Browsing by Subject "Open distance learning"
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The academic use of Facebook™ to enhance affective learning of open distance learning teacher-students in the Eastern Cape
(2014)Challenges in the South African education system arise from inter alia inadequate training, social and environmental problems, parental inefficiency, insufficient professionalism among teachers, as well as negative attitudes ... -
Applied competence in a distance learning programme for the professional development of foundation phase teachers
(2015)The ongoing debate about the capacity of distance learning (DL) to assist in the development of teaching skills and to improve teaching practice is the focus of many inquiries in the field of teacher education. The ... -
Blended learning, and open and distance learning: implications for best practice in higher education
(Unisa, 2015)The provision of higher education in South Africa and in many parts of the world is challenged by the enrolment of large numbers of students, many of whom cannot attend classes or afford conventional face-to-face tuition. ... -
Design integration of interactive whiteboards in an open distance mathematics programme
(2015)Worldwide, people who are unable to study full-time at residential higher education institutions choose distance education as their mode of study. Such students who are mostly employed adults with multiple responsibilities ... -
Development of ODL in a newly industrialized country according to face-to-face contact, ICT, and e-readiness
(Athabasca University Press, 2013)A large number of unqualified and under-qualified in-service teachers are holding back socio-economical development in South Africa, a newly industrialized country. Open and distance learning (ODL) provides an innovative ... -
E-academic peer mentoring support foreducation students in an open distance learning ecosystem
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)Government’s efforts to increase access to education opportunities by means of ODL, whether to remove the barriers associated with learning, or to address education system inequalities associated with apartheid South Africa, ... -
'n Evaluering van die Noordwes–Universiteit GOS–opleidingsprogram vir graad R–onderwysers
(North-West University, 2010)According to the South African White Paper 5 on Early Childhood Development (ECD), the initiative of the Department of Education (DoE), whereby grade R is being implemented as part of compulsory education, is directed at ... -
Guidelines for learning support needs of incarcerated open distance learning students in a changing education landscape
(North-West University, 2017)With the emergence of Technology-enhanced learning, distance education (DE) institutions increasingly print less course materials, partly due to the associated costs involved. DE institutions rely on online delivery to ... -
The (im)possibilities of teaching – learning freedom
(Unisa, 2015)Twenty years after a free and democratic South Africa was constituted, it seems as if South Africans are still in limbo. In this article I explore the essence of freedom as conceptualised by Arendt (1958, 1966; 1900; 2006) ... -
Issues affecting e-learning practices at North West University, Mafikeng Campus
(2015)The assumptions that electronic learning (e-learning) is recent initiative is a common misunderstanding. It can be argued that e-learning came into existence in 1950s and it has to be taken into consideration when we think ...
