Open Learning as a Means of Advancing Social Justice

Shanali Govender, Tabisa Mayisela

Description

This volume investigates the uptake of ‘open learning’ in South African Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges and higher education institutions. Comprised of 16 studies focused on activities at a range of colleges and universities across the country, these chapters aim to promote a better understanding of open learning practices across the Post- School Education and Training (PSET) sector, including issues such as: recognition of prior learning, access for students with disabilities, work integrated learning, professional development, novel student funding mechanisms, leadership for open educational practices, institutional culture, student support, blended and online learning, flexible learning, online assessment, open educational resource development models and funding, and micro- credentials.

This collection of peer-reviewed chapters contributes to understanding the ways in which South African PSET institutions and educators are interpreting ‘open learning’ as a means of advancing social justice. It includes a historical and contemporary understanding of the economic, cultural and political obstacles facing PSET, drawing on Nancy Fraser’s theory of social justice as ‘participatory parity’ to better understand the ways in which ‘open learning’ may address systemic social injustices in order to allow South African students and educators to thrive.

This volume emerges from research conducted by the Cases on Open Learning (COOL) project, an initiative by the Department of Higher Education and Training in partnership with the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa.

Sujets

• Social Science
• Sociologie, société et politique

Informations

• Publié par: African Minds
• Date de parution: 23 janvier 2024
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781928502432
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

Extrait

OPEN LEARNING AS A MEANS OF ADVANCING SOCIAL JUSTICE Cases in Post-School Education and Training in South Africa Edited by Tabisa Mayisela Shanali C. Govender Cheryl Ann Hodgkinson-Williams

Open Learning as a Means of Advancing Social Justice Cases in PostSchool Education and Training in South Africa

Edited by Tabisa Mayisela Shanali C. Govender Cheryl Ann HodgkinsonWilliams

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DisclaimerThis publication was produced with the financial suppot of the European Union. Its contents are the responsibility of the COOL research team and do not necessarily relect the views of the European Union.

 Depatment of Higher Education & Taining, 2022

Cofunded by the European Union

How to cite this book Mayisela, T., Govender, S. C., & HodgkinsonWilliams, C. A. (Eds.). (2022).Open learning as a means of advancing social justice: Cases in post-school education and taining in South Africa. African Minds. DOI: 10.47622/9781928502425

Contents

Acknowledgements Acronyms and abbreviations

Introducing open learning as a means towards social justice in post-school education and training Tabisa Mayisela, Shanali C. Govender & Cheryl Ann HodgkinsonWilliams

PART 1: FOCUS ON ACCESS

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Recognition of prior learning as a form of open learning in post-school education and training in South Africa: A social justice perspective Susan Gredley & Cheryl Ann HodgkinsonWilliams

Opening learning to students in a South African university through innovative institutional fundraising initiatives: A social justice view Susan Gredley & Janice McMillan

Using a social justice lens to explore the possibilities and limitations of flexible learning provision in a South African TVET college Gertrude van Wyk, ChengWen Huang & Cheryl Ann HodgkinsonWilliams

PART 2: FOCUS ON PEDAGOGY

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Blended learning as a means of opening up learning at Northlink TVET College in South Africa: A social justice perspective Mukhtar Raban & Tabisa Mayisela

Online learning at the Durban University of Technology during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights on openness and parity of participation Sinethemba Zungu & Sukaina Walji

Exploring the possibilities and constraints of online assessment to advance open learning in a South African TVET college: A social justice perspective ChengWen Huang & Tabisa Mayisela

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PART 3: FOCUS ON SUPPORT FOR SUCCESS

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Exploring how student support services address economic, cultural and political injustices: Insights from Elangeni TVET College, South Africa Sinethemba Zungu & Cheryl Ann HodgkinsonWilliams

Staff insights on opening up learning to students with disabilities at Motheo TVET College, South Africa: A social justice perspective Gertrude van Wyk & Cheryl Ann HodgkinsonWilliams

Insights on OER adoption models to inform ways of opening up learning materials to address economic, cultural and political injustices in South African education Anelisa Dabula, Glenda Cox & Cheryl Ann HodgkinsonWilliams

