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Item Advances made by the University of the Western Cape in the support of remote online teaching and learning for student success and access(University of the Free State, 2023) Dankers, Paul; Stoltenkamp, JulietDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing advances were made by higher education institutions (HEIs) to support remote online teaching and learning for student success and access, which are increasing areas of research. The major objective of this paper is to address the shift to remote teaching and learning practices that Covid precipitated in higher education. We report on literature that captures the ongoing shift to remote teaching and learning practices. The response of the University of the Western Cape (UWC) to the crisis of the pandemic will be highlighted. Various themes related to the pedagogical value of emergency remote teaching (ERT), online learning, and continual post-pandemic support are discussed. We examine how challenges presented new opportunities for curriculum innovation and transformation at the UWC. The focus is the importance of a continual professional academic support structure and post-covid awareness campaigns in order to sustain fully online and hybrid teaching and learning approaches. Recommendations highlight that departments across faculties need to focus on training and support with regard to the attainment and effective application of eSkills and eTools; and that there is a need to intensify this, especially as part of the broader curriculum transformation agenda. More research that focuses on ongoing advances in the support of remote online teaching and learning for student success and access during a pandemic is necessary.Item Contribution of blended learning technologies and teaching practices to student success(2021) Nelson, atthew-Chad; Stoltenkamp, Juliet; Dankers, PaulStudent success and the perceptions of success are growing areas of research. At the University of the Western Cape the impact that using a learning management system in blended learning approaches had on student success and perceptions of success was unknown. The research investigated perceptions of lecturers and students of the Arts Faculty regarding student success, and whether perceptions of student success, the use of technologies and blended teaching and learning approaches were interrelated. A mixed method approach was used, in which qualitative and quantitative methods were applied. All groups of participants agreed that the use of a learning management system to enhance a blended learning approach contributed to student success. These findings agreed with other research conducted by international scholars. More research that focuses on how technologies impact on the success of individual students, and the interrelatedness of technologies, learning approaches and student success is necessary.Item Designing online learning environments in higher education: Building capacity of lecturers to design and facilitate blended e-pedagogy for mature students(University of the Western Cape, 2022) Stoltenkamp, Juliet; Dankers, PaulAmidst the spread of COVID-19, higher education institutions (HEIs) in South Africa were compelled to offer academic programmes through online learning by utilising digital information and communication technologies (ICT) that were specifically designed to deliver content to mature students who used technology in their learning. This chapter focuses on the effective design of blended-learning environments and building the capacity of lecturers to design and facilitate interactive, blended e-pedagogy for mature students. We use the adapted ADDIE model to illustrate how lecturers can design and facilitate blended e-pedagogy for mature students. In fact, the COVID-19 crisis catapulted blended e-pedagogy to centre stage in higher education and created the need for: e-pedagogy training; the refining of e-tools; collaborative e-tools; and online assessment e-tools.Item Leadership in education: The impact of leadership on the successful implementation and support of remote teaching, learning and assessment(2023) Stoltenkamp, Juliet; Dankers, PaulThe stimulus of collective leadership across all faculties is pertinent to the successful implementation and assessment of sustainable remote teaching and learning support. This study identified the role leadership had at a Higher Education Institution (HEI) in South Africa. Of particular interest was the collective leadership shown at all levels across academic faculties, departments, and professional support teams to ensure that remote teaching and learning were sustainable. A mixed-method research approach was used, in which qualitative and quantitative methods were applied. Leaders agreed that the influence of leadership affected the implementation and support of remote teaching and learning for students both negatively and positively. The findings of the study agreed with other research conducted in this field.Item The Perception of Digital Academic Literacy Tutors during the COVID-19 Pandemic at the University of the Western Cape(University of the Western Cape, 2022) Dankers, Paul; Stoltenkamp, Juliet; Tuscany, DonsonThe abrupt transition in teaching and learning styles and the challenges faced by online tutors as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic are increasing areas of research. At the University of the Western Cape (UWC) preparing for