BACKGROUND A decade has passed since South Africa signed and ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, a human rights treaty that protects the rights and dignity of people with disabilities. However, not much have changed for students with disabilities. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to explore lecturers' experiences with, and perspectives on, disability as wel...

REQUIRED) Changing academics’ perceptions of information and communications technology (ICT) in developing countries has always been a challenge. A university in Zimbabwe has witnessed an about-turn in lecturers’ perceptions and beliefs about technology, from being negative (technophobic) to positive (technologically savvy) for users of technology. This paper reports on the interplay of factors...

Electronic devices are widely-used in modern life, and among the multitude of application possibilities, educational technology in order to facilitate learning and practicing becomes more and more important. Portable devices such as smartphones and tablet PCs make learning and teaching materials more accessible to students and lecturers. Although there already exists a large number of mobile-ba...

background and purpose: the application of diagnostic, therapeutic, and prognostic evidence in day-to-day management of patients has been in constant focus during the last two decades. this study is an attempt to investigate attitude and knowledge of post-graduated medical students and lecturers towards evidence-based medicine (ebm) and assess their preferences to clinical practice guidelines. ...

The secondment project was devised to allow lecturers time to update teaching skills and become familiar with the use of learning technology. This paper describes the origins of the project and the outcomes after four groups totalling 20 lecturers had completed a secondment to the project. The project has been judged successful and there are plans to continue secondment in the future.