the learner and the instructor. It
generates a diagnostic report to be utilized by the instructor. Moreover, the report suggests
remedial advices to enhance process of the learning in cases when the learner experiences
severe learning difficulties.

This paper studies the role and the importance of Information and Communication Technologies
for Development (ICT4D) education in Information Technology (IT) programs. The research
included the students who attended an ICT4D course at NYiT Amman Campus in the academic
years of 2006 to 2009. Data were collected through two questionnaires developed by the
researcher responsible for teaching the course. The first questionnaire was administered in the
first lecture of the academic semester, and the second questionnaire was administered in the last
lecture. The study shows that the students have expressed that an ICT4D course was an
important ingredient in the IT curriculum. Of the students, 98.8% expressed that ICT4D had an
important role in IT practices and education, 97.1% stated that they were satisfied with the course,
96.7% expressed that the course met the objectives. As a result, it was suggested that the ICT4D
course be included in Bachelor of Information Technology curriculum.

Kovalam is one of the coastal villages in Southern Tamil Nadu, India, and the principal livelihood
of the villagers is fishing. The village is equipped with a VKC (Village Knowledge Center),
initiated by the local Parish Council, to serve the people with the e-governance, e-agriculture, eeducation,
e-health and other services at free of cost. This paper is aimed at studying the effects
of the technological adoption through the intrinsic case study method. Besides, interviews and
discussions were also included to find out the realistic situation. The users of the Kiosk, the
boundary partners and the knowledge workers were contacted to collect data. The study has
revealed the influence and the role of kiosk in the lives of fishing community.