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Gunter, Ashley; Raghuram, Parvati; Breines, Markus and Prinsloo, Paul
(2020).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2320
Abstract
This paper outlines some of the material assemblages that are formed in international distance education (DE) in Africa. It offers a first exploratory study of materialities in DE and how they potentially distribute and aggregate to form a network to provide education. Through the use of interviews, students lived experiences are explored to unpack the multiplicity of networks needed to overcome the de‐aggregated and distributed institution. The multiplicity of networks that form in DE brings challenges that question how spaces become connected and disconnected and how different materialities shape DE. The materialities in DE produce forces and effects, such as translocal and transmobilites that are more than just the human actor, but extrude materials, networks, and connectives that transform continuously. The interconnectivities of the university and home or institution and students are brought together through enabling technology, but infrastructure does not always have the ability for the facilitation of aggregation.
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- Journal Item
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- 1544-8444
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Funded Project Name Project ID Funding Body Facilitating equitable access and quality education for development: South African International Distance Education ES/P002161/1 ESRC Economic and Social Research Council - Keywords
- Distance Education; higher education; sociomaterialities; South Africa; assemblage; international students
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Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies > Geography
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies > Sociology - Research Group
- Global Challenges and Social Justice
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- Markus Breines