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eLearning Colloquia enhance a Community of Practice : Reflections
(2018)
In this context specific reflection on an annual eLearning Colloquia hosted by the Centre for Innovative
Education and Communication Technologies (CIECT) at the University of the Western Cape
(UWC), in Cape Town, South ...
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 South African higher education context
(South African Association for Research and Development in Higher Education (SAARDHE), 2016)
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Embodying the Learning Space: Is it Okay if I bring my sexuality to class?
(African Gender Institute, 2012)
Heteronormative higher education: challenging this status quo through LGBTIQ awareness-raising
(Stellenbosch University, 2017)
This article focus on the challenges homophobia and transphobia pose to LGBTIQ students at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), a historically black peri-urban university located on the margins of Cape Town. Both the ...