Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies: Home

Abstract:
The growing number of students in the last decades brought a change in the field of higher education. With the growing number of students and new technical developing the situation changed. The significant of this research is to identify strategies for keeping and getting students engaged in creating a successful learning at UNISA (University of South Africa). It is intended that a healthy but flexible framework of ideas will be developed, which will provide a basis for work in progress that the Directorate Curriculum and Learning Development (DCLD) within UNISA in assisting academic staff with their multiple responsibilities: designing, developing and revising programmes and learning materials as well as education reform. First of all it is necessary to identify ways to improve pass rates and throughput in undergraduate programmes Open and Distance Learning (ODL). The DCLD sees the role of academics as to conceptualize teaching and learning in terms of creating new spaces for dynamic teaching and learning to improve pass rates and throughput. Although the research has reached its aims, there are some unavoidable limitations. For example, to generalize the results for a larger group, the study should have involved more participants at different levels. Student engagement and learning is enhanced by effective curriculum design, pedagogy, use of technology and assessment strategies.

Keywords: successful learning, teaching and learning, open and distance learning, academics, education consultants, team approach, learning development, design and development

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