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Enriching the information systems curriculum to enable digital innovation capacity
(Sabinet, 2018)
The diffusion of technology is opening up numerous opportunities to transform business and society through digital innovations are emerging as a result of the diffusion of technology. Information Systems (IS) education ...
Sociocultural paradoxes and issues in e-learning use in higher education Africa
(Routledge, 2018)
Sociocultural issues are major contributing factors in mass acceptance and
effective use of technology. These issues are often perceived to contradict
the benefits the technology brings about. E-learning use in ...
The mismatch between first-year students’ expectations and experience alongside university access and success: A South African university case study
(African Sun Media, 2018)
The widening of access into higher education institutions in South Africa has rapidly transformed the
student population to become more diverse. Students vary in age, race, culture, backgrounds, educational
experiences, ...
Information behaviour of Nigerian undergraduates in the world of Web 2.0
(Sabinet, 2018)
This study investigated the information behaviour of Nigerian undergraduates
in the world of Web 2.0 at the Federal University of Petroleum Resources,
Nigeria. The study is drawn from a doctoral thesis that used a mixed ...
African history in context: Toward a praxis of radical education
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2018)
This chapter reflects on the context, process, and challenges of the Know Your Continent (KYC) popular education course which we ran in Cape Town in the second half of 2015. KYC brought together people from local high ...
Student learning at the interface of university and industry relating to engineering professionalism
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
The engineering profession is challenged with ensuring engineering students are prepared
to work within industry in a professional and ethical manner. Reflection on the experience of
professional practice is a key element ...
Posthumanist and new materialist perspectives as navigational tool in art education research: A diffractive analysis
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
An art project conducted with twelve Grade 10 learners at an art centre in Cape Town from April
2016 to June 2016 was analysed diffractively using perspectives of posthumanism and new
materialism. This post-qualitative ...
Towards inclusive, participatory peer tutor development in higher education
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Peer tutoring has a long history in academic support spaces in universities, such as writing
centres and supplemental instruction programmes. Small group peer tutoring has moved
increasingly into "mainstream" teaching ...
Different journeys: Supervisor perspectives on disciplinary conceptual threshold crossings in doctoral learning
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
This article offers insights into supervisor awareness of conceptual threshold crossings in
doctoral learning nuanced by researcher disciplines. First explored in undergraduate learning,
threshold concepts highlight ...
Towards overcoming millennial classroom barriers: Reflections from engineering students on blended teaching and learning innovations
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
A proposition for the use of a blended teaching and learning approach maintains that (a) ease
of access and flexibility, (b) an increase in the degree of active learning, and (c) an
improvement in learning experiences ...