Paradigms Regained: Toward Integrating Objectivism and Constructivism in Instructional Design and the Learning Sciences

Johannes Cronje

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 54, No. 4 (August 2006) pp. 387–416

This article proposes a model that integrates the traditionally conflicting objectivist and constructivist approaches to instructional design. I argue that these two approaches are complementary rather than oppositional. I present and analyze two...

What Is This Thing Called "Design" in Design Research and Instructional Design

Johannes Cronje

Educational Media International Vol. 50, No. 1 (2013) pp. 1–11

This paper will consider the phenomenon of design research. It will then consider four research positions in social science research. The paper will show how the design perspectives map onto the research paradigms and how by rotating through these...

Putting the ACTION into INTERACTION: What instructors and students DO online

Johannes Cronje

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 363–368

A common "mistake" made by lecturers teaching online is to do little more than put their notes online, and to support it with some sort of electronic mailing list. Many online learning environments such as WebCT and Blacboard are also designed to...

Topics: Virtual Environments, Instructional Design

An African Research Agenda for Computers in Education

Johannes Cronje

Electronic Journal of e-Learning Vol. 12, No. 1 (2014) pp. 14–28

This article presents an overview of research into computers and education undertaken at a the University of Pretoria since 1995. It seeks to explore the patterns that have emerged and to indicate potential directions for future research. In...

Topics: Computers

The virtual Halloween: Cyber conflict in a virtual learning community

Johannes Cronje

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 1519–1526

This paper tells the story of a conflict that arose in a virtual community after a member who was offended by a Halloween site built by the community, hacked and destroyed it. The paper considers the nature and causes of cyber conflict and draws a...

Topics: Virtual Environments, Community

The Seven Ages of Computers in Education

Johannes Cronje

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning Vol. 2014, No. 1 (Oct 30, 2014)

This talk is a light-hearted look at e-maturity models and other models of integrating computers into teaching and learning. It takes its inspiration from Shakespeare's "Seven ages of Man" and shows the relevance of the Bard in the digital age. We...

From Theory to Practice: Towards Classifying Motivational Strategies Used by the Instructor of a Game-Based On-line Learning Event for Adults

Grietjie Haupt; Johannes Cronje

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 1118–1125

Abstract: This study considers the possible way in which Keller's ARCS-model of motivation can be used to analyse the role of the instructor in motivating post-graduate students in a game-based online learning event for adults. It is a snapshot of...

Computers for Africa: lessons learnt from introducing computers into schools in Mozambique

Johannes Cronje; Generosa Cossa

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 2911–2918

This paper discusses research undertaken to document the process of introducing and using information and communication technology (ICT) in the secondary schools of Mozambique in the last three years of the 20th century. The research takes the form...

Topics: Computers, Schools, Information Communication Technologies

Using Hofstede’s cultural dimensions to interpret cross-cultural blended teaching and learning

Johannes C. Cronje

Computers & Education Vol. 56, No. 3 (April 2011) pp. 596–603

This article reflects on the cross-cultural communicative experiences of professors from South Africa and students from Sudan, during a two-year Internet-supported Masters’ course in Computers in Education. Four of Hofstede’s cultural dimensions...

Pretoria to Khartoum--How We Taught an Internet-Supported Masters' Programme across National, Religious, Cultural and Linguistic Barriers

Johannes C. Cronje

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 9, No. 1 (2006) pp. 276–288

This article tells the story of the design, development and presentation of eighteen months of coursework for a Master's degree programme in Computer-Integrated education at the Sudan University of Science and Technology in Khartoum from 2002 to...

Qualitative Assessment across Language Barriers: An Action Research Study

Johannes C. Cronje

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 12, No. 2 (2009) pp. 69–85

If students cannot express themselves in the language of the assessor, and if the assessor is not familiar with the cultural constraints within which students operate, it is difficult for the assessor to collect evidence of adequate performance....

Doing IT Differently – Digital Pedagogy for Digital Learning

Johannes C Cronje

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 2319–2324

In Internet-based teaching and learning it is essential to ask: "What must the learners do?" We cannot rely on them to sit back, relax, and take a test afterwards. This paper illustrates four unique learning models, a virtual debate, a rag...

Topics: Games, Internet

Paradigms Revisited: A Quantitative Investigation into a Model to Integrate Objectivism and Constructivism in Instructional Design

Kelly Elander; Johannes C. Cronje

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 64, No. 3 (2016) pp. 389–405

While learning interventions were traditionally classified as either objectivist or constructivist there has been an increasing tendency for practitioners to use elements of both paradigms in a consolidated fashion. This has meant a re-think of the...

Information Society Needs of Managers in a Large Governmental Organisation

Elizabeth Broos; Johannes C. Cronje

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 12, No. 1 (2009) pp. 285–297

Dealing effectively with information and communication technology in the information society is a complex task and the human dimension is often under-estimated. This paper tries to give a voice to some managers about their experiences with...

Randomised Items in Computer-Based Tests: Russian Roulette in Assessment?

Anthony M. Marks; Johannes C. Cronje

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 11, No. 4 (2008) pp. 41–50

Computer-based assessments are becoming more commonplace, perhaps as a necessity for faculty to cope with large class sizes. These tests often occur in large computer testing venues in which test security may be compromised. In an attempt to limit...

Design milieux for learning environments in African contexts

Marcus Duveskog; Erkki Sutinen; Johannes Cronje

British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 45, No. 4 (Jul 23, 2014) pp. 581–594

During the years 2002 to 2009, five African settings were used as foundation for designing different learning environments. While the content and target group for each learning environment varied, all of their design settings, or milieux, shared one ...

Mediated Conversations and the Affective Domain: Two Case Studies

Lorraine Sherry; Johannes Cronje; Willem Rauscher; Gary Obermeyer

International Journal on E-Learning Vol. 4, No. 2 (2005) pp. 177–190

Typically, online conversations within a university course or a community of professionals tend to take the form of a dialogue or discussion focusing on a given theme. The two different cases presented here are quite different, despite being goal...

Topics: Educational Technology, Internet, Preservice Teacher Education, Professional Development, Information Communication Technologies

Defining Mobile Learning in the Higher Education Landscape

Mohamed Osman M. El-Hussein; Johannes C. Cronje

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 13, No. 3 (2010) pp. 12–21

The article seeks to clarify the meaning of mobile learning by applying its key concepts to learning experiences in post-school education. In other words, it seeks not to discuss one fixed meaning of mobile learning but to disassemble the basic...

Online Conversations: Two Cases That Break the Mold

Lorraine Sherry; Johannes Cronje; Willem Rauscher; Gary Obermeyer

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 3018–3025

Typically, online conversations within a university course or a community of professionals tend to take the form of a dialogue or discussion focusing on a given theme. The two cases presented here are quite different, despite being goal-related. ...

Topics: Networking Technologies

Surviving the Shipwreck: What Makes Online Students Stay Online and Learn?

Johannes C. Cronje; Debbie E. Adendorff; Salome M. Meyer; Linda van Ryneveld

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 9, No. 4 (2006) pp. 185–193

Although much is written about reasons why students drop out of online courses, little is said about what makes them stay. This article reports on an experiment whereby online students were exposed to a learning experience modelled on the US...