About

Dr. Ama Otwiwah Adu-Marfo is a Lecturer at the Department of Adult Education and Human Resource Studies. Her research interests span across education and technology, scholarship of teaching and learning and gender studies. She is committed to contributing to knowledge building in the integration of digital technology in teaching and learning through relevant research that builds on local knowledge within the Ghanaian context. 
Dr. Adu-Marfo holds a Ph.D. in Adult Education and Human Resource studies from the University of Ghana, an MBA from the University of Leicester and a BSc. in Business Administration from the University of Ghana.
 

Education

• Ph.D. in Adult Education and Human Resource studies from the University of Ghana,
• MBA from the University of Leicester and
• BSc. in Business Administration from the University of Ghana.

Research Interest

Asamoah, M. K., Agyekum, B., Adu-Marfo, A. O., & Eshun, S. N. (2025). Educational  leadership flaws during the COVID-19 pandemic: implications for online learning in the 21 st century. Discover Education, 4(1), 350.

Aryeh-Adjei, A. A., & Adu-Marfo, A. O. (2025). University-community engagements in Africa: nature, scope and outcomes at the university of Ghana learning centres. International Journal of Educational Development, 117, 103354.

Adu-Marfo, A. O., Kwapong, O. A. T. F., Oheneba-Sakyi, Y., & Miller-Young, J. (2024). Understanding teachers’ usage of YouTube as a pedagogical tool: A qualitative case study of basic school teachers in Ghana. E-Learning and Digital Media, 20427530241239393.

Adu-Marfo, A. O., Asamoah, M. K., Aryeh-Adjei, A. A., & Miller-Young, J. (2024). Beliefs and factors influencing teachers’ deployment of social media in instructional delivery in public basic schools in a developing and low-tech country. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 10, 101126.

Adu-Marfo, A., Biney, I., & Asamoah, M. K. (2024). Adult female learners’ perceptions of and experiences with distance education at University of Ghana. Cogent Education, 11(1), 2292836.

Adu-Marfo, A.O. (2023). The Contributions of MOOCs to lifelong learning: Perspectives Opportunities and challenges. In In I.K. Biney, P.G. Nixon & R. Kleiweg de Zwan. 30 (Eds.), Nova Science Publishers Inc.

Anapey, G. M., Adu-Marfo, A. O., & Kwapong, O. A. T. F. (2021). Conceptualising male vulnerability in a ghanaian context: implications for adult education and counselling. Journal of Black Studies, 52(4), 379-402.