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‘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 ...
Socio-economic crisis, social security, distributive justice, and vulnerable adults’ access to post-school education and training in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Emerging international theoretical perspectives illuminate new understandings
about adults’ access to post-school education and training (PSET) in contexts of crisis.
As the crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Towards a socially just continuous professional development model for teachers as adult learners
(2022)
In 2020, the world experienced an unprecedented pandemic with devastating, lasting effects. For South Africa,
it revealed stark inequalities in society and in schools. One such disparity was that between the digitally ...
Community education and the crisis of biodiversity loss: Reflections from the hall of mirrors of past projects
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
South Africa is one of the most biologically diverse countries on our planet, and many
South Africans depend on our biodiversity for their livelihoods. However, we face a rising
biodiversity crisis, with many of our ...