Influence of Involvement in Sports on Students’ Involvement in Academic Activities at Ndejje University

This study was carried out to establish whether students’ involvement in sports activities affected their involvement in academic activities. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire and analysed using percentages and means. Spearman’s correlation coefficient was used to test the hypotheses that guided the study. The findings showed that there is no significant relationship between students’ involvement in outdoor sports activities and their involvement in academic activities. However, there was a significant negative relationship between students’ involvement in indoor sports activities and their involvement in academic activities.Keywords: Extra-curricular activities; Sports management; Ndejje Universit

Balancing socio-Economic and Academic Needs: A case of Higher Education Graduate Students.

The need to pursue higher degrees to meet job demands, while at the same time working for social obligations, can be quite challenging. This is especially so when such students have to pay their tuition privately. This paper is based on the findings of a study done among students on masters programs in higher education at Makerere University in 2008. It reports some of the challenges graduate students face as they struggle to attain higher degree qualifications needed in order to secure better jobs, gain promotion, or toretain their jobs at their current places of work. Specifically, it reports some of the risks students take while looking for additional funds to pay university fees; while at the same time sustaining families and other social economic obligations. A lot of study time is lost in various activities students engage in to realize the needed funds, a fact that could have adverse effects on the quality of their study performance

Effect of Qualification in ICT, Age and Income on Use of Computers among Postgraduate Students in Makerere University School of Education

The purpose of this study was to establish the relationship between: qualification in using ICT, age and level of income; and use of computers among postgraduate students in Makerere University School of Education. The study was carried out following a cross-sectional survey design and involved 69 students. Primary data, which were collected using a self-administered questionnaire, were analysed using summary statistics, t-test, analysis of variance, correlation and multiple regression analyses. The study found an insignificant relationship between possession of qualificati ons in using ICT and the use of computers; a significantly negative relationship between age and the use of computers; and a significantly positive relationship between level of income and the use of computers. It was, therefore, concluded that possession of qualifications in using ICT is not sufficient to enhance the use of computers; age can negatively affect the utilisation of computers; and income enhances the utilisati on of computers. Thus, it is recommended that, to enhance the use of computers among the said students, relevant managers should give special ICT training to the older students; and provide access to computers, to ensure that students whose incomes do not enable them to acquire personal computers have access. Key words: ICT; Personal characteristics; Innovation adoption; Makerere Universit

Age, Gender and Culture as Correlates of Use of Knowledge Management Systems in Makerere University

International audienceThe purpose of the study was to establish which of (i) age (ii) gender and (iii) organizational culture is a correlate of use of knowledge management systems (KMS) among teachers, senior administrators and postgraduate students in Makerere University. The study was a co-relational and cross-sectional survey biased to the quantitative approach, involving 444 respondents from the University, from whom primary data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire, and analysed using summary statistics (e.g. means, standard deviations), t-test, Correlation and Multiple Regression Analyses. The study found that while age and gender were unimportant, organizational culture significantly correlated with KMS use among teachers, senior administrators and postgraduate students in the University. The study thus concluded that organizational culture must be improved if KMS use in Makerere University is to improve, leading to the recommendation that all stakeholders look into the possibility of improving organizational culture in the respective units in the University as a measure of enhancing KMS use

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Adult Learning: a Case of Graduate Students at Makerere University.

The Paper reports findings of a study on the factors affecting Makerere University graduate students as adult learners in the process of acquiring ICT skills for their meaningful and individualized learning. We had three objectives, namely, to establish the effect of adult learner-characteristics on ICT learning of graduate students; to determine the extent to which graduate students’ prior experience in operating computers affected their ICT learning; and to investigate the effect of graduate students’ attitudes towards use of computers in their learning. The study was non–experimental and employed a cross-sectional survey design on 235 graduate students from faculties of Arts, Social Sciences and Education. The findings indicated that adult-learner characteristics and prior computer experiences of graduate students affected their ICT learning significantly. However, graduate students’ attitudes towards computers, did not significantly affect their ICT learning. We concluded that adult-learner characteristics and computer experiences significantly affect their ICT learning, while attitudes towards use of computers were not significant. The paper ends with a number of recommendations for the way forward