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Getting the best out of online courses

Daweti, Milly (Unisa Press, 2001)

At some point or other we pursue further studies to improve the quality of our professional and personal lives. Yet the education and training industry continues to grow outside the traditional boundaries of formal ...
Acceptance of co-operative education practice by the academic staff at Technikon South Africa

Groenewald, Thomas; Strumpfer, Deo; Lessing, B. C. (Barend Christiaan) (Unisa Press, 2001)

Technikons advocate the practice of co-operative education, which is an educational strategy that integrates learning through productive work with the theoretical curriculum. However, only 35% of theTechnikon SA programmes ...
Criteria for assessing learning material for distance education

Wessels, J.S. (Unisa Press, 2001)

This article proposes eight broad criteria fos assessing learning material for distance eduation institutions such as the University of South Africa (Unisa) where learning material in print format is the main teaching ...
IMPLICATIONS OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESS FOR TEACHING WEB DESIGN: A CASE STUDY

Jakovljevic, Maria; Ankiewicz, P. J.; de Swardt, A.E.; Gross, E. (2001)

The traditional methods for teaching information system design (ISD), including web page design, fail to concentrate on the explicit procedures for creating a learning environment conducive to technological ...
Are positive self-perceptions and optimistic expectations really beneficial in an academic context?

Ochse, Caryl (Unisa Press, 2001)

The main aim of this study was to discover interrelations between university students' selfperceptions, expectations and academic achievement. This study used a sample of 645 Unisa students, divided into three groups: ...
Educating educators of adults in South Africa : reflections on Unisa initiatives in the field

Van Rooy, Tinus (Unisa Press, 2001)

This article is a report on research undertaken into a qualification structure and training path for educators of adults; such a qualification structure and training path needs to conform to the requirements of the National ...
Meeting the needs of postgraduate learners: a historical review

Steyn, G.M. (Unisa Press, 2001)

To improve the delivery of distance education, it is crucial to understand the needs and demands of learners. The following question provided the organising framework for the study: "To what extent have the learning ...
Problems of adult learners in adult basic education : a psycho-educational perspective

Mkhwanazi, Samson Qedusizi Nicholas (2001-06)

This study investigated the physical affective, cognitive and volitional problems of the learner in adult basic education (ABE) with reference to the learner's relationship towards the tutor, the learning content, the self, ...
Implications of the Technological Process for Teaching Web Design: A Case Study

Maria Jakovljevic, Piet Ankiewicz, Estelle De Swardt, Elna Gross (Cape Technikon, Cape Town, 2001-10-04)

The aim of this paper is to explore the implications of the technological process for the development of cognitive skills in an Information Systems Design (ISD) environment. In this study the methodology for ISD was ...
Tapping the potential of the Internet in the classroom : a case study

Wentzel, Arnold (Unisa Press, 2002)

The internet may well change the way lecturers think about teaching, but many of these changes could have happened without the Internet. The real potential seems to lie in the way it changes the relationship between teacher ...
Barriers to the adoption of computer-mediated collaborative learning practices in open and distance education

Kizito, Rita (Unisa Press, 2002)

Computer conferencing is emerging as a powerful tool for supporting collaborative learning in higher education. This form of communication is opening up new possibilities for making learning interactions more democratic, ...
Bureau for Learning Development: mapping the evolution

Daweti, Milly (Unisa Press, 2002)

A key characteristic of organisational learning is the concern with transformation and reflexive practice. In order to bring fuller perspective to our immediate business, this paper sketches the developments of the Bureau ...
Postgraduate supervision and academic support: students' perceptions

Schulze, Salome; Lessing, A.C. (Unisa Press, 2002)

Postgraduate supervision in South Africa cur- rently takes place in the context of university transformation, increasing numbers of disadvan- taged students and appeals for improved com- pletion rates. Thus there is ...
Ngifunda isiZulu Kamnandi : effective study techniques for learning a foreign language in a distance education environment

Le Roux, Christiaan Roedolf (Unisa Press, 2002)

This article is based on a real life experience of the author in having to cope with learning a foreign language, namely isiZulu. It is specifically about the act of memorising foreign language vocabulary. Two memory ...
Learning styles : implications for higher education

Van Rensburg, Gisela Hildegard (2002-06)

Significant changes have taken place in higher education over dte past ten years. Learners are more liberated and want to be acknowledged as individuals with differences, and not expected to adapt their individual ...
The facilitation of complex thinking using an Instructional Web Design Model (IWDM)

Maria Jakovljevic, Piet Ankiewicz, Estelle de Swardt, Elna Gross (International Institute of Informatics and Systemics (IIIS), USA, 2002-07-14)

The traditional methods for facilitating complex thinking in the Information Technology (IT) learning area, fail to concentrate on an appropriate integration of various modes of learning within the stages of the technological ...
Towards facilitating a human rights culture at a distance

Roman, M. (Unisa Press, 2003)

This paper is based on the premise that educators in the present South African socio-political context have a responsibility to facilitate a human rights culture - and that Unisa, the country's only dedicated distance ...
The anonymous learners: a critical reflection on some assumptions regarding rural and city learners

Prinsloo, Paul (Unisa Press, 2003)

Unisa learners come from diverse contexts, histories and cultures. The specific geographic location of the learners impacts on the total learning experience and the success thereof. Assumptions about the Unisa learner, ...
A personal experience of learning with print and learning with electronic media in open and distance education

Kizito, Rita (Unisa Press, 2003)

This paper is a personal exploration of the experiences of learning from print and learning using electronic media. The discussion is based on the way the author and other students experienced learning from both print ...
A look at e-learning models: investigating their value for developing an e-learning strategy

Engelbrecht, Elmarie (Unisa Press, 2003)

Planning for the implementation of quality and sustainable e-leaning programmes requires an understanding of the impact of information and communication technology on the higher education market and on current teaching ...

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