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Does the School Financing Role Matter in E-Learning Adoption? An Explanatory Sequential Study in Midwifery Schools in Uganda

June Patrick Bigirwa 1 * , Stephen Ndawula 1, Esther Frances Naluwemba 1
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1 Department of Educational Planning &Management, Kyambogo University, Kampala, Uganda* Corresponding Author
Contemporary Educational Technology, 12(1), July 2020, ep264, https://doi.org/10.30935/cedtech/7630
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Despite the high level of investment on e-learning programs in Uganda, there is a low adoption of this new pedagogy in midwifery schools. This trend is likely to frustrate government’s efforts to improve the skill mix, competencies and numbers of midwives. This research sought to establish whether school financing role was essential to e-learning adoption, and the salient traits of school financing role to be focused on by midwifery schools. An explanatory sequential mixed methods design was employed, ten midwifery schools were sampled with 167 respondents. A moderate positive relationship between school financing role and e-learning adoption (r = 0.402, p = 0.000, n = 167), was ascertained and school financing role accounted for 15.7% of the variance in e-learning adoption. The salient traits were; diversified sources of funds, deliberate efforts to expand sources of funds, coordination mechanisms for the sources of funds, affordable school fees structure, and a convenient fees payment system. Midwifery schools ought to implement these traits if they are to improve e-learning adoption.
Keywords: school financing role, e-learning adoption, midwifery schools, Uganda, developing country

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Bigirwa, J. P., Ndawula, S., & Naluwemba, E. F. (2020). Does the School Financing Role Matter in E-Learning Adoption? An Explanatory Sequential Study in Midwifery Schools in Uganda. Contemporary Educational Technology, 12(1), ep264. https://doi.org/10.30935/cedtech/7630

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