Teaching and Learning with Digital Technologies in Higher Education Institutions in Africa: Case Studies from a Pandemic Context (Perspectives on Education in Africa)

This book critically examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has stimulated digital innovation within higher education using case studies from Africa. Imagining a future for post-pandemic higher education, it analyses the challenges and opportunities of remote teaching and learning.

The book explores the structural barriers around access to higher education and how these were reconfigured and amplified by technology-dependent teaching and learning. Case studies from countries across Africa provide unique insights into the challenges experienced by Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) during the COVID-19 pandemic, examining examples of emergent pedagogies such as online, mobile and social media-enhanced teaching, and blended learning. The chapters consider online assessment and teacher professional development, critically examining some of the benefits and structural challenges of digital technology integration in the context of pre-existing education disparities (such as students and teachers living in poverty-stricken and highly unequal societies).

Offering invaluable insights into higher education in Africa, the book will be essential reading for researchers, scholars, and students in the fields of higher education study, digital education and educational technology, and African and comparative education. It will also be of interest to higher education managers and policymakers.

Admire Mare is Associate Professor in Department of Communication and Media, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Erisher Woyo is a Lecturer in Faculty of Business and Law, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, and Extraordinary Research Scientist at the Tourism Research in Economic Environs & Society, North-West University, South Africa.

Elina M. Amadhila is Senior Lecturer in Faculty of Commerce, Management and Law, University of Namibia, Namibia.