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Virtual Mobius Project Output

Project Outputs
Forthcoming

Czerniewicz, L. & Brown, C. (in press). Intermediaries and infrastructure as agents: the mediation of elearning policy and use by institutional culture. In T. Mayes, D. Morrison, H. Mellar, P. Bullen & M. Oliver: Transforming higher education through technology-enhanced learning. [pre-press version]

2009
Brown, C. & Czerniewicz, L. (2009). Making sense of Gender and ICTs in Education: Theoretical Explanations for complex findings. Presented at the 4th International Conference on e-Learning (ICEL) 16-17 July 2009. Toronto, Canada [pre-conference paper and powerpoint].

Czerniewicz, L (2009). Cell phones and Sakai - increasing access for all? Presented at Sakai 8-10 July 2009. Boston, Massachusetts. [powerpoint presentation]

Brown, C & Czerniewicz, L. (2009). The mobile net generation: beyond digital apartheid. Presented at The Net Generation Symposium, 11 May Open University, Milton Keynes. [Webcast and powerpoint presentation].

Czerniewicz, L & Brown, C. (2009). Blurring and reconstituting boundaries: ICT-mediated learning in a developing country context.  Presented at the 3rd WLE Mobile Learning Symposium, 27 March 2009, London. [powerpoint presentation].
 
Czerniewicz, L., Williams., K. & Brown, C. (2009). Students make a plan: understanding student agency in constraining conditions. ALT-J , Research in Learning Technology. 17 (2) pp 75-88 [pre proof version]
 
Czerniewicz, L. & Brown, C. (2009). A virtual wheel of fortune? Enablers and constraints of ICTs in higher education in South Africa. In S. Marshall, W. Kinuthia & W. Taylor, Bridging the knowledge divide: Educational technology for development: Information Age Publishing. [pre-proof version]
  
Czerniewicz, L. & Brown, C. (2009). A study of the relationship between institutional policy, organisational culture and elearning use in four South African universities. Computers and Education. 53 pp121-131 [pre proof version with comments]
 
2008 
Brown, C. & Czerniewicz, L. (2008). Trends in student use of ICTs in higher education in South Africa 10th Annual Conference of WWW Applications. Cape Town. 3-6 September.
 
Brown, C., Czerniewicz, L. & Pedersen, J. (2008). Doing it for themselves. How South African students learn to use computers for their studies 10th Annual Conference of WWW Applications. Cape Town. 3-5 September.
 
Brown, C., Thomas, H., van der Merwe, A. & van Dyk, L. (2008 ). The impact of South Africa’s ICT infrastructure on higher education. In D. Remenyi, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference of E-Learning. Cape Town, South Africa. Academic Publishing Limited.
 
Czerniewicz, L., Brown, C., Lee Pan, S. & Moyo, A. (2008). Students make a plan: ICT access and social and academic uses in higher education. In V. Hodgson, C. Jones, T. Kargidis, D. McConnell, S. Retalis, D. Stamatis & M. Zenios, Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Networked Learning Greece. 5-6 May. 69-79.
 
Czerniewicz, L., Williams, K. & Brown, C. (2008). Students make a plan: understanding student agency in constraining conditions In N Whitton & M McPherson, Proceedings of ALT-C 2008: Rethinking the digital divide. Leeds, UK. 9-11 September. 27-38.
 
2007
 
Czerniewicz, L. &  Brown, C. (2007). Disciplinary differences in the use of educational technology. In D. Remenyi, ICEL 2007: 2nd International Conference on e-Learning. New York. 28-29 June. 117-130.
 
Brown, C. & Czerniewicz, L. (2007). If we build it will they come? Investigating the relationship between students’ access to and use of ICTs for learning. South African Journal of Higher Education. 21 (6), 732-747.
 
2006
 
Brown, C. & Czerniewicz, L. (2006). Exploring disciplinary differences in the use of educational technology e/merge 2006 learning landscapes in southern Africa. Online. 10-21 July. Centre for Educational Technology.
 
Brown, C., and Czerniewicz, L. 2006. Understanding the relationship between students’ access to ICTs and their use of ICTs for learning. NADEOSA: Exploring the role of ICTs in Addressing Educational Needs. 23-24 August 2006. Pretoria.
 
Czerniewicz, L. & Brown, C. (2006). Gendered access to, and uses of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in South Africa: higher education experiences in the Western Cape. In E. Pearson & P. Bohman, Ed-Media 2006: World conference in Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications. Orlando, Florida. 26-30 June. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. 31-38.
 
Czerniewicz, L and Brown, C. 2006 The Virtual Mobius Strip: Access to and Use of ICTs in Higher Education in the Western Cape, Centre for Educational Technology, Research Report Number 1
 
2005
Brown, C. & Czerniewicz, L. (2005). Access for all? Unpacking the complexities of access to ICTs for diverse South African higher education students World Forum on Information Society. Tunis. 14-16 November. International Research Foundation for Development.
 
Brown, C. & Czerniewicz, L. (2005). A regional perspective of ICT access in higher education institutions in the Western Cape. Community Informatics and Research Networks. Cape Town. 22-27 August.
 
Czerniewicz, L., and Brown, C. (2005) Access to ICTs for teaching and learning – from single artefact to inter-related resources. International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology (IJEDICT) 1(2) 42-56 
2004
Brown, C. & Czerniewicz, L. (2004). Access to computers: Factors hindering and encouraging use of computers for teaching and e-learning in five regional higher education institutions in South Africa. In J. Nail & R. Robson, E-Learn 2004: World conference on e-learning in corporate, government, healthcare, & higher education. Washington DC. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. 1800-1805.
 
Czerniewicz, L. & Brown, C. (2004). A conceptual framework of access to educational technologies e/merge 2004 -Blended collaborative learning in Southern Africa Online. 28 June - 10 July 2004. Multimedia Education Group.