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e/merge 2006 took place for 2 weeks, from Monday
10 to Friday 21 July. Presentations were grouped
into four themes: The Big
Picture, Learning
Organisations, Learning
Communities, Learning
Environments. Presentation and discussion of
papers in each theme took place over 3 days and
workshops ran for a week or longer.
ISBN Number 0-620-36467-X e/merge
2006 conference (http:emerge2006.net)
Peer Review Statement: Except
for the case of four keynote addresses and five
invited presentations all proposals were double
blind peer reviewed. Ten papers were double blind
peer reviewed by at least two reviewers. The conference
chairs then prepared a report based on reviewer
feedback for each author including a decision to
accept, accept with changes or to reject the paper.
Review Panel: The e/merge 2006
review panel members were from 18 universities and
one Polytechnic in 10 countries on 3 continents.
Nine members of the review panel are at Professor
or Associate Professor level and six others have
Doctorates in their fields of specialisation.
Journal Publication: Associate
Professor Laura Czerniewicz and Tony Carr will co-edit
a peer reviewed special issue of the The International
Journal of Education and Development using Information
and Communication Technology (http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/)
based on edited versions of selected papers from
e/merge 2006, for publication in May 2007. Two further
papers from e/merge are being sent for peer review
as part of this process.
Peer Reviewed Papers marked below with a star
1. The Big Picture
Mon 10 July - Wed 12 July
Keynote:
The limits and possibilities of e-learning in Africa: A brief expose of the AVU experiences (Keynote)
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Kuzvinetsa Peter Dzvimbo, African Virtual University |
The discourse on globalization and the politics of e-learning in South African higher education
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Neetha Ravjee, University of the Western Cape
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Technology for Teaching & Learning in Higher Education Contexts: the AT and ANT Analytical Perspectives
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Nhlanhla Mlitwa, University of Cape Town |
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Non-use of Learning Technologies in Africa: Is it lack of the technology or attitudes towards technology? |
Maideyi Meck, Department of Geology, University of Zimbabwe |
The role of ICTs in addressing teaching and learning challenges in higher education
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Shaheeda Jaffer, Dick Ng'ambi and Laura Czerniewicz, Centre for Educational Technology, University of Cape Town |
Costs of Information and Communication Technology in developing country school systems: The experience of Botswana, Namibia and Seychelles
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Andrew Paterson, Human Science Research Council |
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Technological access, disability, and social inclusion: Carmen's story |
Leila Kajee, University of Witwaterstrand |
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Empowering traditional universities with ICT: the challenges harnessing the emerging educational delivering and learning technologies within campus-based universities in Africa (Invited Presentation) |
Clement Dzidonu, Global Village University (GVU), Ghana |
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Making sense of the meaning maker: tracking the object of activity in a mathematics classroom using Activity Theory. |
Joanne Hardman, University of Cape Town |
2. Learning Organisations
Wed 12 July - Fri 14 July
Keynote:
ICTs as an Enabler for the Development of the Education Sector in Mozambique (Keynote)
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Venancio Massingue, Minister of Science and Technology, Mozambique |
Sustainable computer use in schools
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Herbert Thomas, University of Free State and Johannes Cronje, University of Pretoria |
The establishment of a multi-stakeholder e-Learning Centre: Namibia's experiences (Invited Presentation)
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Margaret Beukes-Amiss, University of Namibia
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Benchmarks for the implementation of e-learning in higher education: a case study of e-learning deployment at the University of Pretoria
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Irene le Roux and Jill Fresen, Department for Education Innovation, University of Pretoria |
Establishing an eLearning Division at a Higher Education Institution: lessons from the University of the Western Cape (UWC)
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Juliet Stoltenkamp, Carolynne Kies and James Njenga, Information and Communication Services,University of the Western Cape
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Gender-based analysis of ICTs in institutions of higher learning: A case of E-learning in Makerere University. (Invited Presentation)
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Ruth Nsibirano, Faculty of Social Sciences, Makerere University, Uganda |
Assessment of the effectiveness of the CAD eLearning Certificate at the University of Botswana
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Daniela Giannini-Gachago, Anne Munene- Kabanyan Marilyn Lee and Spoon Mafote, Educational Technology Unit (CAD), University of Botswana |
Interpreting cross-cultural blended teaching and learning along Hofstede's cultural dimensions
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Dolf Steyn & Johannes Cronje, University of Pretoria, Seugnet Blignaut, Tshwane University of Technology |
Building a virtual community of practice to enable ICT take-up in schools in the Grahamstown District
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Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams and Ingrid Brandt, Rhodes University |
3. Learning Communities
Mon 17 July - Wed 19 July
Keynote
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Designing staff development and support services for eLearning on an evidence base created within one's own university (Keynote)
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Carmel McNaught, Centre for Learning Enhancement and Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Learner-centred eLearning: the Schoolnet Africa experience (Invited Presentation)
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Shafika Isaacs, SchoolNet Africa |
Learning from the rhetoric of academics using educational technology
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Andrew Deacon and Catherine WynSculley, Centre for Higher Education Development, University of Cape Town |
Survivors on a cyber island
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Linda van Ryneveld, Tshwane University of Technology and Johannes Cronje, Irma Eloff, Debbie Adendorff and Salome Meyer, University of Pretoria |
Exploring disciplinary differences in the use of educational technology
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Cheryl Brown and Laura Czerniewicz, Centre for Educational Technology, University of Cape Town |
The Use of Various ICTs in Blended Collaborative Learning at the University of Botswana
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Seleka G.G., Mgaya K.V., Sechaba M.N., Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Botswana |
An analysis of the impact of an authentic assessment strategy on student performance in a technology-mediated constructivist classroom: a study revisited
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Andrew Scholtz, Information and Communication Technology, Turfloop Campus, University of Limpopo |
Elearning support and training: motivating and empowering online facilitators at the University of the Western Cape
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Juliet Stoltenkamp, Carolynne Kies and James Njenga, Information and Communication Services,University of the Western Cape
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4. Learning Environments
Wed 19 July - Fri 21 July
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E-Learning 2.0 - why the new tools? (Keynote) |
Stephen Downes, NRC Institute for Information Technology |
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Social Presence and Context Awareness for KnowledgeTransformation in an m-Learning Environment |
Raymond Kekwaletswe, Centre for Educational Technology, University of Cape Town |
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Pedagogic strategies for authoring eLearning environments: research experience from teacher programmes (Invited Presentation) |
Tom Power, Digital Education Enhancement Project (DEEP), Open University UK
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RAT Online, The Wheel Spanner: An Online Self-Defence Course |
Steven Yates, Derivco |
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The Role of Complex Software in Cognitive Development |
Alan Amory, Nhlanganiso Biyela and Thato Foko, Centre for IT in Higher Education, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban |
Workshops
Mon 10 July - Fri 21 July
Fri 14 July - Fri 21 July
Mon 17 July - Fri 21 July
ISBN Number 0-620-36467-X e/merge 2006
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