UCU eLearning Platform

The course is compulsory to all postgraduate students of the Department. It is designed to provide students with an understanding of the theoretical and practical principles of digital information systems and services. The course will focus on critical issues surrounding the development of digital information systems and services, and their contents in digital environments. Topics that will be covered in the course include digital information resources and services, digitization of non-digital materials, library automation, open source software, electronic resource management, management of information overload, search strategies, digital preservation, technological skills and training requirement for the digital work environment among others

Disaster management as a course of study introduces participants to the complex interaction between disaster and development, and relief development assistance programs of humanitarian organizations. It intends to lead students from disaster response strategies and programs to alternative strategies and directions in disaster mitigation and preparedness. It is thus expected to provide participants with relevant knowledge on disaster management to enable and facilitate communities appreciate sustainable management practices which enable them to contribute to sustainable development. The content of the course includes: definition, types and disaster management cycle, (mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery), education and public awareness. This course will enable students to develop an awareness of the chronological phases of natural disaster response and refugee relief operations; and understand how the phases of each are parallel and how they differ.

Angukoru Christine