The same course, different access: the digital divide between urban and rural distance education students in South Africa

Journal of Geography in Higher Education, Год журнала: 2019, Номер 44(1), С. 70 - 84

Опубликована: Ноя. 22, 2019

Access to education is a significant determinant in future success, not only for country but equally individuals. Higher Education (HE) thus an integral part of the Sustainable Development Goals and vital supporting African development. Despite this, there often lack access HE many parts Africa, distance can subsequently play important role increasing by providing materials online. Even though institutions such as University South provider Open Distance Learning (ODL), open marginalised peripheral communities, we cannot separate ODL from debate ICTs. Students urban areas have significantly different educational experience students with poor ICT urban, peri-urban rural areas. This paper explores nature how this affects students' ability HE.

Язык: Английский

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Conceptualizing Internationalization at a Distance: A “Third Category” of University Internationalization

Journal of Studies in International Education, Год журнала: 2020, Номер 25(3), С. 266 - 282

Опубликована: Фев. 17, 2020

Internationalization efforts in higher education have often been categorized according to Jane Knight’s binary of “Internationalization at Home” (IaH) and Abroad” (IA). However, a rising number technology-supported activities created new opportunities for university internationalization. For example, students can now remain “at home” while using technology study with an institution or program that is simultaneously located “abroad.” We conceptualized these as third category called Distance (IaD). In this article, we introduce the concept IaD outline in-depth case international distance provider scale, University South Africa.

Язык: Английский

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Beyond #FeesMustFall: International students, fees and everyday agency in the era of decolonisation

Geoforum, Год журнала: 2020, Номер 109, С. 95 - 105

Опубликована: Янв. 21, 2020

The #FeesMustFall movement focused on the financial struggles of historically disadvantaged black students in South Africa. However, if decolonisation is to go beyond national boundaries and incorporate pan-African visions fees must fall, not only Africa, but also for international students. Yet, their situations are often overlooked discussions over as they seen foreigners, or privileged seeking reproduce advantage through study. Although cross-subsidise students, an export category rather than at level individual, so that actual costs study ignored. This paper addresses gap by examining how distance education studying University Africa (UNISA) navigate fees. We draw upon students' narratives highlight proactive reactive agency deploy afford manage fee payments. These quieter registers everyday around demonstrate entanglement higher education. In particular, we suggest focusing student raises important questions about whether lowering one part agenda, should be contained within borders.

Язык: Английский

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Immobility infrastructures: taking online courses and staying put amongst Chinese international students during the COVID-19

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 48(11), С. 2540 - 2558

Опубликована: Янв. 31, 2022

This paper draws attention to the current and possible effects of COVID-19 pandemic on (im)mobility trajectories international students (IS) global higher education landscape. From perspective migration infrastructure, this specifically focuses immobility experiences amongst Chinese (CIS) who planned enrol overseas in 2020 but instead chose take online courses China due COVID-19. It asks how are both facilitated constrained by a set institutional technological infrastructural forces. Particularly it also explores some CIS exercise agency mobilise their surroundings overcome certain deficiencies they encounter, with aim improving studying/living quality while inhabiting immobilities transnational context. As such, challenges oppositional nature mobility immobility, arguing that is not ‘flip side’ or an outcome default, being immobile can be affirming empowering. Essentially, brings infrastructurally sensitive theoretical approach into student (ISM) studies, shifting focus from examining infrastructures move people enable stay, lived reconstructed at everyday level.

Язык: Английский

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‘Internationalisation at a Distance’ at the intersections of educational technologies and the internationalisation of higher education

British Journal of Educational Technology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 28, 2025

Abstract In this editorial, we introduce the special section focusing on ‘Internationalisation at a Distance’ (IaD), highlighting how educational technologies contribute to internationalisation practices and processes in higher education. These exist transitional spaces which interrogate conventional distinctions between mobility/immobility home/abroad by establishing ‘third spaces’ where students staff interact with institutions across borders without necessity of geographic relocation. This evaluates these through critical lens, reflecting limitations inequalities associated IaD, despite its often‐assumed transformative potential for expanding access global Here, argues that IaD fundamentally opposes fixed representations place interrogates simplistic binary frameworks, positioning itself as concept is inherently post‐structuralist. reframing necessitates sophisticated comprehension essential concepts including mobility, home, cultural exchange. Collectively, addresses issues underscoring continues reinforce pre‐existing disparities resource access, epistemic (in)justices, power imbalances. The findings discussed herein underscore significance ethical considerations realm evidence‐based strategies aimed fostering more inclusive sustainable practices. Ultimately, signifies profound reconsideration education, presenting technology‐influenced avenues innovation while necessitating examination functions within an unequal world.

Язык: Английский

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Infrastructuring Mobility via State-Led School Franchising: Leveraging Public Educational Resources to Facilitate Middle-Class Residential (Im) Mobility

Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 18

Опубликована: Март 7, 2025

Drawing on the literature of geographies education, mobilities, and critical infrastructure studies, this study introduces a novel analytical lens infrastructuring mobility to examine prevalent phenomenon school franchising in China. From vantage point with an focus, we how strategic infrastructural substrates are selectively mobilized facilitate desired (im)mobilities middle class for promoting urban (re)development. rich empirical evidence, including policy documents thirty-nine in-depth interviews various stakeholders, found that mainly revolves around exporting subinfrastructure (i.e., brand key schools) from city center locales suburbs, lesser extent center. Other essential high-quality schooling experience like good teachers lagging behind. These franchised schools nonetheless highly sought after by middle-class parents anxious about social reproduction as infrastructures promise, who subsequently enact residential mobilities these (re)development areas access schools. their processes underpinned nexus entrepreneurial local states, profiteering developers, expansionist Particularly, state strategically orchestrates meticulously calibrates its geography enable This hence unpacks multiple (of households) process enabling it. It foregrounds importance education apparatus governance integral part reshaping wider sociospatial restructuring processes.

Язык: Английский

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The geography of distance education: spatial disparities, accessibility, and impact across place

South African Geographical Journal, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 19

Опубликована: Март 8, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Environmental non-migration as adaptation in hazard-prone areas: Evidence from coastal Bangladesh

Global Environmental Change, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 77, С. 102610 - 102610

Опубликована: Окт. 25, 2022

Язык: Английский

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De-migranticizing as methodology: rethinking migration studies through immobility and liminality

Comparative Migration Studies, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 12(1)

Опубликована: Апрель 22, 2024

Abstract De-migranticization is becoming a core strategy for overcoming the fetishization of migrants in migration studies. However, this shift perspectives raises questions about what categories to use instead. This paper contributes these debates by considering potential studying immobility as tool de-migranticization. It looks at through lens liminality: transitory phase, transformative stage and one which enables epistemological subversion. In doing so, it goes beyond other border spanning terms offer methodological insights into using liminality de-migranticize. The suggests that qualities reading theories has implications when, where how study migration. empirical case draws on 165 semi-structured interviews with distance education students from Zimbabwe, Namibia Nigeria University South Africa (UNISA).

Язык: Английский

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Care for Transactions

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 48(1), С. 2 - 8

Опубликована: Янв. 12, 2023

Abstract In this editorial we ask key questions about what it means to publish ‘a journal’ in a world of publishing which is driven by individual article metrics and online access. Seeing the value journals as venues for intellectual debate, therefore set out renewed vision how Transactions Institute British Geographers can provide space more collective collaborative approaches geographical debate. This approach revolves around idea ‘transactions’ itself creating spaces journal commentary, debate dialogue, alongside continuing landmark papers.

Язык: Английский

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