Contact

All Stories

  1. Bridging the Job Skills Gap in India: Assessing Graduate Readiness at Indian Open Universities

    Article • Journal of Learning for Development, November 2025, Commonwealth of Learning

    Professor Jako Olivier

  2. Book Review: Handbook of Open, Distance and Digital Education: Parts I and II

    Article • Journal of Learning for Development, November 2023, Commonwealth of Learning

    Professor Jako Olivier

  3. Chapter 6: Introduction to computational thinking in geometry through a LOGO problem-based learning experience with high school learners in Morocco

    Article • September 2023, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  4. Chapter 7: A gamification approach to linear equations through creating and solving puzzles in a collaborative learning environment

    Article • September 2023, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  5. Foreward

    Article • September 2023, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  6. Preface

    Article • September 2023, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  7. A Comprehensive Framework for Comparing Textbooks: Insights from the Literature and Experts

    Article • Sustainability, June 2022, MDPI AG

    Ramesh Sharma, Professor Jako Olivier

  8. Are we there yet? A systematic literature review of Open Educational Resources in Africa: A combined content and bibliometric analysis

    Article • PLOS One, January 2022, PLOS

    Professor Jako Olivier

  9. A flipped classroom approach to mathematics teacher training: Blended learning in support of metacognition as a selfdirected learning skill

    Article • January 2022, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  10. Assessment of virtual excursions: Posters as self-directed multimodal assessment instruments

    Article • January 2022, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  11. Conclusion

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Jako Olivier

  12. Contextualising Multimodal Learning Environments in Southern Africa

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Jako Olivier

  13. Digital multilingualism for social justice through localised self-directed open education

    Article • January 2022, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  14. Exploring virtual excursions for self-directed learning: A systematic literature review

    Article • January 2022, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  15. Open educational practices for self-directed learning: A staff fellowship as a case study

    Article • January 2022, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  16. Preface

    Article • January 2022, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  17. Preparing education students for self-directed multimodal learning for the 4IR

    Article • January 2022, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  18. Science Education in South Africa

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Jako Olivier

  19. Second-year health students’ perspectives on developing open educational resources

    Article • January 2022, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  20. Self-directed language learning in a blended learning environment: Perspectives of Sesotho sa Leboa and isiZulu studentteachers

    Article • January 2022, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  21. The 4IR and teacher education in South Africa: contemporary discourses and empirical evidence

    Article • January 2022, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  22. Students creating videos as small learning objects

    Article • April 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Jako Olivier

  23. Conclusion

    Article • January 2021, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  24. Diffractive pathways in self-directed multimodal learning: Experiences from Botswana and South Africa

    Article • January 2021, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  25. Preface

    Article • January 2021, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  26. Self-directed multimodal learning within a context of transformative open education

    Article • January 2021, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  27. Situated and culturally appropriate self-directed multimodal learning

    Article • January 2021, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  28. The affordances of the Community of Inquiry framework for self-directed blended learning in South African research

    Article • January 2021, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  29. Self-directed multimodal learning in higher education

    Article • January 2021, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  30. Individual Language Planning for Self-Directed Learning in Multilingual Information Technology Classrooms

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Jako Olivier

  31. Radical Solutions for Education in Africa

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Jako Olivier

  32. Assessing axiologolects: Exploring the language of situated self-directed learning-oriented assessment

    Article • January 2021, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  33. Self-Directed Learning: An imperative for education in a complex society

    Article • January 2021, AOSIS Open Journals

    Prof Dr Per Bergamin, Professor Jako Olivier

  34. Aligning metaliteracy with self-directed learning to expand assessment opportunities

    Article • January 2021, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  35. Diluted self-directed multimodal learning guidelines: Probing online study advice in the context of panic pedagogy

    Article • January 2021, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  36. Exploring microworlds as supporting environments for self-directed multimodal learning

    Article • January 2021, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  37. Online Access and Resources for Open Self-directed Learning in Africa

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Jako Olivier

  38. Preface

    Article • January 2021, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  39. Self-Directed Learning at School and in Higher Education in Africa

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Jako Olivier

  40. Self-directed Learning, Online Mentoring and Online Coaching

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Jako Olivier

  41. Self-directed multimodal assessment: Towards assessing in a more equitable and differentiated way

    Article • January 2021, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  42. The affordances of open educational resources and student-centred open pedagogy for the decolonisation of teacher education in South Africa

    Article • January 2021, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  43. Gliding Across the Digital Divide with High Anxiety: Electronic Resource Selection Toward Self-Directed Writing Practice in a South African EAP Context

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Jako Olivier

  44. Self-directed Multimodal Learning to Support Demiurgic Access

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Jako Olivier

  45. Research Ethics Guidelines for Personalized Learning and Teaching Through Big Data

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Jako Olivier

  46. Professional development in fostering self-directed learning in German Second Additional Language teachers

    Article • Per Linguam, December 2019, Stellenbosch University

    Professor Jako Olivier

  47. The affordances of technology for teaching indigenous knowledge

    Article • January 2019, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  48. Towards a multiliteracies framework in support of self-directed learning through open educational resources

    Article • January 2019, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  49. The state of online open educational resources in Afrikaans: Afrikaans teaching as a case study

    Article • Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe, January 2018, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Jako Olivier

  50. Carstens's framework of Afrikaans conjunction markers: A more accurate and complete version

    Article • Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe, January 2017, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Jako Olivier

  51. Sesotho Online: Establishing an internet-based language knowledge community

    Article • South African Journal of African Languages, December 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Jako Olivier

  52. A journey towards self-directed writing: a longitudinal study of undergraduate language students’ writing

    Article • Per Linguam, November 2016, Stellenbosch University

    Professor Jako Olivier

  53. Exploring writing apprehension amongst Afrikaans-speaking first-year students

    Article • Reading & Writing, October 2016, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  54. Blended learning in a first-year language class: Evaluating the acceptance of an interactive learning environment

    Article • Literator, October 2016, AOSIS Open Journals

    Professor Jako Olivier

  55. Die DBAT: 'n Onbekende digitale taalkundemuseum

    Article • Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe, June 2016, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Jako Olivier

  56. Blended interaction: Implementing a bring-your-own-device approach versus provided tablet computers

    Article • Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie, February 2016, Medpharm Publications

    Professor Jako Olivier

  57. Tell-tale signs: reflection towards the acquisition of academic discourses as second languages

    Article • Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, February 2015, Stellenbosch University

    Professor Jako Olivier

  58. A blended learning approach to teaching sociolinguistic research methods

    Article • Per Linguam, December 2014, Stellenbosch University

    Professor Jako Olivier

  59. Compulsory African languages in tertiary education: prejudices from news website commentary

    Article • Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, October 2014, Informa UK Limited

    Professor Jako Olivier

  60. The influence of affective variables on the acquisition of academic literacy

    Article • Per Linguam, December 2013, Stellenbosch University

    Professor Jako Olivier

  61. Acknowledging and protecting language rights on SABC TV through the use of subtitles

    Article • Communicatio, August 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Jako Olivier

  62. Accommodating multilingualism in IT classrooms in the Free State province1

    Article • Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, June 2011, Informa UK Limited

    Professor Jako Olivier