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Direct linkvan den Berg, Geesje; Mudau, Patience Kelebogile – Perspectives in Education, 2022
The purpose of this research was to identify students' views on the use of WhatsApp in an online postgraduate course at a South African Open Distance eLearning institution during the COVID-19 pandemic. During this time, lecturers and students relied on their mobile devices to communicate using different tools, including WhatsApp. Although it is a…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Computer Mediated Communication, COVID-19
Download full textBiccard, Piera; Mudau, Patience Kelebogile; van den Berg, Geesje – Journal of Learning for Development, 2023
This article explores student perceptions of writing online examinations for the first time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to the pandemic, examinations at an open and distance learning institution in South Africa were conducted as venue-based examinations. From March 2020, all examinations were moved online. Online examinations were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Computer Assisted Testing, COVID-19
Scheepers, Liesl; van den Berg, Geesje – Open Praxis, 2022
In addition to academic support, the provision of dedicated affective support during a student's online learning journey has a significant impact on their emotional wellbeing and ability to remain engaged with their studies. This kind of support is even more essential during times of crisis, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, during which students may…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Well Being, COVID-19, Pandemics
