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Stewart, Kristian D.; Ivala, Eunice – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
In order to investigate the composing practices of digital storytellers in a South African context, a qualitative case study, set within a university of technology in South Africa and framed by literature stemming from the disciplines of digital storytelling and composition and rhetoric, was implemented as part of a larger dissertation project…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Story Telling, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
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Bosman, J. P.; Strydom, Sonja – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2016
At Stellenbosch University there is a drive to integrate the development of graduate attributes and the use of emerging technologies in the curriculum. With the aim of discovering the role of emerging mobile technologies in learning a qualitative research project was undertaken with a senior-student cohort. An inductive thematic analysis was done…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Technology Uses in Education, Handheld Devices, Teaching Methods
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Olasina, Gbolahan – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2016
The current research is conducted in the context of Second Life (SL) users in Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The research uses the Symbolic Interactionism Theory (SIT), a social science based theory as theoretical framework to underpin it and help inform the research. The overriding purpose is to analyze evidence of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods, Social Theories
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Tarling, Isabel; Ng'ambi, Dick – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2016
One of the challenges facing education systems in general and the South African education system in particular is how to understand ways that teachers change from nonusers of technologies to becoming transformative teachers with technology. Despite numerous initiatives, not limited to training, workshops and so forth, to bring about sustained and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods
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Stewart, Kristian; Gachago, Daniela – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2016
This article reports the findings of a collaborative digital storytelling project titled "Being Human Today," a multimodal curricular initiative that was implemented simultaneously in both a South African and an American university classroom in 2015. By facilitating dialogue and the sharing of digital stories by means of a closed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Story Telling, Social Networks, College Students
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Gachago, Daniela; Livingston, Candice; Ivala, Eunice – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2016
While the pedagogical benefits and challenges of podcasting as a teaching and learning practice are well researched, sometimes with contradictory results, literature on the potential of podcasting as a socially inclusive technology is scanty. Using a quantitative survey design, framed by concepts such as emerging technologies, low-threshold…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Audio Equipment, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education