Browsing by Author "Murire, Obrain"

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    Critical success factors for the adoption and continued use of social media in teaching and learning among lecturers at a historically Black university in South Africa
    (University of Fort Hare, 2016) Murire, Obrain
    The throughput rate at South African universities has been severely impacted by the massification of teaching and learning. Emerging technologies, such as social media, have been identified as having the ability to increase student - lecturer interaction, collaboration and communication in the classroom as learners are more open to modem technologies and more eager to engage with them. Despite the benefits that social media offer in teaching and learning, few lecturers choose to make use of these tools. The purpose of the study was to provide critical success factors that will increase the adoption of social media use in teaching and learning at historically Black universities in the Eastern Cape. The unified theory of use and acceptance of technology and substitution, augmentation, modification and redefinition model were used as a theoretical foundation in this study. A quantitative survey tool was used to collect the data at one HBU in the Eastern Cape.
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    Motivational Factors that Influence the Course Completion Rate of Massive Open Online Courses in South Africa
    (Society for Research and Knowledge Management, 2023-06-20) Cilliers, Liezel; Twinomurinzi, Hossana; Murire, Obrain
    Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have increased access to higher education by allowing South Africans to access free, online-based, open content created by higher education institutions worldwide. However, most MOOCs report significant student drop-out rates before completing a course. Higher education institutions must understand learner motivation for completing a MOOC. This paper examines the motivational factors influencing the completion rate of MOOCs in South Africa. This study employed a quantitative approach to collect data using an online questionnaire from South African respondents. A total number of 3147 responses were recorded, and the data were analyzed with SPSS V28. Correlation statistics tests were used to denote the association between the four independent variables and the dependent variable. The study's most important findings are that intrinsic and extrinsic motivating factors, motivation to continue, and the availability of resources positively impact a MOOC's completion rate. The study concludes that these factors will improve the throughput rate of MOOCs. It is recommended that all higher education institutions that offer MOOCs create a conducive online learning environment that offers independence and freedom of learning with plenty of communication and collaboration between students and facilitators. Creating such an environment will encourage active participation in the course and improve throughput rates.