What Transpired
The 3rd Annual Higher Education Conference 2021
The theme of this year’s conference is “Adaptation to current and future challenges for Higher Education under the Covid-19 pandemic”. The conference aims at exploiting the available opportunities for higher education institutions to adapt to the effects of Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, the conference will avail institutions and individuals an opportunity to disseminate their research findings.
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Guest of Honour
Ms Rosa Malango
UN Resident Coordinator – Uganda
Aim of the Conference
Conference Main Goal
Interventions
ODeL Context relevant to teaching and learning interventions.
Cross- border
Impact on the internationalization of Higher Education, the cross- border movement of students, academics and scholars
Online Teaching
Effective pedagogical practices for online teaching.
Financing
Higher Education Financing Strategies for attraction and retention of students.
Strategic Frameworks
Policy and strategic frameworks for Higher Education recovery and sustainability in the Covid-19 era.
Crisis-sensitive
Crisis-sensitive higher educational planning and management.
Our Speakers
Keynote Speakers
Professor Guido Van Huylenbroeck
Professor, Ghent University, Beligium
Dr. Jessica Aguti
Lecturer, School of education, Makerere University
Dr. Fredrick Kitoogo
Principal- Uganda Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Nakawa
Emerging Issues
The key emerging issues from the Conference included:
- Tuition fees is the main source of income for Ugandan Universities like those of their counterparts in UK. Participants observed the need by Ugandan institutions to hire out their facilities to generate income as the case is with UK Universities. A need by Ugandan Universities to diversify their sources of income was noted.
- Some institutions pay more attention online teaching and less on online learning. To this end, it was noted that lecturers should be equipped with skills/competencies to facilitate both online learning and online teaching.
- The cost of international education can be cheaper with online/blended learning, that is, students can study certain courses online from their respective home countries.
- Participants noted that the proposed Government tax on internet data would affect online learning. The NCHE was urged to engage Government on the same.
- The need to develop a national framework to ensure continuity of online/blended learning was noted.
Conference strategies for the follow-up
- Student empowerment, and acceptance was critical to implementation of emergence ODeL
- Institutions need to prepare for ODeL, by assessing existing infrastructure, human resource, among other things.
- Only accredited programmes are authorized by NCHE for emergency ODeL implementation.
- Staff and students should be trained, and a budget for the same made available.
- A national framework as proposed by some participants was necessary to ensure continuity of online/blended teaching and learning.
- Observed the need by NCHE to engage Government on the proposed tax on Internet data.
Captured Moments
Gallery
Photos from the conference