Advancing social justice through small grants for the development of open educational resources at the University of Cape Town and the Cape Peninsula University of Technology Mahlatse MaakeMalatji & Glenda Cox

PART 4: FOCUS ON INSTITUTIONAL VISION

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“Understanding the TVET game”: A case study on maximising available opportunities for open educational practices within the broader TVET field Sara Black

Enabling open learning and participatory parity through increased e-learning: The case of leadership at Gert Sibande TVET College, South Africa Mukhtar Raban & Tabisa Mayisela

Access, quality and success: Working towards social justice through open initiatives at the University of the Free State Thasmai Dhurumraj & Shanali C. Govender

PART 5: FOCUS ON NATIONAL ASPIRATIONS

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“Who do you think they are?” Troubling how mental conceptions of TVET lecturers shape lecturer support interventions: The case of the Lecturer Support System in South Africa Sara Black

Opening up TVET lecturer professional learning and development through work integrated learning in South Africa: A social justice perspective Shanali C. Govender & Thasmai Dhurumraj

The potential for microcredentials as a form of open learning to contribute to a social justice agenda in South African higher education Barbara Jones

About the authors and the COOL team

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Acknowledgements

We would like to express our deepest gratitude to the following people for all the support that they have provided to the Cases on Open Learning (COOL) project.

DHET: Trudi van Wyk for commissioning the research project and Mike Adendorff, Randall Faulmann and Gerda Venter for managing it.

UCT: Laura Czerniewicz, Sukaina Walji and Stephen Marquard for managerial guidance and support, Cindy Gilbert for administrative support, and Sanjin Muftic for curation advice.

COOL researchers(alphabetical, by surname): Sara Black, Anelisa Dabula, Thasmai Dhurumraj, Susan Gredley, Cheng-Wen Huang, Barbara Jones, Mahlatse Maake-Malatji, Mukhtar Raban, Gertrude van Wyk and Sinethemba Zungu for enthusiastic participation in such an amazing research journey.

COOL mentors: Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams, Tabisa Mayisela, Shanali Govender and Glenda Cox for the endless hours of mentoring, editing and proofing-reading.

COOL advisors: Laura Czerniewicz, Janice McMillan and Sukaina Walji for insightful guidance and support for the researchers in scoping and design of their studies.

COOL support: Ntobeko Mbuyisa and Tess Cartmill for meticulous project management support, and Thomas King for curation support.

COOL publishing manager and booklet editor: Henry Trotter for conducting the scoping research for the case studies, for superb management of the entire publishing process and for compiling and editing the text of the 16 accompanying case study booklets.

Chapter editors: Barbara Jones, Bianca Masuku and Michelle Willmers for the careful editing of chapters 1 and 3, 8, and 9 respectively.

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Chapter reviewers(alphabetical, by surname): Maggie Albro, Jo Badenhorst, Patricia Chikune, Desire Chiwandire, Pam Christie, Andrew Deacon, Kerry de Hart, Rob Farrow, Cheryl Foxcroft, Johanna Funk, Daniela Gachago, James Glapa-Grossklag, Cookie Govender, Pauline Hanesworth, Henri Jacobs, Jens Jungblut, Joshua Kim, Bruce Kloot, Anthea Jacobs, David Jeffery, James Keevy, Marcia Lyner-Cleophas, Mpine Makoe, Lunga Mantashe, Jan McArthur, Sioux McKenna, Jolanda Morkel, Seamus Needham, Beverley Oliver, Jako Olivier, Nicola Pallitt, Joy Papier, Shikha Raturi, Patti Silbert, Clive Smith, Lily Todorinova, Nompilo Tshuma and Martin Weller for their critical engagement with the chapters and generous comments.

Open access publisher: François van Schalkwyk and African Minds for shepherding the publication of the 16 booklets and the chapters in this edited volume.

