• Schools Effectiveness and Schools Improvement in South Africa: A Guide for School Leaders 

  Makoelle, TM; Mestry, R; Du Plessis, P; Du Plessis, EC (Elize) (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023)

  This book provides a comprehensive account how school leaders conceptualize the notion of school improvement and school effectiveness in a South African school context. The various authors have critically examined crucial ...
• Project-based learning to promote learner autonomy in training hospitality education at a Technical and Vocational Education and Training College 

  Du Plessis, Elize; Green, Shawn Lourens (International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research (IJLTER), 2023)

  Project-based learning (PjBL) is a teaching and learning approach that involves students actively working on real-world projects, to develop knowledge and skills. This method has been shown to be effective in promoting ...
• Kurrikulumstudies in konteks. 2nd edition 

  Maphalala, M; Booyse, Celia; Du Plessis, Elize; Maphalala, m (Van Schaik, 2023)
• ChatGPT and Generative AI: Possibilities for its Contribution to Lesson Planning, Critical Thinking and Openness in Teacher Education 

  Du Plessis, EC (Elize); Van den Berg, Geesje; du Plessis, Elize (Education Sciences, 2023)

  Although artificial intelligence (AI) has been part of our lives for some time, the launch of the Generative Pretrained Transformer (ChatGPT) has given it renewed attention. While most of these debates are about higher ...
• Challenges faced by intermediate Phase English First Additional Language teachers in establishing classroom libraries in Limpopo Province 

  Maja, M; Du Plessis, Elize (Independent Journal of Teaching and Learning (IJTL), 2023)

  Classroom libraries have an important function in the development of reading abilities for English First Additional Language (EFAL) learners in the Intermediate Phase (grades 4 to 6). This research aimed at exploring the ...
• The Preparedness of Student Teachers in Open and Distance Learning Environments for the Classroom 

  Du Plessis, Elize (Education Sciences, 2023)

  Teaching practice is crucial to preparing teachers for teacher education globally. Studies on open and distance learning (ODL) environments, in which collaboration and discussion play a crucial role, ought to inform the ...
• The mediating role of lecturer biographic factors on curriculum implementation in universities 

  Rudhumbu, Norman; Du Plessis, Elize (UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning and Springer Nature B.V. 2022, 2022-04)

  The study presented in this article investigated the influence of lecturer biographic factors on curriculum implementation in universities in Botswana. Over the last two decades, Botswana has been transforming its education ...
• Continuous professional development and student support in an open and distance e-learning institution: a case study 

  Modise, Mpho-Entle Puleng (2020-08-19)

  Faced with emerging technologies and a diversity of students entering higher education in South Africa, lecturers must continuously equip themselves with the necessary skills to teach and support today’s learners effectively. ...
• Covid-19 as an accelerator for training and technology adoption by academics in large-scale open and distance learning institutions in Africa 

  Modise, Mpho-Entle Puleng; Van den Berg, Geesje (UNISA Press, 2021-05-27)

  The Covid-19 pandemic provoked a paradigm shift never imagined by higher education institutions in the world, but especially in developing countries. Drawing on findings from a PhD study, this article aims to highlight the ...
• Postgraduate Students' Perception of the Use of E-Portfolios as a Teaching Tool to Support Learning in an Open and Distance Education Institution 

  Modise, Mpho-Entle Puleng (2021-07-19)

  E-portfolios have been used for decades in education; however, it is still a new trend in some developing countries as they continue to adopt e-learning practices. The study investigated postgraduate students’ experiences ...
• Building academic integrity through online assessment apps 

  Du Plessis, EC (Elize); Van der Westhuizen, GJ (Gert) (inScience Press, Lisboa, Portugal., 2022-07)

  The Covid-19 pandemic of the last two years is having an immense effect on teaching and learning in higher education. The rapid shift to online assignments and examinations in response to the pandemic and the consequent ...
• Using E-Portfolios for Meaningful Teaching and Learning in Distance Education in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review 

  Modise, Mpho-Entle Puleng; Mudau, Patience Kelebogile (2022-06-22)

  Web-based technology has proven itself indispensable in education, especially in distance education and in developing countries. Technological advances and the COVID-19 pandemic have forced higher education institutions ...
• The perceptions of new lecturers towards adopting a learning management system for facilitating modules online in a South African ODeL institution 

  Modise, Mpho-Entle Puleng; Molotsi, Abueng Rachael (2022-04-01)

  Learning management systems (LMSs) are among the key digital tools that most institutions have developed for their lecturers and students to manage their online academic activities. The aim of this study was to explore new ...
• The Potentiality of MOOCs as a Tool for Widening Access to Higher Education in the African Context: A Systematic Review 

  Modise, Mpho-Entle Puleng (2022-05-02)

  Emerging educational technologies and technological pedagogical innovations such as massive open online courses (MOOCs) have flooded Africa's higher education (HE) sector with many promises. This paper aims to investigate ...
• Predictors of Behavioural Intentions of Teachers to Adopt and Use Information and Communication Technologies in Secondary Schools in Zimbabwe 

  Rudhumbu, Norman; Du Plessis, EC (Elize); Mudau, Patience Kelebogile (International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research (IJLTER), 2021)

  The use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) also known as educational technology in the teaching and learning context, has become a new normal in all sectors of education world-wide. The most important ...
• The challenges of implementing the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement in Accounting 

  Letshwene, Jacobine; Du Plessis, EC (Elize) (South African Journal of Education (SAJE), 2021-12)

  South African schools have experienced several curriculum changes over the past few years. In this article, we report on the findings regarding the challenges experienced by heads of departments (HODs) with the implementation ...
• A Mixed Method Study About The Experiences Of Students And Lecturers Of Work-integrated Learning In Teacher Education 

  Du Plessis, EC (Elize) (International Journal for e-Learning Security (IJeLS)., 2011)

  The notion of “openness” in terms like “open distance learning” (ODL) often lacks conceptual rigidity, resulting in the careless use of the notion in whatever context distance learners find themselves. A case in point ...
• Assessing for learning: Teacher Training in Practice Involving 14 Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) Students 

  Du Plessis, EC (Elize) (International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research (IJLTER), 2021)

  In this age of answerability, assessment is a dominant factor that can either promote or weaken learners’ education internationally. Yet many of the usual practices followed by institutions show that assessments in the ...
• Using the personal computer utilisation model to predict students’ technology user behaviour in universities in Botswana 

  Rudhumbu, Norman; Du Plessis, EC (Elize); Matyokurehwa, K; Gombiro, C (2021)

  Technological advances have reduced learning and teaching limits based on time and distance making education more accessible to students. Accordingly this study sought to establish whether the personal computer utilisation ...
• Trends and patterns in the use of grounded theory in educational research in South Africa 

  Du Plessis, EC (Elize); Van der Westhuizen, GJ (Educational Research for Social Change (ERSC), 2018)

  The calls for the decolonisation of knowledge in South Africa is a challenge that educational researchers cannot ignore. The problem is, however, that research and knowledge development traditions in education have not ...

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