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Building an argument for Internet expansion in Dwesa- an under-serviced rural community in South Africa

Author: Dlamini, Sifiso B ; Masonta, Moshe T ; Johnson, DL Date: Nov 2014 The purpose of this paper is to present research findings that investigate the extent of Internet usage as well as options for extending the current reach of the wireless network in Dwesa, a rural area in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province. ... Read more
Community perspectives as an essential element of resilience thinking: Resilience from a view of inequality

Author: Dlamini, Sifiso B ; Meyer, Isabella A Date: Dec 2020 Resilience is a popular concept in development studies, particularly in research and development on how Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can be used to improve livelihoods. As much as the primary focus is on using ICTs to ... Read more
An exploration of the integration challenges inherent in the adoption of ICT in an education system

Author: Meyer, I ; Marais, Mario A ; Ford, Merryl ; Dlamini, Sifiso B Date: May 2017 The high failure rate of development interventions is well known. An approach to sustainable interventions is defined, based on a systems perspective that focuses on the ability of a system to integrate an intervention. The design of an ... Read more
Findings from a mobile tablet project implementation in rural South Africa

Author: Herselman, Martha E ; Botha, Adèle ; Dlamini, Sifiso B ; Marais, Mario A ; Mahwai, Nare J Date: Apr 2019 The purpose of this paper is to provide evidence of how the selected teachers at 24 schools in 7 provinces in South Africa reacted to questions pertaining to the extent of their prior training, attitudes towards technology, perceived ... Read more
ICT support environment in developing countries: The multiple cases of school teachers in rural South Africa

Author: Mwapwele, S ; Marais, Mario A ; Dlamini, Sifiso B ; Van Biljon, J Date: Nov 2019 South African teachers are under pressure due to rising expectations of their content knowledge and digital skills without guaranteed infrastructural or institutional support in using ICTs. The purpose of this study is to find out to what ... Read more
Mobile technology affecting teaching and learning in rural schools

Author: Herselman, Martha E ; Botha, Adèle ; Maremi, Keneilwe J ; Dlamini, Sifiso B ; Marais, Mario A Date: Apr 2020 The purpose of this paper is to provide monitoring and evaluation results of how teaching and learning were affected in 24 rural schools in 7 provinces of South Africa after a three-year mobile technology implementation project. Read more
A scoping review for proposing an eParticipation framework for South African local municipalities

Author: Mahwai, Nare J ; Phiri, Charles ; Dlamini, Sifiso B ; Herselman, Martha E ; Meyer, Isabella A Date: Jun 2023 Governments globally are making notable efforts to facilitate conversations with citizens to improve their participation in government decisionmaking by using various digital technologies in what could be coined as electronic participation ... Read more
Systemic levers for change towards sustainable institutionalisation of ICT in schools

Author: Meyer, I ; Ford, Merryl ; Marais, Mario A ; Dlamini, Sifiso B Date: Jun 2017 Many ICT4E projects fail once the implementation team withdraws. Although there are multiple reasons for this, the problem often lies with integration of the project into the day-today institutional arrangements of the education system. This ... Read more
Teachers’ ICT adoption in South African rural schools: A study of technology readiness and implications for the South Africa connect broadband policy

Author: Mwapwele, SD ; Marais, Mario A ; Dlamini, Sifiso B ; Van Biljon, J Date: Dec 2019 The South Africa Connect national broadband policy of 2013 aims to ensure that the country achieves universal internet access by 2030, thereby fostering digital skills development. This study investigates one dimension of the South Africa ... Read more
Technology and pedagogical factors to be considered when building a resilience framework for integrating and using mobile technologies in South African rural schools

Author: Dlamini, Sifiso B ; Turpin, Marita ; Herselman, Martha E Date: May 2022 The global spread of corona virus has had a significant impact on the basic education systems across the world. Nation states and various government departments had to invent means for remote schooling particularly to ensure continuation of ... Read more
Towards a resilience framework for integrating and using mobile technologies in South African public rural schools: Theoretical considerations

Author: Dlamini, Sifiso B ; Turpin, M Date: Jul 2020 South Africa has seen research and development (R&D) efforts in Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) to provide rural schools with mobile technologies for improving the quality of teaching and learning. The ... Read more

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