Transforming teaching with emerging technologies: Implications for higher education institutions

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dc.contributor.authorBozalek, Vivienne
dc.contributor.authorNg’ambi, Dick
dc.contributor.authorGachago, Daniela
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-09T13:47:57Z
dc.date.available2017-06-09T13:47:57Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractA gulf is widening between the technologies used by students, those used by educators and those provided by institutions. However, knowledge about the impact of so-called emerging technologies on learning or the readiness of higher education institutions (HEIs) to engage with such technologies in the South African context is relatively thin. This article uses Rogers’ (2003) diffusion of innovations model as a conceptual framework to examine the diffusion, adoption and appropriation of emerging technologies in South African HEIs. We report on a survey which examined how emerging technologies are used in innovative pedagogical practices to transform teaching and learning across South African HEIs. The article concludes that, in order to foster a greater uptake or more institution-wide diffusion of use of emerging technologies, institutional opinion leaders need to purposefully create an enabling environment by giving recognition to and communicating with change agents, and developing policies that will encourage institutional-wide engagement with emerging technologies.en_US
dc.description.accreditationDepartment of HE and Training approved list
dc.identifier.citationBozalek, V., Ng'ambi, D. & Gachago, D. (2013). Transforming teaching with emerging technologies: implications for Higher Education Institutions. South African Journal of Higher Education, 27(2): 419-436.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1011-3487
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/2947
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.20853/27-2-252
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherSUNen_US
dc.rightsThis journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectEmerging technologiesen_US
dc.subjectHigher education institutionsen_US
dc.subjectTeaching and learningen_US
dc.subjectHigher education policyen_US
dc.subjectEnhancementen_US
dc.subjectDiffusion of innovationsen_US
dc.titleTransforming teaching with emerging technologies: Implications for higher education institutionsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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