Exploring the Potential of Implementing E-Learning Practices at the UG

The University of Guyana up to the present time (2014) continues to embrace a traditional learning and teaching approach. All educational practices to a great degree are out-dated. Face to face contact is the only mode of instructional delivery. Further to this the conventional Distance Education via the print-based correspondence mode is still the current trend. Such a method only favours but a handful of students. As has been revealed by research such an approach even if it might engage students is still teacher-directed and rejects an emancipative student-centred approach to learning. E-Learning however is being universally accepted as the instructional delivery mode which fosters student engagement and emancipation. Consequently this study seeks to explore the potential of implementing e-learning practices at the University of Guyana. A case is made for the adoption and institutionalisation of technology-based learning and teaching. The findings illuminate that university students and staff (both academic and administrative) are by and large (generally) ready for E-Learning. E-Learning has the potential to revolutionise and diversify pedagogical practices.