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Being human today: A digital storytelling pedagogy for transcontinental border crossing
Kristian Stewart; Daniela Gachago
British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 47, No. 3 (May 2016) pp. 528–542
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....
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Experiences with international online discussions: Participation patterns of Botswana and American students in an Adult Education and Development course at the University of Botswana
Daniela Giannini-Gachago; Geoffrey Seleka
International Journal of Education and Development using ICT Vol. 1, No. 2 (Jul 30, 2005)
Essential parts of a blended learning environment are online communication tools. An online discussion forum is an asynchronous online communication tool, allowing remote students to discuss topics or course contents using electronic media. This...
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Engagement Levels in a Graphic Design Clicker Class: Students’ Perceptions around Attention, Participation and Peer Learning
Daniela Gachago; Amanda Morris; Edwine Simon
Journal of Information Technology Education: Research Vol. 10, No. 1 (Jan 01, 2011) pp. 253–269
Research into the uses of personal response systems or ‘clickers’ shows that their use increases students’ engagement levels in the classroom. In South Africa, clicker usage is still in its infancy, with little research published in the field. This...
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Engagement Levels in a Graphic Design Clicker Class: Students’ Perceptions around Attention, Participation and Peer Learning
Daniela Gachago; Amanda Morris; Edwine Simon
Journal of Information Technology Education: Research Vol. 10 (2011) pp. 253–269
Research into the uses of personal response systems or ‘clickers’ shows that their use increases students’ engagement levels in the classroom. In South Africa, clicker usage is still in its infancy, with little research published in the field. This...
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Engagement Levels in a Graphic Design Clicker Class: Students' Perceptions around Attention, Participation and Peer Learning
Daniela Gachago; Amanda Morris; Edwine Simon
Journal of Information Technology Education Vol. 10 (2011) pp. 253–269
Research into the uses of personal response systems or "clickers" shows that their use increases students' engagement levels in the classroom. In South Africa, clicker usage is still in its infancy, with little research published in the field. This...
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Engagement Levels in a Graphic Design Clicker Class: Students’ Perceptions around Attention, Participation and Peer Learning
Daniela Gachago; Amanda Morris; Edwine Simon
Journal of Information Technology Education: Research Vol. 10 (Jan 01, 2011) pp. 253–269
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Podcasts: A technology for all?
Daniela Gachago; Candice Livingston; Eunice Ivala
British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 47, No. 5 (September 2016) pp. 859–872
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...
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Digital Storytelling in a pre-service teachers’ classroom: a Community of Practice
Agnes Chigona; Janet Condy; Eunice Ivala; Daniela Gachago
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 1491–1498
The aim of this study was to understand how digital storytelling (DST) production led a group of pre-service teachers to create a shared understanding that bound them together to successfully complete their individual digital stories for assessment. ...
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Using informal collaboration to develop quality assurance processes for eLearning in developing countries: The case of the University of Botswana and the University of the West Indies Distance Education Centre
Marilyn Lee; Dianne Thurab-Nkhosi; Daniela Giannini-Gachago
International Journal of Education and Development using ICT Vol. 1, No. 1 (Apr 24, 2005)
Collaboration among institutions of higher education involves the sharing of financial, administrative and infrastructural resources with others through a formal memorandum of understanding. There are occasions where due to bureaucratic or political ...
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Pre-Service Students' Perceptions and Experiences of Digital Storytelling in Diverse Classrooms
Janet Condy; Agnes Chigona; Daniela Gachago; Eunice Ivala; Agnes Chigona
Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 11, No. 3 (July 2012) pp. 278–285
The purpose of this paper is to analyse an innovative teaching and learning practice in which pre-service student teachers at the CPUT used digital stories to reflect on their experiences of diversity in their classroom. Managing diverse classrooms...
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Using Digital Counterstories as Multimodal Pedagogy among South African Pre-Service Student Educators to Produce Stories of Resistance
Daniela Gachago; Franci Cronje; Eunice Ivala; Janet Condy; Agnes Chigona
Electronic Journal of e-Learning Vol. 12, No. 1 (2014) pp. 29–42
While digital storytelling has entered higher education as a vehicle to reflect on issues of identity and difference, there is a paucity of research framed by a critical perspective unpacking underlying power structures in the classroom. This study...
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Examining pre-service teachers’ perceptions on uptake of digital storytelling for classroom use
Agnes Chigona; Janet Condy; Daniela Gachago; Eunice Ivala
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2012 (Oct 09, 2012) pp. 1621–1628
Integration of digital storytelling (DST) technique is perceived to be significant in diverse classrooms as it supports educational processes of such learning environments. Embracing the perception, this study focuses on the pre-service teachers’...
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Assessment of the effectiveness of the CAD eLearning Certificate at the University of Botswana
Daniela Gachago; Spoon Mafote; Anne Munene-Kabanya; Marilyn Lee
International Journal of Education and Development using ICT Vol. 3, No. 4 (Dec 24, 2007) pp. 71–88
The introduction of eLearning in higher education has brought a challenge for higher education institutions to train their faculty to equip them with the necessary skills needed to embark on eLearning activities. The University of Botswana (UB) is...
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The use of emerging technologies for authentic learning: A
Vivienne Bozalek; Daniela Gachago; Lucy Alexander; Kathy Watters; Denise Wood; Eunice Ivala; Jan Herrington
British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 44, No. 4 (Jul 05, 2013) pp. 629–638
It is now widely accepted that the transmission of disciplinary knowledge is insufficient to prepare students leaving higher education for the workplace. Authentic learning has been suggested as a way to bring the necessary complexity into learning...