International Distance Education and African Students. A collaborative project between the University of South Africa and Open University UK #ESRCIDEAS
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We also compare findings to previous research in face-to-face settings to outline how distance education provides distinct opportunities and challenges in students’ early adjustment experiences
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In this paper, we outline how factors such as demographic characteristics, class, language, and access to study resources impact distance learners’ social and academic adjustment experiences at @unisa during their first semesters of study.
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And another one from the @ESRC_IDEAS team - Internationalisation at a Distance and at Home: Academic and social adjustment in a South African distance learning context (2019) - sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @JLMittelmeier @DrBartRienties @Prof_AGunter @ParvatiRaghuram & J Rogaten
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Our new @ESRC_IDEAS paper - 'WhatsApp use among African international distance education students' - is now available.
📣 New publication!
Here we investigate students’ use of WhatsApp to ‘transfer, translate, and transform’ their international distance education experiences through the University of South Africa. Available #OpenAccess!
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Our new @ESRC_IDEAS article - ‘Infrastructures of immobility: enabling international distance education students in Africa to not move’ - is out in Mobilities. @ParvatiRaghuram and @Prof_AGunter. #mobilities #immobility
Available through open access: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Great work Team @ESRC_IDEAS. Congratulations @Prof_AGunter and @ParvatiRaghuram together we will transform the future of International Distance Learners. – at Chicago, IL
Our new @ESRC_IDEAS article - ‘Infrastructures of immobility: enabling international distance education students in Africa to not move’ - is out in Mobilities. @ParvatiRaghuram and @Prof_AGunter. #mobilities #immobility
Available through open access: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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De-coding or de-colonising the technocratic university? Rural students’ digital transitions to South African higher education. Learning, Media and Technology.
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… 1st @sariheza publication now out by @suetim & Muhuro @DrLisaLucas @KibbieN @SOEBristol
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#UnisaRandIweek on stage is Bart Rienties, Professor of Learning Analytics at the Institute of educational Technology at the open University, UK @ESRC_IDEAS @DrBartRienties – at Roodepoort, South Africa
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#UnisaRandIweek. Professor Parvati Raghuran says "Team working can address the issues facing distance Learning in the 21st century @OpenUniversity @unisa @ESRC_IDEAS @ParvatiRaghuram @sjjhelga @EevaRapoo – at Roodepoort, South Africa
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One week left before interesting debates on #learninggain on Tuesday 13 November 1600-1900 @OpenUniversity officestudents
Register for this free @LearningGains event at abclearninggains.com/
Confirmed debaters: @rjsharpe @soniailie @HeikeBehle @allisonl @David_Baume et al.
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Aaah! Taken by compete surprise to win the #OUResearchAwards Early Career Researcher Award! Thank you to @DrBartRienties for the nomination and to my two amazing projects: @UKCISA #STRIDEresearch and @ESRC_IDEAS
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Our team at @unisa and @OpenUniversity has made great progress so far on the @ESRC_IDEAS Project. We are exploring opportunities for equitable access to education for International Distance Learning students. Results are coming soon, evidence-based programming is next after 2019.
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New publication describing our @ESRC_IDEAS workshop with @_ANIEducation in Nairobi last year is now live: "Learning design in diverse institutional and cultural contexts" tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… #OpenAccess @fmcin @KathR @Prof_AGunter @ParvatiRaghuram @DrBartRienties
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Great to see @JLMittelmeier sharing work of @ESRC_IDEAS project on international students in South Africa #LAF2018
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@CMadge on @ESRC_IDEAS researching how it influences formal and informal learning in Africa nitter.cf/TheSocReview/status/10…
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Up before the sun to visit the University of Pretoria today. One last learning design workshop this week for #ESRCIDEAS!
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Great meeting this morning with some of my @ESRC_IDEAS colleagues - we're off to South Africa next weekend to facilitate a series of exciting #LearningDesign workshops :)
