Open Impact Conference Papers

Parallel Sessions 1

Employability

• Paper ID 2 - Problem-based learning (pbl): a new frontier to enhance graduate employability
• Paper ID 20 - Roles and challenges faced by HODs in reforming university curricula to promote graduate employability

Emerging themes in Higher Education 1

• Paper ID 17 - Corporate governance and the performance of open and distance learning programs in duo mode institutions of higher learning in Uganda: strategies for improvement
• Paper ID 1 - Steering an Education System Inclined to the Use of ICT and OER in Togo
• Paper ID 9 - Potential impact of online education on part-time degree programmes in Nigeria: a federal university as case study
• Paper ID 12 - Cultural factors, pedagogical challenges and e-learning in the university of Ibadan, Nigeria
• Paper ID 16 - Sino-African cooperation in higher education: an exploration of ODL opportunities and challenges

Emerging themes in Higher Education 2

• Paper ID 11 - Blended learning and performance in basic sciences in ODeL programs in Nigeria: Search for quality teaching methodology
• Paper ID 15 - Framework for the Study of Innovativeness of Academic Staff
• Paper ID 34 - Promotion of online discussion forums as a key support to learning. The experiences of Uganda Management institute

PhD Colloquium

• Paper ID 32 - Entrepreneurial University: Applying the HEInnovate guiding framework to Makerere University
• Paper ID 33 - The unanswered question: Exploring youth livelihood challenges in northern Uganda

Parallel Sessions 2

Emerging themes in Higher Education 3

• Paper ID 10 - Looking at the impact of MOOCS from an African experience
• Paper ID 13 - Lessons from 'MOOCs for credit' - turning non-formal learning into formal credit

Emerging themes in Higher Education 4

• Paper ID 4 Parts 1 and 2 - Shape up or Shape out: The case of Lecturers unfit for the modern classroom
• Paper ID 21 - Ensuring travel broadens minds: a suitable case for Learning Design?

Business & Entrepreneurship

• Paper ID 27 - Entrepreneurship and building a university-based entrepreneurial eco-system
• Paper ID 28 - Energy Resource Centres as a tool for higher-value use of solar power in African countries: opportunities for ODL-based learning and teaching