November 2012

Effective communication as a strategic tool for rural development: A model to take South African Government beyond mobilization and consultation through public participation

  The new South African Government has been marred by protests since 2004. This is according to the report on service delivery protest in South Africa released by the South African Parliament in August 2009 and the one by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) in the same year. These protests escalated in 2009 where all provinces were affected. Media in general report these...

Author(s): B. N. Rasila and M. J. Mudau

November 2012

College students’ perception of e-learning and face-to-face learning

  This study examines college students’ perception of e-learning and face-to-face learning. We also investigate the antecedents of student’s satisfaction and academic performance. Using a structural equation modeling framework, we found that cognitive control, perceived usefulness, course flexibility, classroom interaction, student’s characteristics and effectiveness of online learning...

Author(s): Ahmed Gandema and Ulysses J. Brown, III