Towards a shared understanding of emerging technologies: Experiences in a collaborative research project in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorGachago, Daniela
dc.contributor.authorIvala, Eunice
dc.contributor.authorBackhouse, Judy
dc.contributor.authorBosman, Jan Petrus
dc.contributor.authorBozalek, Vivienne
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-05T09:02:51Z
dc.date.available2017-06-05T09:02:51Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractWhile the practice of using educational technologies in Higher Education is increasingly common among educators, there is a paucity of research on innovative uses of emerging technologies to transform teaching and learning. This paper draws on data collected as part of a larger study aimed at investigating emerging technologies and their use in South African Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to improve teaching and learning. The research employed a mixed method research design, using both qualitative and quantitative data collection methods—quantitative data from a survey of 262 respondents from 22 public HEIs in South Africa and qualitative data gathered from 16 experts/practitioners on their self-reflective definition of the term “emerging technologies.” The paper concludes that levels of institutional development, access to resources, discipline, group belonging and individual motivation of respondents influenced the way they defined emerging technologies including what constituted an innovative use of technology, foregrounding the contextuality of emerging technologies.en_US
dc.description.accreditationDepartment of HE and Training approved list
dc.identifier.citationGachago, D. et al. (2013). Towards a shared understanding of emerging technologies: Experiences in a collaborative research project in South Africa. The African Journal of Information Systems, 5, (3): 94-105en_US
dc.identifier.issn1936-0282
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/2922
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherThe African Journal of Information Systems (AJIS)en_US
dc.rightsThis Article is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@Kennesaw State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in The African Journal of Information Systems by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Kennesaw State University.
dc.subjectEmerging technologiesen_US
dc.subjectContextualityen_US
dc.subjectHigher Educationen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectConstructivismen_US
dc.subjectSocial mediaen_US
dc.subjectWeb 2.0.en_US
dc.titleTowards a shared understanding of emerging technologies: Experiences in a collaborative research project in South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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