Co-teaching and co-research in contexts of inequality: Using networked learning to connect Africa and...

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Phindile Zifikile Shangase

Co-teaching and co-research in contexts of inequality

Using networked learning to connect Africa and the world

Phindile Zifikile Shangase

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English

Vernon Press
12 April 2023

Philosophy & theory of education; Educational equipment & technology, computer-aided learning (CAL)

Series: Series in Education

There has been a recent surge of interest in the concept of co-teaching and co-research across institutions of HE locally and globally, as a response to limited international mobility due to COVID-19. We see co-teaching and co-research as teaching and research that connects educators and learners across different institutions and different contexts, be it across South Africa, Africa or the world. Co-teaching and co-research is linked in this book to the term 'networked learning', following the Networked Learning Editorial Collective's emphasis on relationships and collaboration rather than technology and foregrounding our strong commitment to social justice. Our collective experiences have shown that co-teaching and co-research are not easy endeavours, especially when they involve differently positioned and differently resourced contexts, students and academics. While these collaborations are enriching and exciting, they need careful support, preparation and time for sustained relationship building - topics that we find are not necessarily discussed in the literature around co-teaching and co-research. This book is an attempt towards closing this gap in knowledge by providing a range of chapters documenting personal experiences of academics and practitioners engaging in co-teaching and co-research across the African continent and beyond, facilitated by various networked learning tools and technologies. Framed by a spirit of sharing and connection, the book provides insights into the benefits and challenges of such collaborations, affordances of technologies to bridge unequal divides, emerging practices of continental collaboration and beyond. Additionally, the book provides an unusually honest and nuanced view on co-teaching and co-research across contexts of inequalities, foregrounding relationship- and community-building rather than technology and emphasising the importance of sustained connection and reflection in these collaborations. Applying a wide range of critical theoretical frameworks, these evidence-based but also reflective and reflexive contributions are a unique and important reminder that behind and through our screens, we connect as humans who yearn to learn from each other, but also need to learn how to learn from each other, when we do not share the same world views.

Edited by: Phindile Zifikile Shangase
Imprint: Vernon Press
Country of Publication: United States
ISBN: 9781648895784
ISBN 10: 1648895786
Series: Series in Education
Pages: 311
Publication Date: 12 April 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Phindile Zifikile Shangase is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Free State, South Africa. She has over 10 years of teaching, supervision and research experience in higher education. Technology is her current passion in the form of technology-enhanced learning, including blended learning and multimodal pedagogies that contribute towards innovative and interactive teaching, learning and assessment practices. Daniela Gachago is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Innovation in Learning at Teaching at the Centre for Higher Education Development at the University of Cape Town. Her research focuses on academic staff development to transform teaching and learning in higher education, with a particular focus on socially just pedagogies such as digital storytelling. She is also interested in innovative course and curriculum design, drawing from co-creative approaches such as design thinking. Eunice Ndeto Ivala is an Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Innovative Educational Technology at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) located in Cape Town, South Africa. Eunice is passionate about staff development into mainstreaming technology in learning and teaching, and her training philosophy is informed by design-based research, design thinking, participatory methods, reflective and reflexive pedagogies. Her research focus is on information and communication technology (ICT)- mediated teaching and learning in developing contexts.

Reviews for Co-teaching and co-research in contexts of inequality: Using networked learning to connect Africa and the world

"Rapid globalisation and digitalisation have drawn greater attention from educators and researchers in the Global South to pursue equal international collaboration for sustainable development. However, Western scholars mainly developed the widely adopted theories and literature in the Western context. More comprehensive and contextual studies are needed to enhance the existing conceptual frameworks further and better serve Africa's higher education sectors. The book ""Co-teaching and co-research in contexts of inequality"" addresses the above knowledge gaps and contributes to the global literature from three main aspects. First, for decision-makers in the higher education sectors of the Global South, this book provides practical guidance through an institutional landscape of recent conceptual and empirical studies on the topic of co-teaching and co-research practices with in-depth reflections in the context of inequality in South Africa and beyond. Second, this book critically discusses the challenges and opportunities of using technology-enhanced online and onsite blended co-teaching, co-learning and co-researching with rich evidence, which would help to inspire more academics and students to be actively engaged in the innovations. Finally, this book highlights the value and potential of thoroughly connecting African higher education institutions with the rest of the world, which opens a new angle of viewing the inequality issues and opportunities for the global society. Prof. Dr. Na (Lina) Li Department of Educational Studies, Academy of Future Education (AoFE) Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China"