Author:Coetzee, S; Steiniger, S; Köbben, B; Iwaniak, A; Cooper, Antony KDate:May 2017The demand for geospatial data across different disciplines and organisations has led to the development and implementation of spatial data infrastructures (SDI) and the theory and concepts behind them. An SDI is an evolving concept about ...Read more
Author:Dlodlo, N; Foko, Thato EDate:Oct 2012One of the mandates of the Department of Basic Education (DBE) in South Africa is to distribute textbooks to both urban and remote rural schools. The challenge that the DBE faces in this regard is that the distribution machinery has not been ...Read more
Author:Meyer, IA; Marais, Mario ADate:Oct 2014A number of factors complicate the ability to deliver sustainably on development interventions. Multiple role players are involved, the performance of implementation agencies are measured over the short- to medium term and donors do not always ...Read more
Author:Wong, W; Kotzé, Paula; Read, J; Bannon, L; Hvannberg, EDate:2009This paper describes the key lessons from an earlier HCI Educators’ conference, held in Limerick in 2006, the outcomes of which led to the theme of HCIEd 2007 – Creativity: Experiencing to Educate and Design. The paper discusses the lessons ...Read more
Author:Ford, M; Batchelor, JDate:Jul 2007In many countries mobile phones are being banned from schools amidst growing concerns regarding their inappropriate use during school hours. However, the mobile phone is the de-facto most important networked knowledge exchange technology used ...Read more
Author:Dlodlo, N; Tolmay, JP; Mvelase, PDate:Mar 2012This research is about encouraging learners to participate in the management of their schools through technology and a constructivist approach. Learners populate a database with photos on the state of the school infrastructure, availability ...Read more
Author:Smith, Andrew CDate:May 2007This paper reports on the evaluation of a novel affordable system that incorporates intelligent physical blocks to introduce illiterate children in developing countries to the logical thinking process required in computer programming. Both ...Read more
Author:Smith, Andrew C; Dlodlo, N; Marais, Mario ADate:Jul 2011In this paper the authors advocate an approach that supplements current teaching. The approach exploits certain properties of the Internet of Things such as sensing the environment in which the learner is situated, and the ability to inform ...Read more
Author:Dlodlo, NDate:Jul 2012South Africa's push for universal access to education and for improved teaching and learning calls for a number of appropriate measures to be put in place. This paper proposes the adoption of internet of things technologies (IoT) in improving ...Read more
Author:Butgereit, LDate:Jul 2007Homework is a necessary evil in the path of learning mathematics at school. Mathematics homework is traditionally seen as difficult and boring. In the case of difficult homework, “math clubs” and “math extra lessons” are often perceived as ...Read more
Author:Tasan-Kok, T; Babalik-Sutcliffe, E; Van Huyssteen, Elsona; Oranje, MDate:Jan 2018The long-neglected task of defining the discipline of planning, describing the multiplicity of influences impinging upon it and unravelling the complementary (and even contradictory) discourses constituting it probably means probing the core ...Read more
Author:Ford, M; Leinonen, TDate:Oct 2006The MobilED initiative is aimed at designing teaching and learning environments that are meaningfully enhanced with mobile technologies and services. The MobilED deliverables are to develop a set of scenarios and guidelines of how mobile ...Read more
Author:Botha, Adèle; Batchelor, J; Traxler, J; De Waard, I; Herselman, Martha EDate:May 2012The rapid spread and penetration of mobile devices to every layer of society has confronted the educational community with many new opportunities and responsibilities. As mobile computing and its disruptive aftermath enter the education arena, ...Read more
Author:Pretorius, Morne; Dlamini, Nelisiwe P; Mthethwa, Sthembile NDate:Feb 2021Today’s internet-connected world is moving towards evermore digitisation. Consequently, the education system globally is experiencing various problems whilst trying to keep up with this disruptive and ongoing change that is introduced. One ...Read more