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Adoption of learning management systems among information technology educators at a rural South African university : an activity systems perspective

Author: Ngandu, Matipa R Date: 2015 The growth of ICTs in education is a reflection of societal change. The demand for Higher Education Institutions to produce graduates who are equipped for the 21st century is a primary concern to all stakeholders in the education and development ... Read more
Born into the Digital Age in the South of Africa: the reconfiguration of the “digital citizen

Author: Czerniewicz, Laura ; Brown, Cheryl Date: 04 Jul 2017 This presentation discusses the nature of the term 'digital native' as it applies to the case of South African students. Read more c b
Debunking the 'digital native': beyond digital apartheid, towards digital democracy

Author: Brown, Cheryl ; Czerniewicz, Laura Date: 2010 This paper interrogates the currently pervasive discourse of the 'net generation' finding the concept of the 'digital native' especially problematic, both empirically and conceptually. We draw on a research project of South African higher ... Read more
Developing proficiency in pedagogical integration of emerging technologies: an educational design research of a community of practice at Makerere University

Author: Walimbwa, Michael Date: 2017 This thesis investigated the development of proficiency in pedagogical integration of emerging technologies amongst educators at Makerere University. Limited educator CoPs focused on pedagogical integration of ETs inhibit educator potential ... Read more
Doing it for themselves? How South African universitystudents learn to use computers for their studies

Author: Brown, Cheryl ; Czerniewicz, Laura ; Pedersen, Jacob Date: 2008 Globally universities are grappling with how they should be adapting to the new generation of university students who are purported to be “tech savvy” and to learn indifferent ways. The South African higher education sector, with its changing ... Read more
Economically and academically disadvantaged young people striving to be computer literate in Mozambique : unfolding learner agency in constraining conditions

Author: Zeininger, Christian Date: 2011 Although Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has an empowerment and social inclusion effect in developed countries, it continues to create a digital divide in developing countries. This thesis is premised on the argument that, ... Read more
EDN 5510 - Advanced Research Design

Author: Brown, Cheryl ; Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl ; Ng'ambi, Dick ; Cox, Glenda Date: 01 Jul 2016 Advanced research design is a compulsory module offered to Masters in Education (MEd) in Information Communication Technology (ICT) students embarking on a minor dissertation. The Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT) at the ... Read more c b
An examination of how lecturers' pedagogical beliefs are reflected in their use of ICTs in teaching practice : a case for Africa University EMBA lecturers

Author: Chipunza, Unity Date: 2011 In the study, six lecturers were surveyed to determine their pedagogical beliefs. The findings of the lecturers' beliefs survey indicated that no one lecturer strictly held one belief construct. They instead held a mixture of the beliefs and ... Read more
Excavating the meaning of information and communication technology use amongst South African university students : a critical discourse analysis

Author: Brown, Cheryl Date: 2011 This thesis examines what Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) mean to South African university students and how these meanings form the basis of technological identities. It explores the relationships between these meanings and ... Read more
Exploring first-year, rural students computer acquisition experiences at an urban university in South Africa

Author: Lee Shong, Carmelita Date: 2020 Higher Education in South Africa still reflects its apartheid past. Historically white institutions of higher learning remaining well resourced, most of their students are white and these institutions still retain their colonial activities. ... Read more
First-year higher education students’ acquisition of digital content creation literacies in discipline-specific settings

Author: Mayisela, Thabisa Date: 2019 Digital knowledge production involves the processing and presentation of digital information and content through the implementation of digital literacy practices in technical, cognitive and social-emotional dimensions. As such, this thesis ... Read more
The habitus of digital ""strangers"" in higher education

Author: Czerniewicz, Laura ; Brown, Cheryl Date: 2013 Research into South African students' digitally mediated learning and social practices revealed a subgroup termed ""digital strangers"", students lacking both experience and opportunities, who had barely used a computer and who did not have ... Read more
If we build it will they come? Investigating the relationship between students' access to and use of ICTs for learning

Author: Brown, Cheryl ; Czerniewicz, Laura Date: 2007 Research from a survey of students in higher education institutions in the Western Cape has demonstrated that despite the difficulties being experienced in terms of access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in higher education, ... Read more
The influence of video lectures on student engagement in the University of Cape Town's first Massive Open Online Course

Author: Fife, Mary-Ann Date: 2016 This study set out to determine the role that video lectures played in engaging participants with different learning styles in UCT's first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), Medicine and the Arts: Humanising Healthcare. A framework based on ... Read more
Instructional technologies in social science instructions in South Africa

Author: Louw, Johann ; Brown, Cheryl ; Muller, Johan ; Soudien, Crain Date: 2009 This study describes the results of a survey and a description of instructional technologies in place in the social sciences in South African Universities. Lecturers in the social sciences reported a well-established practice of information ... Read more
Integrating lecture recording to support flexible learning and responsive pedagogies in a dual mode undergraduate law degree

Author: Prinsloo, Heinrich Date: 2019 This study investigates the integration of lecture recordings to support flexible learning and responsive pedagogical approaches in an undergraduate LLB degree presented in a dual mode (face-to-face and online) by the University of the Free ... Read more
An investigation into the initial adoption of e-learning innovation in teaching and learning: the case of Makerere University

Author: Walimbwa, Michael Date: 2012 E-learning is the use of electronic devices and networks to engage in synchronous and asynchronous learning activities. E-learning is being increasingly adopted in higher educational institutions. Research in this area has tended to focus on ... Read more
An investigation of third-year multimedia students' use of the web to supplement and enhance formal course work and skills

Author: Swanepoel, Hannelie Date: 2011 Many studies have shown that, despite, the initial hype about how the world wide web would change learning, young people and, especially, students are not necessarily inclined to use the web for learning, simply because it is available. In ... Read more
Making sense of Gender and ICTs in Education: Exploring theoretical explanations for complex findings

Author: Brown, Cheryl ; Czerniewicz, Laura Date: 05 Jul 2017 This paper examines findings from two surveys of 10110 university students conducted in South Africa in 2004 and 2007, and explores a theoretical lens for taking the work further. We report on the differences between male and females students' ... Read more
Online content creation: looking at students’ social media practices through a Connected Learning lens

Author: Brown, Cheryl ; Czerniewicz, Laura ; Noakes, Travis Date: 2016 As the boundaries between technology and social media have decreased, the potential for creative production or participatory practices have increased. However, the affordances of online content creation (OCC) are still taken up by a minority ... Read more

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