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Martine Koopman, Sector Developer ICT in Education
IICD, Netherlands
E-Learning at the Presbytarian Nursing College Bawku
Ghana
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IICD is active in four sectors
Economic Development
Water & ClimateHealth
Education
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• Presbytarian Nursing College was part of larger program: Connect 4Change: ICT4Health with IICD, Cordaid and CHAG. Start 2012
• eLearning pilot in Bawku (located in a resource deprived and conflict prone area which is nearly 300km from the nearest teaching hospital of Tamale)
• At start: low teaching capacity, low ICT infrastructure, manual data management, library with almost no resources
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Success factor: Focus on educational change, not delivering technology only
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The project process
• 2011: Round table process and Solution Design workshop
• 2012: implementation phase: equip and training in basic ICT
• End 2012: Computer lab and servers burned down
• 2013: re-installation of system, training of teachers, start using School Management Information System and eLearning environment
• 2014: Content Creation, evaluation of pilot
• 2015: scale up to 3 other nurse training colleges
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• improved tutor classroom delivery of relevant material through the use of e-learning
• enhanced student learning by accessibility to up-to-date learning material
• increased efficiency of collecting, managing and communicating appropriate information within and without the institution
Outcome
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Current status
• Teachers and students are trained• Only a few teachers fully utilize the system: content creation takes
time to become part of teacher preparation and delivery• Administration system for student admission, academic affairs,
invoicing and billing in use• eLibrary utilized by teachers and students, but eLearning system not
yet
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eLearning platform
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School Administration Management System
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Challenges
• Motivation of teachers to create new content
• Wifi is not working outside classrooms (difficult for preparation)
• No accounting component and current finance system is old
• Change in leadership
Challenges
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• Facility Readiness Assessment is conducted in 4 Nursing Colleges:• Holy Family NTC Berekum• Holy Family NTC Nkakaw• NTC Offinso• NTC Kwadaso
• Implementation January 2015
• Joint development e-Learning modules and supplementary content creation
Way forward
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Elearning in medical education
• Online renewal of licenses for Nurses in Malawi
• Digital Curriculum General Counsel of Nurses Zambia
• Distance education: CERTES: e-Health Expertise Centre, Mali
• eLearning and Telemedicine Radiology: iPath web-based user-friendly portal
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Malawi –electronic Continuous Professional Development
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• Need to renew their licence every year to continue their practice.
• Up until 2012, had to take 8 exams a year, in person, at the hospital.
• Had to invest time and money in extensive travel.
• Faced a shortage of study materials.
Nurses and Midwives in Malawi
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3 MONTHS TO
SECURE 55%
OF CREDITS
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What we learnt
Needs identification is
critical
High costs vs. sustainability
High value for nurses and midwives
Mobile phones might help
achieving scale
Broad stakeholder engagement for
adaptation
SUCCESS FACTORS
FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS