This research seeks to establish how e-learning may contribute towards knowledge
construction for Management Accounting students at the University of South Africa.
More specifically, the research is designed to investigate how educational
technologies like e-learning may benefit and improve the teaching and learning of
Management Accounting at Unisa. Educators need to understand how students learn
so that they can establish suitable learning strategies. Studies have shown that
generally, e-learning applications are little used, sometimes because of inappropriate
content and technologies. Other prohibitive factors are costs, poor or inadequate
technology infrastructure and a shortage of human resources. On the strength of a
comprehensive literature survey, a framework to address and manage challenging
aspects of teaching and e-learning were developed. Problem areas and critical
success factors were considered.
The said framework ought to assist with organising complex issues and reveal parts
that need further work. The utility of the framework was evaluated through a staged
process. First, it was tested and evaluated through the model of a lecture. Secondly,
both qualitative and quantitative surveys among university lectures and students were
conducted to further confirm the applicability of the framework. Though the outcome
of the validations were satisfactory, more research needs to be carried out over a
longer period of time in order to determine the scalability of the framework and to
remove any inconsistencies. Aspects of the framework could be used to incorporate ICTs, e.g. the use of spreadsheets and the Learning Village into communities of
practice. / Hierdie navorsing poog om vas te stel hoe e-leer kan bydra tot kenniskonstruksie vir
Bestuursrekeningkunde-studente aan die Universiteit van Suid-Afrika. Die navorsing
is meer spesifiek ontwerp om vas te stel hoe opvoedkundetegnologieë soos e-leer die
onderrig en leer van Bestuursrekeningkunde by Unisa kan bevorder en verbeter.
Opvoeders moet verstaan hoe studente leer sodat hulle geskikte leerstrategieë kan
ontwikkel. Studies toon dat e-leertoepassings normaalweg min gebruik word, soms
omdat die inhoud en tegnologieë nie toepaslik is nie. Ander faktore wat dit belemmer,
sluit in onkoste, swak of onvoldoende tegnologie-infrastruktuur en ’n tekort aan
mensehulpbronne. ’n Raamwerk om die uitdagings van onderrig en e-leer te bestuur,
is op grond van ’n omvattende literatuurstudie ontwikkel. Probleemareas en kritiese
suksesfaktore is in gedagte gehou.
Die genoemde raamwerk behoort van nut te wees vir die organisering van
ingewikkelde kwessies en toon watter dele verdere werk vereis. Die bruikbaarheid van
die raamwerk is deur middel van ’n stapsgewyse proses geëvalueer. Eerstens is dit
getoets en geëvalueer op grond van ’n lesingsmodel. Tweedens is kwalitatiewe en
kwantitatiewe meningspeilings geloods; sowel universiteitsdosente as -studente is
versoek om die toepaslikheid van die raamwerk te bevestig. Alhoewel die uitkoms van
die validasies bevredigend was, moet verdere navorsing oor ’n langer tydperk gedoen
word om die skaleerbaarheid van die raamwerk te bepaal en enige teenstrydighede
uit die weg te ruim. Aspekte van die raamwerk kan gebruik word om IKT’s, bv die gebruik van sigblaaie en die Learning Village, by praktyksgemeenskappe te
inkorporeer. / Ucwaningo lufuna ukuthola ukuthi ngabe ukufunda nge-e-learning noma ngendlela yeelektroniki
kungafaka kanjani esivivaneni ekwakheni ulwazi kubafundi be-
Management Accounting eYunivesithi yeNingizimu Afrika noma i-University of South
Africa. Ngokuqonde ngqo, ucwaningo ludizayinwe ukuthi luphenyisise ngkouthi
amatheknoloji emfundo afana ne-e-learning angaba nenzuzo kanjani kanye
nokuthuthukisa ukufunda nokufundisa kwi-Management Accounting eUnisa.
Abafundisi kudingeke baqondisise ukuthi izitshudeni zifunda kanjani ukuze bakwazi
ukuthola amasu afanele okufunda. Izinhlaka eziningi zocwaningo ezenziwe zibonise
ukuthi ngokunabile, ama-application amaningi e-e-learning asetshenziswa kancane,
kodwa ngesinye isikhathi lokhu kubangelwa wukuthi kusuke kunengqikithi
engahambisani kahle ngokufanele kanye namatheknoloji angafanele. Ezinye izinto
eziyizihibe, zindleko, ingqalasizinda ye-theknoloji yezinga eliphansi noma engenele
kahle kanye nokusweleka kwabantu abawusizo. Ngokulandela imibhalo efundwe
ngokujulile, kwenziwe uhlaka lokubhekana nokuphatha izinselele maqondana
nokufunda nokufundisa kwase kwenziwa nge-e-learning. Kubonelelwe nemikhakhe
enezinkinga kanye nokubhekana nezindawo ezinomphumela obambekayo
nobalulekile.
Uhlaka okukhulunywa ngalo kumele lusize ekuhleleni izinto eziyisixakaxaka kanye
nokuveza izingxenye ezisadinga ukuthi kubhekwane nazo ukuzixazulula.
Ukusetshenziswa kohlaka kuye kwahlolwa ngezinqubo ezinezigaba. Esokuqala isigaba, siye sathestwa kanye nokuhlolwa ngokusebenzisa imodela yesifundo.
Esesibili isigaba, besingesokwenza ama-qualitative nama-quantitative survey
kubafundisi baseyunivesithi kanye nabafundi, ukuqinisekisa ukusebenza kahle
kohlaka. Ngisho noma ukubheka imiphumela yokuqinisekisa uhlolo ibiyenelisa,
kusadingeka ukuthi kwenziwe olunye ucwaningo, esikhathini eside ukuze
ukusetshenziswa kohlaka kuye ngokungezeleka ukubandakanya iningi (scalability),
kanye nokuqeda izinto ezenza ukuthi kube nokwehluka-hluka nokungahambelani
kahle ekusetshenzisweni (inconsistencies). Izingxenye zohlaka zingasetshenziswa
ukwengamela ama-ICTs, isib. ukusetshenziswa kwama-spreadsheets kanye ne-
Learning Village kulawo maqembu asebenzisa uhlaka. / Management Accounting / Ph. D. (Accounting Science)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/25140 |
| Date | 07 1900 |
| Creators | Kashora, Trust |
| Contributors | Van der Poll, H. M., Van der Poll, John Andrew |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 1 online resource (xv, 185 leaves) : illustrations (some color), color graph |
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