Dr Rovincer Najjuma
Lecturer in Digital Education and the Global South
- Centre for Research in Digital Education
- Institute of Education Community and Society
Contact details
- Tel: 07405435014
- Email: rovincer.najjuma@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Moray House School of Education and Sport
University of Edinburgh - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 8AQ
Availability
Week Days
Background
Iam a Lecturer of Digital Education and the Global South. My work is underpinned in systems thinking, learning theories, emerging technologies and intersectionality. I am among the pioneers of digital education professional development, teacher education and refugee education in the majority world. My professional goal is to facilitate and upscale the transformative use of available digital tools, across various contexts, to leverage access, equity, diversity and equality. Earlier, my work focused on the application of education design science and democratic pedagogies to facilitate education access and participation in post-conflict regions. Endeared by the potential of technologies to empower and leverage access, my work is now increasingly focusing on possibilities for multi-tiered systems of support for access, and participation for marginalized populations. In exploring this research interest, I collaborate on research that focuses on digital education ecosystem development and coalition building to embolden networks, policies and practices of support in Higher Education. Given my academic background, and in the context of the fourth industrial revolution (4IR), an interdisciplinary approach that augments design thinking with generative artificial intelligence is promising. I am leveraging education design principles, systems thinking and intersectionality frameworks to advance an agenda for multi-tiered digital education systems based on ubiquitous technologies.
CV
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Qualifications
PhD in Education
Master of Education in Curriculum Design and Development
Post-Graduate Diploma in Information Communication Technologies in Education
Post-Graduate Diploma in Education
Bachelor of Social Science(Political Science and Public Administration)
Responsibilities & affiliations
Afox Visiting Fellow, University of Oxford, UK for research on mobile technologies in teacher preparation with (Professor Niall Winters)
Commonwealth Academic Fellow, University of Leicester, UK, for Research on digital technologies
Technical Advisory Member, CODE Teaching and Learning in Fragile Contexts
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
Yes
Research summary
Digital education policy and practice; Intersectionality and digital education; Mobile learning; Emerging technologies in education; Emerging digital practices; Refugee education and digital education ; Social learning; Online learning; Transformative pedagogies; Design Based Research (DBR), and Generative Artificial Intelligence in Education.
Current research interests
Digital education policy and practice; Intersectionality and digital education; Mobile learning; Emerging technologies in education; Emerging digital practices; Refugee education and digital education ; Social learning; Online learning; Transformative pedagogies; Design Based Research (DBR), and Generative Artificial Intelligence in Education.Past research interests
Democratic Pedagogy, Peace Education,Information Communication Technologies and Initial Teacher Education, Mobile based mentoring and Field Based Mentoring for Preservice/Initial Teacher Education, School-University Partnerships.Knowledge exchange
Curriculum Design and Development
Curriculum Design Expert for the first fully online programme,for Masters of Instructional Design Technology in Makerere University.
Guest Editor Role
Charitonos, K.,Gallagher, M. Najjuma, R. (2023-2024). Special issue on Connected Learning in contexts of forced displacement. Journal of Interactive Media in Education (JIME).
Affiliated research centres
Project activity
Collaborator and Curriculum Developer: Doctoral Research Training for African Universities, with University of Lund, Sweden
Collaborator and Curriculum Developer: Masters of Instructional Design Teachnology for Makerere University with University of Agder, Norway
Collaborator: Emerging Scholars Initiative, Doctoral Research Training, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
2020-2024- Education Expert, Resilient Africa Network-(RAN) for USAID-Funded Research on Non-State Schools Assessment in Uganda.
Current project grants
The Royal Society of Edinburgh Research Grant 2024/2025
USAID-SHARE and Resilient Africa Network Grant(2021-2024)
Context Matters(CODE) 2022/2023
Past project grants
•Makerere University Research and Innovations Grant 2020-2023
Afox Grant, 2019
• UK Commonwealth Scholarship Commission Fellowship Grant 2017/2018
• CAPREX-Carnergie Foundation Fellowship Grant, 2014/2015
• Carnegie Mellon Scholarship for ICTs in Education 2014, University of Cape Town.
