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Download full textChaka, Chaka; Nkhobo, Tlatso; Lephalala, Mirriam – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2020
This paper reports on a study that integrated two instant messaging applications (Moya Messenger App and WhatsApp) and a myUnisa's online discussion forum (ODF), and utilised them as tools to support student learning at an open and distance e-learning university in South Africa. The participants in this study were 41 undergraduate education…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Computer Mediated Communication, Discussion Groups, Integrated Learning Systems
Direct linkRambe, Patient; Bere, Aaron – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2013
One of the most complicated academic endeavours in transmission pedagogies is to generate democratic participation of all students and public expression of silenced voices. While the potential of mobile phones, particularly mobile instant messaging (MIM), to trigger broadened academic participation is increasingly acknowledged in literature,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Handheld Devices
Blignaut, Seugnet; Nagel, Lynette – Computers & Education, 2009
Higher education institutions deliver web-based learning with varied success. The success rate of distributed online courses remains low. Factors such as ineffective course facilitation and insufficient communication contribute to the unfulfilled promises of web-based learning. Students consequently feel unmotivated. Instructor control and in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Online Courses, Internet
