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Constructions of students as clients or partners in knowledge creation?
(Australian Academic Press, 2013)This study explored notions of ‘the student’ within the South African higher education context. Qualitative data from interviews with twenty-three executive and senior Student Affairs staff and practitioners were collected ... -
The Facilitation and Support of a Blended e-Learning Course for Science Educators in a Rural Setting, South Africa
(Asian Online Journal Publishing Group, 2013)This paper presents the findings of both qualitative and quantitative case study research of the implementation of a blended eLearning course for Science educators in the Eastern Cape, Mthatha. The Centre for Innovative ... -
Tenth Annual Julius Nyerere Memorial Lecture presented by Saleem Badat in 2013
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)Badat explores the connections between lifelong learning and higher education as well as lifelong learning in relation to that much over - used word ‘transformation’– whether transformation of higher education, ... -
Communities' views, attitudes and recommendations on community-based education of undergraduate Health Sciences students in South Africa: A qualitative study
(2013)Background: Medical and Health Sciences students in South Africa undertake community-based education (CBE). Health professionals based at host sites are jointly responsible for training of these students in conjunction ... -
Recognition of prior learning as “radical pedagogy”: a case study of the workers' college in South Africa.
(All Rights Reserved © Faculty of Education, McGill University, 2013)This article argues that the model of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) in use at the Workers’ College in South Africa may be seen as a form of “radical pedagogy.” Drawing on documentary sources, focus group interviews ... -
Turnitin Adoption and Application at a HEI: A Developmental Approach
(Scientific research, 2014)Issues of plagiarism are mutual debates across Higher Education Institutions (HEI). As a result, institutions have employed software detection tools as a measure to deter such unacceptable academic practices. This study ... -
Lessons learnt: support interventions during a blended course for teacher-educators from urban and rural settings
(Scientific research, 2014)This comparative case study research focused on the design and delivery of a blended Programme for professional working teacher-educators from both urban and rural settings. The overall purpose of the Programme was to ... -
Comparison of Support Interventions During a Blended Course for Educators from Urban and Rural Settings
(2015)This research focused on the design and delivery of a blended Professional Development (PD) Program for in-service teacher-educators from both urban and rural settings. The overall purpose of the PD Program was to enhance ... -
The impact of tutoring in the digital academic literacy programme on graduate attributes at the University of the Western Cape
(2015)This study reports on the impact of a Tutor Work-Study Programme, within the Digital Academic Literacy Programme (DAL) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa. This study was prompted by the need to ... -
Community digital story project: George community needs
(Science Domain, 2015)This study details a Digital Story Community Project undertaken by the Centre for Innovative Education and Communication Technologies of the University of the Western Cape, which took place in George (South Africa) in ... -
Lifelong learning and professional development in 'Residential Universities': Implementing the 'White Paper on post-school education and training'
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)This is a compilation of key documents from the four year action research project between the University of the Western Cape (UWC) and the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) which seeks to implement ... -
Making sense of the transitional maelstrom of part-time students and their conceptions of learning as mediated by conceptional domains of work, family and self. A case study of undergraduate, part-time political studies students at a university in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)The traditional trajectory of young students in higher education in South Africa is currently under sharp scrutiny and the general provision is considered to be inadequate in terms of quality, diversity and quantity. There ... -
A realist assessment of the implementation of blended learning in a higher education context: the case of the Library and Information Science Department at the University of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)Opportunities for further studies by working adults came under threat as the University of the Western Cape stopped the offering of after-hours classes in most of its Faculties. Unqualified and under-qualified librarians ... -
Building common knowledge: negotiating new pedagogies in Higher Education in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)Discussions in this chapter are located within an action research-based study which aims at supporting the integration of enhanced pedagogies in one university in South Africa. The study recognises that even full-time ... -
Keeping the doors of learning open for adult student-workers within higher education
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)The Freedom Charter of the African National Congress (ANC), the triumphant South African liberation movement, proclaims that ‘the doors of learning shall be open’ for all. Twenty years since coming to power, the doors of ... -
Eleventh annual Julius Nyerere memorial lecture in 2014
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)The event included a live performance by Jana Natya Manch (The People’s Theatre Group), also known as Janam (Birth). Janam has created original plays for the past 40 years; they have performed more than 8000 times in over ... -
Seventh annual Julius Nyerere memorial lecture presented by Tara Fenwick in 2010
(University of the Western CapeUniversity of the Western Cape, 2015)An adapted version of the seventh Julius Nyerere lecture by Professor Tara Fenwick. Speaking about globalised spaces in the knowledge economy and the conflicts taking place in these spaces. Fenwick further argues that ... -
Ninth annual Julius Nyerere memorial lecture presented by Carolyn Medel-Añonuevo 2012
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)Resisting the Second Scramble of Africa through Lifelong Learning: Revisiting Julius Nyerere´s thoughts on development and education. -
Flexible learning and teaching: Looking beyond the binary of full-time/part-time provision in South African higher education
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)This paper engages with literature on flexible learning and teaching in order to explore whether it may be possible, within the South African context, to have flexible learning and teaching provide a third way which goes ... -
The design, development & implementation of an In-house SRS to enhance the teaching & learning experience: Case-study of the University of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)The Centre for Innovative Education & Communication Technologies at UWC has designed a Student Response System (SRS), which will enable students to respond electronically to questions posed by the lecturer during a class ...