A5024982364- Online and Blended Learning
- Higher Education Practises and Engagement
- Online Learning and Analytics
- Education Systems and Policy
- Literacy, Media, and Education
- Social Media and Politics
- EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
- ICT Impact and Policies
- Wikis in Education and Collaboration
- Digital Education and Society
- Second Language Acquisition and Learning
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Mobile Learning in Education
- Knowledge Management and Sharing
- Reflective Practices in Education
- Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
- Gender and Technology in Education
- Innovative Education and Learning Practices
- Second Language Learning and Teaching
- Digital literacy in education
- Open Education and E-Learning
- Lexicography and Language Studies
- Multilingual Education and Policy
University of Canterbury
2018-2025
Institute of International Education
2019
Carnegie Corporation of New York
2019
Ford Foundation
2019
University of Cape Town
2008-2017
University of the Western Cape
2016
United States Army Medical Command
2012
Willamette University
2004-2005
Inter-American Development Bank
2003
CAB International
2003
Acknowledgements Introduction PART ONE - BACKGROUND 1. Second language acquisition research: an overview TWO THE DESCRIPTION OF LEARNER LANGUAGE 2. Learner errors and error analysis 3. Developmental patterns: order sequence in second 4. Variability learner 5. Pragmatic aspects of THREE EXPLAINING SECOND ACQUISITION: EXTERNAL FACTORS 6. Social factors 7. Input interaction FOUR INTERNAL 8. Language transfer 9. Cognitive accounts 10. Linguistic universals FIVE INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN...
Abstract This paper interrogates the currently pervasive discourse of ‘net generation’ finding concept ‘digital native’ especially problematic, both empirically and conceptually. We draw on a research project South African higher education students' access to use Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) show that age is not determining factor in digital lives; rather, their familiarity experience using ICTs more relevant. also demonstrate notion generation natives’ inaccurate: those...
Abstract In the last 20 years, South African higher education has changed significantly, influenced by global trends national development goals and pressure from local educational imperatives, in context of a digitally networked world. Shifts technology enhanced pedagogical practices discourses around information communication technologies (ICTs) have had varying degrees influence education. This paper takes rearview 20‐year journey learning An analysis literature view is presented...
Abstract This article is a collective response to the 2020 iteration of The Manifesto for Teaching Online . Originally published in 2011 as 20 simple but provocative statements, aim was, and continues be, critically challenge normalization education techno-corporate enterprise failure properly account digital methods teaching Higher Education. same fashion, and, collected here demonstrates, its publication could not be timelier. Though was written before Covid-19 pandemic, many responses...
This article considers the problematic question of student plagiarism, its causes and manifestations, how it is addressed in academic environments. A literature survey was conducted to establish higher education institutions approach these issues, a twofold investigation at University Cape Town. Data gathered from case records university disciplinary tribunals dealing with among staff they dealt issues surrounding plagiarism dishonesty. Academics seem unwilling follow official policies if...
Abstract Research into South African students' digitally mediated learning and social practices revealed a subgroup termed “digital strangers,” students lacking both experience opportunities, who had barely used computer did not have easy access to technology off campus. Using Bourdieun framework, this group's technological habitus capital were considered within the field of higher education. There was focus on two forms cultural capital: embodied capital, specifically disposition values;...
Online strategies designed to enable practical learning were in use prior the pandemic. Nevertheless, response rapid shift online delivery during lockdowns, face-to-face was often postponed and replaced with traditional transmissive theory-focused modes. This paper reports undergraduate postgraduate university students' experiences New Zealand, where some approaches evident particularly fields of teacher education, health or medicine, sciences. Using multiple methods, data stemmed from a...
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted and disrupted higher education worldwide, creating unprecedented challenges for university students. In New Zealand, universities operated under varying restrictions, requiring students to frequently transition between online in-person learning. This distinctive context provides a valuable opportunity examine students’ academic stress coping strategies during these transitions. Grounded in the transactional model of Stress–Appraisal–Coping,...
ABSTRACT Virtual labs (VLs) are increasingly transforming education, replacing or supplementing traditional in response to technological advances and remote learning demands. This study explores how adopting 3D VLs, Ward Design our case, affects lecturers' teaching students' experiences, focusing on areas like engagement, contextual learning, collaborative learning. In this study, we draw Dalgarno Lee's model for virtual environments (VLEs) as the framework analysis. Qualitative research...
This paper describes the habitus and technological practices of a South African rural student in his first year at university. is one five self-declared students, from group 23 first-years four universities, whose access to, use of, technologies their learning everyday lives was investigated 2011 using ‘digital ethnography’ approach. Their digital practices, form activities context, were collected through multiple strategies order to provide nuanced description role lives. The reported on...
As the boundaries between technology and social media have decreased, potential for creative production or participatory practices increased. However, affordances of online content creation (OCC) are still taken up by a minority internet users despite opportunities offered engagement creativity. While previous studies addressed university students specific purposes, there is research gap concerning OCC in everyday lives African students. This paper describes stories three who creators...
Abstract It is widely recognized that feedback important for the improvement of second language (L2) writing skills; however, teachers are facing challenges in providing sufficient and quick on students’ written works. This study proposes to employ flipped classroom approach peer L2 classes. Though previous studies provided theoretical frameworks design guidelines both fields, there still a lack actionable process designs specifically combine learning feedback. To address aforementioned...
Drawing on Archer's perspectives the agency/structure relationship, this paper explains situations where students in varied, challenging circumstances find ways to negotiate difficult conditions. It reports a 2007 study undertaken through survey at three quite different universities South African provinces, addressing inter-related questions access and use. Our findings are that on-campus is generally reported favourably, off-campus problematic uneven. There cluster of using their cell...
Drawing on Archer's perspectives the agency/structure relationship, this paper explains situations where students in varied, challenging circumstances find ways to negotiate difficult conditions. It reports a 2007 study undertaken through survey at three quite different universities South African provinces, addressing inter-related questions access and use. Our findings are that on-campus is generally reported favourably, off-campus problematic uneven. There cluster of using their cell...
Privacy affects every user who exchanges information over the Internet. In past few years, growth of on social networks (such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) has increased exponentially. Companies are harvesting this with and without knowledge individuals. While exchange seamless interaction between individuals groups become an easy task, issues related to exchange, such privacy security, have created new challenges. This study investigated respondents' attitudes towards networking sites....
Academic development usually focuses on individuals, with activities bounded by institutional strategy. There is a lack of research exploring the emergence cross-institutional communities practice and their ability to offer opportunities for professional collaboration, particularly underrepresented or marginalised groups. Our study highlights how, after formal program, individuals from different institutions facilitated deeper connections, transcending hierarchical boundaries nurturing sense...