the transition had an impact on tutors who had to make major adjustments to their tutoring. The research presented here investigated the perceptions of tutors and the challenges they faced by restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic as they adapted to teaching remotely, and the limitations of access to online resources. A mainly qualitative approach with an element of triangulation was followed, in which qualitative and quantitative methods were applied. All participants agreed that the abrupt transition to online teaching and learning highlighted the type of conversations that should take place to fast track processes and provide greater online resources and support for tutors. These findings agreed with research conducted by international scholars. More research that focuses on tutors and how they were affected by the abrupt transition to online teaching in relation to the provision of data is necessary.Item A teleological interpretation of Bonhoeffer’s concept of “A World Come of Age”(Wiley, 2023) Dankers, Paul; Willerton, ChristianThis paper explores Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s concept of “the nonreligious interpretation of biblical terms in a world come of age,” best known from his Letters and Papers from Prison (LPP). As a case study of its possibilities, we will survey South African thinkers who have explored the concept in rapidly changing contexts. Our leading question is whether academic theology can develop a teleological narrative for a nation that has “come of age.” When a nation or culture becomes so secular that it “outgrows” a traditional use of biblical terms, can those terms be reinterpreted to provide a teleological narrative for the nation? Bonhoeffer can be a resource for academic theologians to address issues in public theology, especially the suffering and oppression of communities still in pain despite a democratic system.Item The two natures of Christ: A critical analysis of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Christology(University of the Western Cape, 2020) Dankers, Paul; Conradie, ErnstThis study will contribute to the substantial corpus of secondary scholarship on the life, ministry, and theology of the German theologian, church leader, and modern-day martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945). Bonhoeffer�s legacy has also elicited considerable interest in the South African context, concerning a wide variety of themes such as the Confessing Church movement, secularisation, discipleship, confessing guilt, spirituality, and ethics. The critical question articulated by Bonhoeffer predominantly in his Letters and Papers from Prison, namely �Who is Jesus Christ, for us, today?� has been raised by different generations of South African theologians in rapidly changing contexts. This study will concentrate on Bonhoeffer�s own Christology. The focus will be not so much on the significance of the life and ministry of Jesus Christ within a particular social context, but on how Bonhoeffer understands the person of Christ. More specifically, the problem investigated in this study is how Dietrich Bonhoeffer�s evolving views on the so-called �two natures� of Christ should be understood. The Nicene confession,� that Jesus Christ is Lord, that he is �truly God� and �of one being with the Father, � prompted considerable reflection in Patristic Christianity. One crucial question was how the confession of the divinity of Christ reconciles with the humanity of Jesus of Nazareth portrayed so vividly in the canonical gospels. The formulation of the Council of Chalcedon, namely that one may speak of �two natures� and �one person,� has never been satisfactory and prompted further controversy but remains a point of reference in ongoing Christological debates to this day. The question, therefore, raised: How does Bonhoeffer understand the relationship between the �divine� and the �human� nature of Jesus Christ? This question is pertinent given the consistent Christological concentration in Bonhoeffer�s theology (even to the point of a Trinitarian reductionism), his increasing emphasis on a �this-worldly� understanding of God�s transcendence and his consistent Lutheran intuition that the finite can indeed contain the infinite. Bonhoeffer�s Christology has been the subject of much scholarly interest. There is consensus that his Christology remains not only incomplete but also unresolved. A core problem in this regard is his understanding of the divine nature of Christ � which he assumes but of which he does not offer any full account. This study will contribute to the available literature by exploring Bonhoeffer�s understanding of the �two natures� of Christ based on the primary and secondary research with specific reference to Sanctorum Communio (1927/1963), Act and Being (1930/1996), Christology, Discipleship (1937/1959), Ethics (1955, 6th edition and 2005, new critical edition) and Letters and Papers from Prison (2010). There has been considerable controversy in Bonhoeffer scholarship regarding the continuity and discontinuity in Bonhoeffer�s theological thinking from his student years to his death in 1945. It would, therefore, be wise to allow for Bonhoeffer�s �evolving� views on the �two natures� of Jesus Christ to speak for itself. This study will seek to describe and assess (in terms of Bonhoeffer�s sources and secondary scholarship) Bonhoeffer�s views in each of his main works to trace the developments in his thinking.