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A Course Outline for ICT for Development


Course Outline
Lecturer:       Prof. Muwanga-Zake, Johnnie WF.
Qualifications: BSc. (Hons.), BEd., MSc., MEd., PhD. PGCE. PDE
Course Title:   ICT for Development                                                  
Overview
Overall Description of the Course
The course comprises lectures and practical applications of the theories about managing ICT for development, specifically focussed on developing countries.
Overall Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course, the students are expected to,
·         LO1: Articulate similarities and differences between the development theories
·         LO2: Explain theories and frameworks of development that can be applied to ICT in developing countries
·         LO3: Examine contribution of ICT in agriculture, health, education, business and government in developing countries
·         LO4: Explain the applications of mobile phones to enhance communication in health, education, agriculture, business and government
·         LO5: Perform ICT project evaluation in developing countries
·         LO6: Identify areas in millennium development goals that can be achieved with the aid of ICT applications.
·         LO7: Identify problems in local communities in the areas of education, health, agriculture, business and government and apply ICT to determine solution to the problem.
General Description of Teaching/Learning Methods and Modes of Assessment
Intensive theoretical lecture discussions with interludes of practical applications of theory in selected businesses. Students do tests and a project work, which could be in teams.

Details
Topic
(also give brief description of topic)
Teaching and Learning Methods
Learning Outcomes (In terms of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and character).
On completion, the students will:
1. Introduction to development theories
  1. Development theories – overview
  2. Hoffstede’s theory on development and the livelihood’s framework as an example
  3. Rostow’s development stages
  4. Millennium goals of development – overview, and ICT use in meeting those goals
Lecture and seminar
·         Articulate theories on development and the livelihood’s framework
·         Explain and be able to apply Hofftede’s theory in the context of his/ her community
·         Explain Rostows’ development stages in the context of his/ her country
·         List the millennium goals
·         Show how ICT is necessary to meet the millennium goals
2. E-education and E-learning – contribution of ICT in higher education with particular emphasis on distance learning
Lecture and seminar
·         Illustrate the potential of ICT in e-education and in e-learning
·         Identify challenges in implementing e-Learning in institutions in developing countries.
3. E-health – ICT support to health services such as antenatal care, postnatal care, administration of anti-retro viral medicine, smoking cessation where ICT plays a major role of networking communities and health workers.
Lecture and seminar
·         Identify e-health cases in developed countries
·         Identify challenges in implementing e-Health in institutions in developing countries
4. E-government
  1. ICT use for better governance
  2.  Promoting advocacy and transparency, and fighting corruption by use of ICT in sub-Saharan Africa
  3. Mobile technologies that promotes transparency in government and fight corruption
  4. ICT contribution to voter data management
  5. E-tax
Lecture and seminar
·         Identify cases of ICT applications in government, advocacy and transparency
·         Explain the use of mobile phones to promote transparency in government and fight corruption.
5. ICT project implementations in developing countries and solutions
Lecture
·         Identify existing problems in ICT project implementations in developing countries and develop solutions to them
·         Explain the contribution of ICT to e-government of a country in areas of voter data management, local government administration
6. Social Media and Development
Lecture and seminar
How Social Media is playing a role in or negating development
7. Emerging technologies and development
Lecture and Seminars
How changes in ICT are influencing development
8. Project Assignment
Seminar
Write a project proposal
9. Revise for Examinations
Seminars
Revising techniques
10.  Examinations
Written paper
Assess their knowledge

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