Remote but Connected: Ownership-Inspired Behavior-Driven Development and What an E-Learning Governance System for Africa Could Look like

Abstract

Using e-learning technology is one key for developing sustainable education in urban and remote areas in Western Africa as it reduced the demands on students who are well integrated in their rural society to leave their homes for an expensive education. In this chapter we present Ownership-inspired Behavior-Driven Development (OIBBD), a development strategy designed for e-learning governance in remote areas in Africa to support sustainable education as part of the agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and show how the design of a User Experience (UX), which is based on user-centered design and feedback from the African target group can be used to support the implementation of e-learning in Africa. We reflect on how a governance for sustainable development in theological education on the African continent can look like. We ask how such an e-learning governance can support remote e-learning in hard to reach areas in Africa and how this can be designed specifically of the needs of the African socio-culture. The guiding hypothesis of this chapter is, that especially leadership and its activation in African teachers can trigger them to develop ownership in using e-learning technology and this way supports the reaching of SDG 4, which deals with sustainable education.