Acronyms and abbreviations

ACET ACT ADC AP APEL AUNEGe

BC BCIT B Ed BL BORD CAT CD CELT CEO CET CFO CHE CHED CIET CILT COOL CoP COVID-19 CPD CPUT CTOED DBE DHET DIT

Adult and Community Education and Training

Advanced Certificate in Teaching

Alternative Digital Credential

Admission Point

Assessment of Prior Experiential Learning

AssociationdesUniversitéspourl'EnseignementNumériqueenEconomieetGestion (Association of Universities for Digital Education in Economics and Management)

British Columbia

British Columbia Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Education

Blended Learning

Bologna Open Recognition Declaration

Credit Accumulation and Transfer

Compact Disk

Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching

Chief Executive Officer

Community Education and Training

Chief Financial Officer

Council on Higher Education

Centre for Higher Education Development

Centre for Innovative Educational Technology

Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching

Cases on Open Learning

Communities of Practice

Coronavirus Disease of 2019

Continuous Professional Development

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Cape Town Open Education Declaration

Department of Basic Education

Department of Higher Education and Training

Durban Institute of Technology

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DLC DLL DoE DoL DOT4D DRU DSD DSU DUT ECCHOE ECD EDCI ELMA EMS EQF ERT ESQR ETDP SETA ETU EU FBC FET FYSE GCIS GET GIZ

GSC HC HE HEI HEQSF HoD HR HRD HSS IBM IBP ICASS ICT ICTISE ICTS IDRC ILC

Digital Learning Committee

Division for Lifelong Learning

Department of Education

Department of Labour

Digital Open Textbooks for Development

Disability Rights Unit

Department of Social Development

Disability Support Unit

Durban University of Technology

European Credit Clearing House for Opening Up Education

Early Childhood Development

Europass Digital Credentials Infrastructure

Education Leadership Management and Administration

Economic and Management Sciences

European Qualifications Framework

Emergency Remote Teaching

European Society for Quality Research

EducationandTrainingDevelopmentPracticesSectorEducationandTrainingAuthority

Education and Training Unit

European Union

False Bay College

Further Education and Training

First-Year Student Experience

Government Communication Information System

General Education and Training

Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (Corporation for International Cooperation)

Gert Sibande TVET College

Higher Certificate

Higher Education

Higher Education Institution (i.e. university or university of technology)

Higher Education Qualifications Sub-Framework

Head of Department

Human Resources

Human Resource Development

Human and Social Sciences

International Business Machines

Internet Broadcast Project

Internal Continuous Assessment

Information and Communication Technologies

ICT Innovation in School Education

Information and Communication Technology Systems

International Development Research Centre

Inclusive Learning Centre

IP IQ IQMS ISFAP ISP IT ITE IVTE JAWS JISC KPI KPU KZN L&T LMS LO LSS LTSM MBChB MC MERLOT merSETA

MIT MoA MOOC MoU MRTEQ MS MTA MTSF MTT NAS NATED NC(V) NEED NGO NOLA NOLS NQF NSC NSFAS NWU NZQA

Intellectual Property

Intelligence Quotient

Integrated Quality Management System

Ikusasa Student Financial Aid Programme

Internet Service Provider

Information Technology

Initial Teacher Education

Initial Vocational Teacher Education

Job Access With Speech

Joint Information Systems Committee

Key Performance Indicator

Kwantlen Polytechnic University

KwaZulu-Natal

Learning and Teaching

Learning Management System

Life Orientation

Lecturer Support System

Learning and Teaching Support Materials

Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery

Monitoring Committee

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Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching

Manufacturing,EngineeringandRelatedServicesSectorEducationandTraining Authority

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Memoranda of Agreement

Massive Open Online Course

Memoranda of Understanding

Minimum Requirements for Teacher Education Qualifications

Microsoft (e.g., MS Teams)

Microsoft Technology Associate

Medium Term Strategic Framework

Ministerial Task Team

Natural and Agricultural Sciences

National Technical Education (vestigial programmes and curricula from pre-2007)

National Certificate (Vocational)

Need for Education and Elevation (Programme)

Non-Governmental Organisation

National Open Learning Agency

National Open Learning System

National Qualifications Framework

National Senior Certificate

National Student Financial Aid Scheme

North-West University

New Zealand Qualifications Authority