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Betty Mkatasa Mbwilo

Assistant Lecturer

College of Information and Communication Technologies

Computer Science and Engineering

Biography

Betty is an Assistant Lectures in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. She has a BSc (Hons) in Computer Engineering and Information Technology from the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) and an MSc from the same institution. Betty joined UDSM in 2009 as a Tutorial Assistant and was promoted to an Assistant Lecturer in 2013.  She has been involved in teaching undergraduate courses mainly computer architecture.  She is a member of the Information Systems and Innovation and Software Engineering Research Groups at CoICT. Her research interests include ICT on Transportation systems, computer architecture, designing and adoption of ICT applications, innovation and information systems.

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Projects

  • She was a member of a project of retooling project focused on improving the quality of teaching and learning, particularly in science and mathematics, the projects utilized Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and multimedia to enhance subject content knowledge for teachers, especially in difficult-to-teach topics.
  • also currently she is a project administrator and system analyst of the  Predicting Vector-borne Disease Epidemics: Dissemination of Risk Forecasting Using District Health Information Software2 in Tanzania (Acronym: Pre-VBD Project)

Publications

Mtebe, J. S., Mbwilo, B., & Kissaka, M. M. (2016). Factors influencing teachers’ use of multimedia enhanced content in secondary schools in Tanzania. International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 17(2), 65-84.

Mbwilo, B., Kimaro, H., & Justo, G. (2019, April). Data science postgraduate education at university of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania: Current demands and opportunities. In International conference on social implications of computers in developing countries (pp. 349-360). Cham: Springer International Publishing.