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Jen Snowball; Fiona Drummond; Delon Tarentaal – Industry and Higher Education, 2024
This case study presents a critical reflection on the way COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020-2022 brought the festival industry in South Africa closer to higher education (HE) via a new and innovative collaboration. The research design allowed an international team to facilitate knowledge sharing and research support during a very challenging time for the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Foreign Countries, Cultural Activities
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Tucker, Jan P.; YoungGonzaga, Stephanie; Krause, Jaclyn – International Journal of Higher Education, 2014
Discussion forums are often utilized in the online classroom to build a sense of community, encourage collaboration and exchange, and measure time on task. A review of the literature revealed that there is little research that examines the role of the online discussion forum as a mechanism for knowledge transfer. Researchers reviewed 21 course…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Discussion Groups, Transfer of Training, Knowledge Management
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Dhlamini, Nodumo – Distance Education, 2011
The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), established in 2004, is a network of 25 universities at the postgraduate level in 15 countries in Eastern, Central, and Southern Africa. RUFORUM's mission is to strengthen the capacity of universities to foster innovations responsive to demands of smallholder farmers…
Descriptors: Expertise, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Consortia
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Souleles, Nicos – E-Learning, 2005
E-learning is part of the wider debate on the changing role of higher education (HE). It is associated with the agenda on graduate employability and competencies for the knowledge economy (KE). Policy documents make explicit that participation in the KE is congruent with the acquisition of meta-skills. The role of HE is to provide for these…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Rhetoric, Employment Potential, Staff Development