Browsing Faculty of Arts by Subject "Technology"
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Application of drone technologies in surface water resources monitoring and assessment: A systematic review of progress, challenges, and opportunities in the global south
(MPDI, 2021)Accurate and timely information on surface water quality and quantity is critical for various applications, including irrigation agriculture. In-field water quality and quantity data from unmanned aerial vehicle systems ... -
Enhancing instrumental competence in translator training in a higher education context: A task-based approach
(Academy Publication, 2023)Abstract—This study aims to design a task-based e-Course for teaching computer-aided translation technology in a higher education context. It also investigates the impact of the e-Course on enhancing the instrumental ... -
New imperatives for librarianship in Africa
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015)Africa, in colonial times regarded as the “Dark Continent,” faces many challenges, whether infrastructural, cultural, or political. Despite these challenges, countries on the continent cannot afford to be complacent. The ... -
Post-modern ‘languagers’: the effects of texting by university students on three South African languages
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)The present post-modern society has witnessed a growth spurt in technology, and with the development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), mobile text messaging (texting) is now seen as the norm among the ... -
The ‘Rough edge of deterritorialisation’: Contemplation
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)To frame this paper, which given its focus on the installation Red should ostensibly deal with a question of aesthetics and technology, with an epigraph that situates the contemplative capacity of a cow alongside the echo ... -
Towards a technology-enhanced blended approach for teaching Arabic for Shari’ah purposes (ASP) in the light of the South African national qualifications framework
(International Journal of Information and Education Technology, 2021)The study investigates the use of a blended learning approach for teaching Arabic as a foreign language at a South African Islamic college in the light of the South African National Qualifications Framework level ... -
Use of social media as a marketing and information provision tool by the City of Cape Town Libraries
(AOSIS, 2022)Social media use by libraries has facilitated communication and marketing of services to user communities. The City of Cape Town Libraries adopted social media usage in the 2015–2016 financial year. This study is set out ... -
The virtual stampede for Africa: Digitisation, postcoloniality and archives of the liberation struggles in Southern Africa
(University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2007)This article presents a polemical argument for a politics of digitisation that aims to politicise the archival disciplines while making sense of the conjuncture in which digitisation initiatives are mooted in Southern ...