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White man’s disease, black man’s peril?: Rinderpest and famine in the eastern Bechuanaland Protectorate at the end of the 19th century

Contree, 2014
During the late nineteenth century, a pandemic of Rinderpest exterminated large numbers of cattle in Southern Africa. Although in the Bechuanaland Protectorate the disease killed cattle only for two years between 1896 and 1897, its effects were to last ...
Phuthego P. Molosiwa
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Raranga te Kete Aronui—Weaving the Basket: Continuing With Open, Flexible, and Distance Learning

, 2020
This issue of the Journal uses the metaphor of raranga te kete aronui (weaving the basket of the pursuit of knowledge) as it continues the conversation of developing areas of open, flexible, and distance learning (OFDL). It comes at a time when the COVID-
Fields A, Alison Fields, Hartnett M, Maggie Hartnett   +3 more
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The extent of and reasons for non re-enrolment: A case of Korea National Open University

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2013
Despite continuous efforts to increase retention, dropout rates are high in distance universities. The objectives of this study were: 1) to investigate the extent and causes of non re-enrollment at a mega university, Korea National Open University; and 2)
Hyoseon Choi, Yekyung Lee, Insung Jung, Colin Latchem   +3 more
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Delivery of open, distance, and e-learning in Kenya

The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2012
The increased demand and need for continuous learning have led to the introduction of open, distance, and e-learning (ODeL) in Kenya. Provision of this mode of education has, however, been faced with various challenges, among them infrastructural ones.
Jackline Nyerere, F.Q. Gravenir, Godfrey Shedd Mse   +2 more
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A Collaborative Approach to OER Policy and Guidelines Development in the Commonwealth: The Case of Botswana, Cameroon, and Sri Lanka

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
Access to relevant learning resources is an important aspect in ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all as outlined in the sustainable development goal 4 (SDG4).
Ishan Sudeera Abeywardena, Shironica P. Karunanayaka, Michael N. Nkwenti, Lekopanye Tladi   +3 more
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Teaching theology from a distance: Experiences of the Institute of Distance Learning at St Tikhon’s Orthodox University in Moscow, Russia

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2019
This article considers the basic problem of online education owing to the lack of direct contact between all participants in the study process. The experience of distance theological education in Russia as a whole and the personal experience of two of ...
Gennady Egorov, Tatiana V. Melanina, Jennifer J. Roberts   +2 more
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Book Review - Making the move to K–12 online teaching: Research-based strategies and practices

Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, 2013
Making the move to K–12 online teaching: Research-based strategies and ...
David Adelstein
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Social Presence and Online Communication: A response to Mersham

Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, 2011
This article draws upon contemporary social presence theory and research into presence, social presence, and computer-mediated communication to highlight the role of social presence in mitigating the perceived deficiencies in online communication ...
Benjamin Kehrwald
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Learning Management System (LMS) for Academic Inclusion and Learning Agency: An Interpretive Review of Technoprogressivism in ODL Instructional Technology Policy

Journal of Education, Society & Multiculturalism, 2023
Literature frequently describes how ineffective implementation of instructional policy frameworks can make distance learning a lonely and unrewarding academic pursuit, characterized by high student drop-out rates, high failure rates and academic ...
Nkambule Bongani, Ngubane Sindile, Mncube Siphamandla   +2 more
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‘The Big Cough’: Tuberculosis, Popular Perceptions and Beliefs in the Eastern Bechuanaland Protectorate, 1932-1964 [PDF]

Limina: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies, 2017
In the 1930s, migrant labour became the prime determinant of emerging infectious diseases, particularly tuberculosis, in the Bechuanaland Protectorate due to the repatriation of infected workers from neighbouring South African mines.
Phuthego Phuthego Molosiwa
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