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Failing to Connect - Juxtaposing Positions on E-learning in South Africa
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, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, in Vancouver, Canada ISBN 978-1-880094-76-1 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), San Diego, CA

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E-learning is applied in different ways across the globe. The digital divide implies wide-ranging divisions. The division seems somewhat diffuse, however. This paper elaborates on a number of divergent findings of a study I conducted on selected student cohorts’ experience of an English Second Language (ESL) computer programme. The case study utilised a mixed methodology, incorporating semi-structured interviews, a Likert-type questionnaire as well as selected document review. I juxtapose salient findings from the interviews with pertinent, albeit opposing findings, particularly those derived from perusing certain records as well as a Likert-type questionnaire. I point towards data, findings and conclusions that may seem mutually exclusive and deviate in a surprisingly great number of ways.

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Dieperink, M. (2009). Failing to Connect - Juxtaposing Positions on E-learning in South Africa. In T. Bastiaens, J. Dron & C. Xin (Eds.), Proceedings of E-Learn 2009--World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (pp. 880-885). Vancouver, Canada: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved June 2, 2023 from .

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