22 articles in this issue
Inés Gil-Jaurena
This first Open Praxis issue in 2021 presents a brief report on the Open Praxis progress since 2013, with a special focus on volume 12, published in 2020. It also introduces vol. 13 issue 1, that includes 7 research papers and 2 innovative practice papers... see more
This first Open Praxis issue in 2021 includes 7 research papers and 2 innovative practice papers.
Xia Zhu,Gladson Chikwa
Cognisant of the wide range of cooperation between China and Africa and the existing strong Sino-African relationship, this article explores the international cooperation between Africa and China in the higher education domain, especially in the field of ... see more
Folake Ruth Aluko
Effective student support is key in stemming the dropout in distance education. This article reports on the student support provision in a hybrid teacher education programme. Altogether 160 participants were purposively selected; 126 completed a survey, 3... see more
Asteria Nsamba,Angie Bopape,Bongi Lebeloane,Laetitia Lekay
Recently, the University of South Africa widened access to academic facilities and services at one of its study centres. Although this is laudable and demonstrates a commitment by the university towards its students, it raises these three concerns (1) Wha... see more
Eric Werth,Katherine Williams
Students acting as co-creators of academic material is growing in popularity as a pedagogical approach in higher education. With student engagement and persistence consistently being emphasized for student and institution well-being, educational praxis mu... see more
Sarah Appedu,Mary Elmquist,Janelle Wertzberger,Sharon Birch
William H. Stewart
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted education in ways that academic institutions, scholars, administrators, educators, and students will strive to fully comprehend for years to come. The global spread of SARSCoV2 in early 2020 prompted social distancing as... see more
Meisam Moghadam,Habibeh Shamsi
The rapid transition to online teaching because of the global disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic exclaimed all the educators on finding the most efficient ways to teach in the presence of all rampant limitations caused in both social and academic ... see more
Phu Vu,Christine Fisher
This study attempted to examine whether academic performance of pre-service teachers (PST) in virtual field experiences was the same as that of their peers in the previous semester who had regular face-to-face field experiences. Data for this study includ... see more
Pascale Allotey,Daniel Reidpath,Edith Certain,Mahnaz Vahedi,Dermot Maher,Pascal Launois,Bella Ross
This study uses a case study approach to examine the development of a massive open online course (MOOC) on intervention and implementation research in infectious diseases of poverty for learners in low- and middleincome countries (LMICs). Implementation r... see more