• The University of Birmingham Doctoral Researchers’ Grant, 2009/2010
Conference details
Gallagher, M.; Najjuma, R. & Nambi, R. (2023).Refugee participation in higher education in Uganda: the nexus of brokers, barriers, and the digital.
Gallagher, M.; Najjuma, R. & Nambi, R. (2023). Refugee inclusion in higher education: the nexus of barriers and the digital. SERA Conference 2023: Meeting global and local challenges through interdisciplinary partnerships and collaborations in education. Edinburgh, Scotland.
Najjuma, R.; Nambi, R. & Gallagher, M. (2022). HEI and non-HEI partnerships for refugee students in Ugandan universities: formal and informal structures for participation in a university lifeworld. BAICE Conference, Edinburgh, UK.
Najjuma, R., Nambi, R., Ssebowa, and D. (2017) Mobile mentoring for strengthening teacher preparation in low resource settings: A comparative study of two teacher education programmes in Uganda. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Higher Education Annual Research Conference held at Celtic Manor, Newport South Wales on 6-8 December,
Invited speaker
March, 2024-Coalition Building-Elevator Picth Presentation-USAID’s Targeting the Learning Crisis (TLC) in Uganda. Sheraton Hotel, Kampala.
May, 2019. Curriculum and Teacher Education Panelist at the Launch of the World Bank
13th Economic Update Special Report on Economic Development and Human Capital Development in Uganda: A case for investing more in Education, at Makerere University, 30th May 2019.
2019. Curriculum and Teacher Education Panelist at the Launch of the World Bank, 13th Economic Update Special Report on Economic Development and Human Capital Development in Uganda: A case for investing more in Education, at Makerere University, 30th May 2019.
Organiser
Policy Dialogue (2022) USAID Technical Assistance Workshop on Non- State School Assessment in Uganda
Policy Dialogue( 2020)Makerere Research and Innovations Fund Workshop on Leveraging Technologies for Initial Teacher Education
Participant
USAID (2024).USAID’s Coalition Building Workshop for Targeting the Learning Crisis (TLC) in Uganda. Sheraton Hotel, Kampala.
Research Triangle International-(RTI) (2024). Pitch Presentation Workshop on Targeting the Learning Crisis (TLC) in Uganda.
Chemonics International(2024). Pitch Presentation Workshop on Targeting the Learning Crisis (TLC) in Uganda.
USAID(2023) Dissemination of findings on Non-state schools assessment in Uganda
Papers delivered
Rovincer Najjuma (2023). Keynote Address at the regional conference on forced migration. “A Path Forward: Inclusion of Forced Migrants into Uganda’s tertiary educational landscape”
Gallagher, M.; Najjuma, R. & Nambi, R. (2023). Refugee inclusion in higher education: the nexus of barriers and the digital. SERA Conference 2023: Meeting global and local challenges through interdisciplinary partnerships and collaborations in education. Edinburgh, Scotland.
Najjuma, R.; Nambi, R. & Gallagher, M. (2022). HEI and non-HEI partnerships for refugee students in Ugandan universities: formal and informal structures for participation in a university lifeworld. BAICE Conference, Edinburgh, UK.
Nambi R., & Najjuma, R. (2023).The [non-]Role of Librarianship in enhancing literacy development: a case of one refugee secondary school in Uganda.
Najjuma, R., Nambi, R., Ssebowa, and D. (2017) Mobile mentoring for strengthening teacher preparation in low resource settings: A comparative study of two teacher education programmes in Uganda. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Higher Education Annual Research Conference held at Celtic Manor, Newport South Wales on 6-8 December,
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Najjuma, R & Wilson, E. (2016). University-school partnerships for quality initial teacher education in Uganda: Do existing partnerships contribute to effective mentoring support for pre-service teachers? Paper Presented at the Association of Teacher Educators Summer Conference at Hyatt Regency, Louisville, USA, July 30th -2nd August, 2016.