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Digital technologies and youth mobility in rural Zimbabwe
(Wiley, 2021)
The adoption and use of digital technologies (DTs) in rural communities have an impact on several
aspects of the society. Using empirical evidence from selected villages of Beitbridge district in
Zimbabwe, this study ...
Access and barriers to post-school education and success for disadvantaged black adults in South Africa: Rethinking equity and social justice
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Widespread national higher education student protests against proposed fee increases and
demands for free higher education in South Africa that arose towards the end of 2015 drew
international attention to disadvantaged ...
‘Digital Natives’ Require Basic Digital Literacy Skills
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
This paper discusses a Digital Academic Literacy (DAL) Programme at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). It highlights the programme's response to and alignment with emerging South African Higher Education (HE) national ...
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 ...
Leadership in education: The impact of leadership on the successful implementation and support of remote teaching, learning and assessment
(2023)
The stimulus of collective leadership across all faculties is pertinent to the successful implementation
and assessment of sustainable remote teaching and learning support. This study identified the role
leadership had ...
The innerworkings of digital storytelling
(International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design (IJOPCD), 2023)
Traditionally, storytelling was used for entertainment and the transfer of know-how. The advent of digital media gave rise to new possibilities for telling stories. When the context is, for example, to relay information ...
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 ...
An exploration of the alignment of learning theories with eTools at the University of the Western Cape (UWC)
(2017)
The impact of emerging technologies on authentic learning in higher education remains a core
concern in the South African context. Learning Management Systems (LMSs) must include
emerging technologies to support innovative ...
Contribution of blended learning technologies and teaching practices to student success
(2021)
Student success and the perceptions of success are growing areas of research. At the University of the Western Cape the impact that using a learning management system in blended learning approaches had on student success ...
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 ...