Department/Unit: Professional Development and Training
Qualifications: PhD Educational Technology
PhD Institution: The Open University
PhD dissertation title: Collaborative models for designing educational digital resources in African higher education
Current research interests and projects: Educational technology, Open educational resources (OERS) Postgraduate training, supervision and mentorship Policy engaged research
Selected publication 1: Ngimwa P., Kinuthia W. (2021) A Progressive Approach to OER Adoption in Development of Short Online Courses by University Lecturers. In: Burgos D., Olivier J. (eds) Radical Solutions for Education in Africa. Lecture Notes in Educational Technology. Springer, Singapore.
Selected publication 2: Ngimwa, P., Adams, A. (2013) The Different Roles of ‘Design Process Champions’ for Digital Libraries in African Higher Education. International Journal of Digital Libraries, 13(3-4) pp. 119–133
Selected publication 3: Ngimwa, P., Wilson, T. (2012) An empirical investigation of the emergent issues around OER adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa. Learning, Media and Technology, 37(4): 398–413
Selected publication 4: Adams, A. and Ngimwa, P. (2012) Digital library sustainability and design processes. IN Zaphiris, P. et al. (Eds.). Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, p. 76-88
Selected publication 5: Ngimwa, P., Adams, A. (2011) Role of policies in collaborative design process for digital libraries within African higher education. Library Hi Tech 29 (4)p. 678-696
Selected publication 6: Ngimwa, P. (2009) Collaborative design of educational digital libraries for African Higher Education. Bulletin of IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Libraries Volume 5, Issue 3
Selected publication 7: Ngimwa, P. (2009) Copyright Issues and their Impact on Flexible Education in Africa. In Marshall, S., Kinuthia, W., Taylor, W. (Eds) Bridging the Knowledge Divide Educational Technology for Development, Charlotte, NC, Information Age Publishing
Selected publication 8: Ngimwa, P. (2008) An African experience in providing a digital library service: the African Virtual University (AVU) example. In Brophy, P., Craven, J. & Markland, M. (Eds.) Libraries Without Walls 7: Exploring 'anywhere, anytime' delivery of library services. London, Facet Publishing
Selected publication 9: Jensen, M., Belcher, M. Ngimwa, P. (2007) Information access and issues of bandwidth. In Shrum, W., Benson, K. Bijker, W., Brunnstein, K. (Eds.) Past, Present & Future of Research in the Information Society. New York: Springer Science+Business Media
Selected publication 10: Ngimwa, P., Ocholla, D., Ojiambo, J. (1997) Media Accessibility and Utilization by Kenyan Rural Women, International Information and Library Review. Vol. 29 (1) p.45-66
Capstone assignment title: Towards An African Doctoral Mentorship Model
Capstone assignment abstract: This paper presents mentorship in doctoral education as an alternative approach to good supervision practice and a powerful way of nurturing an enabling scholarly environment that African Higher Education can embrace in order to confront high attrition rate and enhance completion of doctoral education. Mentorship is critical in producing quality PhDs that can contribute towards the development of Africa’s economies and boost the regenerative capacity of our universities as retiring senior professors become replaced by a cadre of young and well skilled scholars. Through a synthesis of available literature on doctoral mentorship, the paper recommends a mentorship model that can be considered as part of supervision practice in Africa’s PhDs production.
