Biography
Professor Paul Birevu Muyinda, is a Professor of Open, Distance and eLearning (ODeL) and the Director of the Institute of Open, Distance and eLearning at Makerere University. He is a certified blended learning developer and online instructional designer. He has research interest in digital pedagogy and andragogy where he has worked with different education and training institutions to champion this cause. He led a team that scaffolded Makerere University and other universities in Uganda to remain afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns. Prof. Muyinda is the author of more than 100 research articles in open, distance and e-learning. He has recently consulted for COL and other agencies on policy and strategy for open distance learning. He is the Principal Investigator of several internationally funded research grants, including: NORHED II, Mastercard Foundation e-Learning Initiative, KOICA distance education enhancement project, just to mention but a few. As per Bob Little’s 2018 ranking of online pedagogy gurus, Prof. Muyinda was ranked among the top 100 movers and shakers of online corporate education in Africa.
Sessions
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ELA-25
FD4
From e-Tivity to m-Tivity: Instructional Design for Mobile Learning (mLearning)
2025-05-07 10:00
“From e-Tivity to m-Tivity: Instructional Design for Mobile Learning (m-Learning)”
- ELA-18 UNI25 Mobile Teaching and Learning in Universities 2018-09-27 16:30 Chairperson
- ELA-18 SKI46 A Conversation with the Founder of Moodle and Three African Leading Universities 2018-09-28 11:45
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ELA-18
NET48
Innovative Networking Experiences
2018-09-28 14:45
“EPICA: ePortfolios for Skills Recognition”
- ELA-24 MRTS2024 MRT
- ELA-24 PLENARY04 Plenary Debate: This House Believes that the Traditional Education System will become Obsolete in the Digital Age (EN-FR) 2024-05-31 16:30
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ELA-22
UNI37
Strengthening Capacities at African Universities for Quality and Equitable Higher Education Learning
2022-05-13 11:45
“The successes and challenges of implementing eLearning at institutions of Higher Learning: A case study of Makerere University”
- ELA-23 TEA50 Innovative Training for Digital Teachers (EN-FR) 2023-05-26 11:45 Chairperson