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Information Literacy (IL) teaching and learning: a literature review

Chipeta, George Theodore (African journals online, 2010)

The paper is largely based on review of existing literature on teaching and learning Information Literacy (IL), both online and in print. It reports on studies about the teaching and learning of IL in some institutions of ...
Teaching and learning of information literacy in some selected institutions of higher learning in KwaZulu-Natal and Malawi

Chipeta, George; Jacobs, Daisy; Mostert, Janneke (South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science, 2014-01-26)

Information literacy (IL) is a set of abilities that enable individuals to recognise when information is needed and to subsequently locate, evaluate, and utilise the required information. It enables people to interpret and ...
The role of national library service in promoting the e-governance in Malawi

Ngwira, Fiskani; Simbeye, Walusungu (SCECSAL Conference, 2016)

The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are being increasingly used by governments to deliver their services at the locations convenient to the citizens. In other words, e-government will make it easier ...
Data curation needs of researchers at Mzuzu University

Majawa, Felix; Ngwira, Fiskani (Mzuzu University, 2016)

The study examined data curation needed by researchers at Mzuzu University fifty (50) self-administered questionnaires were distributed to purposefully selected academic staffs representing 28% of the total population. 57% ...
Diffusion of information/ knowledge for growing forest herbs amongst traditional healers: a case of traditional healers at ekwendeni, Malawi

Abdullah, Hamis Lack; Chawinga, Winner Dominic; Mwabumba, Lusayo (SCECSAL, 2016)

The study investigated knowledge sharing practices amongst traditional healers in Ekwendeni, a semi-urban area in Malawi. Findings which were arrived at by soliciting using a questionnaire have shown that traditional ...
The link between telecentres and rular community development in malawi: the case of vikwa community telecentre

Kapondera, Sellina Khumbo (SCECSAL Conference, 2016)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the link between telecentres and rural community development in Malawi focusing on one telecentre: Vikwa Community telecentre. It also examined the challenges that vikwa ...
Adoption of mobile technologies in malawian academic libraries: the case of mzuzu university library

Kapondera, Sellina Khumbo; Ngalande, Emanuel (SCECSAL Conference, 2016)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of mobile technologies in Malawian academic libraries focusing on Mzuzu University library. Specifically the study aimed at determining: the extent to which mobile ...
Awareness of digital rights management in academic libraries: a survey of three selected Malawian university/ college libraries

Chawinga, Winner; Selemani, Apatsa; Phiri, Austine (SCECSAL, 2016)

The purpose of this study was to survey awareness of digital rights management at College mof Medicine, St John of God College of Health Sciences and Mzuzu University in Malawi. Specifically, the study aimed at identifying ...
The use of multipurpose community telecentres and their services in Malawi: the case of Lupaso Community Telecentre

Kapondera, Sellina Khumbo; Hart, Genevieve (South African journal of libraries and information science, 2016)

Telecentres aim to bridge digital divides between rural and urban communities. In many developing countries, like Malawi, the assumption is that once telecentres are established, people will adopt them. The purpose of the ...
Revolutionising scholarly communications through institutional repositories: empirical findings from university (college) in malawi

Kapasule, Amoni Gray; Chawinga, Winner Dominic (SCECSAL, 2016)

The study investigated an Institutional Repository (IR) at Kamuzu College of Nursing (KCN), one of the constituent colleges of the University of Malawi. A mixed methods approach which was implemented in two phases was ...
Uses, benefits and challenges of using rural community telecentres as tools for development: the Case of Vikwa Community Telecentre in Kasungu, Malawi

Kapondera, Sellina Khumbo; Namusanya, Dave Mankhokwe (African journals online, 2016)

This paper examines the uses, benefits and challenges of using telecentres as tools for development in Malawi focusing on one community telecentre: Vikwa Community Telecentre in the Kasungu district of Malawi. Quantitative ...
Unmasking the potential of web 2.0 in academic libraries in Malawi: empirical findings

Chawinga, Winner Dominic (SCECSAL, 2016)

It is now common knowledge that the internet has effectively turned the world into a 'global village'. The metamorphosis of the internet over the years has led to the emergence of Web 2.0 technologies that have attracted ...
Use of Web 2.0 by students in the faculty of information science and communications at Mzuzu University, Malawi

Chawinga, Winner Dominic; Zinn, Sandy (Aosis publishing, 2016)

BACKGROUND: Over the years, advancements in Internet technologies have led to the emergence of new technologies such as Web 2.0, which have taken various sectors including higher education by storm. Web 2.0 technologies ...
Information needs and barriers to information sources by open and distance learners: A case of Mzuzu University, Malawi

Chawinga, Winner Dominic; Zozie, Paxton (Aosis publishing, 2016)

BACKGROUND: The Centre for Open and Distance Learning at Mzuzu University was established in 2006 with the aim to increase and broaden access to higher education to most Malawians who despite meeting entry requirements ...
Increasing access to higher education through open and distance learning: empirical findings from Mzuzu University, Malawi

Chawinga, Winner Dominic; Zozie, Paxton Andrew (IRRODL, 2016)

Slowly but surely, open and distance learning (ODL) programmes are being regarded as one of the most practical ways that universities across the world are increasingly adopting in order to increase access to university ...
Usage patterns and challenges of multipurpose community telecentres in malawi

Kapondera, Sellina Khumbo; Chigona, Wallace (AISeL, 2017)

Domestic digital divide denotes the divisions between the haves and the have-nots of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) within a country. To bridge the domestic digital divide, the government of Malawi has ...
The usage of Khudze Multipurpose Community Telecentre in Mwanza District, Malawi

Chaima, Martha; Kapondera, Sellina Khumbo (Conference: 2017 IST-Africa Week Conference (IST-Africa), 2017-05)

Despite that Khudze Multipurpose Community Telecentre has been operating for over five years, observations showed that it is used by a few people. This study empirically investigated the usage of Khudze Multipurpose ...
Disseminating agricultural information services to farmers for attaining food security in zombwe extension planning areas (EPA) Mzuzu agricultural development division (MZADD) Mzimba, Malawi

Ngwira, Fiskani; Majawa, Felix (SCECSAL Conference, 2018)

This study investigated the dissemination of agricultural information services to farmers for attaining food security. The study applied a survey research methodology. To have an in-depth understanding of the study area ...
Web based student information management system in universities: experience from mzuzu university

Lubanga, Symon; Majawa, Felix; Kapondera, Sellina; Chawinga, Winner Dominic (SCECSAL, 2018)

Over the past few decades, universities all over the world have been experiencing new paradigms in the way they handle and manage students’ information due to the proliferation of ICTs and its applications such as web-based ...
Domestication of telecentres by malawian rural women

Kapondera, Sellina Khumbo; Chigona, Wallace (ACM, 2018)

The potential of telecentres to bridge the digital divide can only be realised when their services are appropriated by all groups in the community. Previous studies show that in Malawi only a few women use telecentres. ...

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