[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"detail-sidebar-cat-1-en-105":3,"doc-seo-248820-105":53,"doc-detail-248820-en":126},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",[7,14,19,24,29,34,39,44,49],{"id":8,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":11,"show_sort_weight":12,"slug":13},11,1,"Template","Presentations",90,"presentations",{"id":15,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":16,"show_sort_weight":17,"slug":18},12,"Resumes",80,"resumes",{"id":20,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":21,"show_sort_weight":22,"slug":23},14,"Invoices",70,"invoices",{"id":25,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":26,"show_sort_weight":27,"slug":28},15,"Posters",60,"posters",{"id":30,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":31,"show_sort_weight":32,"slug":33},16,"Social Media",50,"social-media",{"id":35,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":36,"show_sort_weight":37,"slug":38},17,"Forms",40,"forms",{"id":40,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":41,"show_sort_weight":42,"slug":43},18,"Letters",30,"letters",{"id":45,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":46,"show_sort_weight":47,"slug":48},21,"Paper Templates",5,"papers-templates",{"id":50,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":51,"show_sort_weight":4,"slug":52},158,"General","general-158",{"code":4,"msg":54,"data":55},"ok",{"site_id":56,"language":57,"slug":58,"title":59,"keywords":60,"description":61,"schema_data":62,"social_meta":119,"head_meta":121,"extra_data":123,"updated_unix":125},105,"en","digital-2021-conference-proceedings-conference-proceedings-digital-education-research","digiTAL 2021 Conference Proceedings - Conference Proceedings - digital education research","","digiTAL 2021 Conference Proceedings documents peer-reviewed research and practices focused on advancing education through digital transformation under the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The proceedings present work spanning COVID-19 impacts on blockchain learning, digital technologies in higher education, readiness of lecturers in distance learning, learning effects of mobile instant messaging, and evaluation of e-assessments against learning outcomes. Additional chapters address ethical implications of chatbot systems, evolved digital didactics, remote parental guidance in occupational therapy, and frameworks for graduate supervision in open distance e-learning, alongside case studies and emerging approaches for future pedagogy.",{"@graph":63,"@context":118},[64,80,101],{"@type":65,"itemListElement":66},"BreadcrumbList",[67,71,74,77],{"item":68,"name":69,"@type":70,"position":9},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":72,"name":10,"@type":70,"position":73},"https://docshare.wps.com/template/",2,{"item":75,"name":11,"@type":70,"position":76},"https://docshare.wps.com/template/presentations/",3,{"item":78,"name":59,"@type":70,"position":79},"https://docshare.wps.com/template/digital-2021-conference-proceedings-conference-proceedings-digital-education-research/248820/",4,{"url":78,"name":59,"@type":81,"image":82,"author":87,"headline":59,"publisher":90,"fileFormat":93,"inLanguage":57,"description":61,"dateModified":94,"datePublished":95,"encodingFormat":93,"isAccessibleForFree":96,"interactionStatistic":97},"DigitalDocument",{"url":83,"@type":84,"width":85,"height":86},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/digital-2021-conference-proceedings-conference-proceedings-digital-education-research/248820.png","ImageObject",442,249,{"name":88,"@type":89},"Nguyễn Văn Học","Person",{"url":68,"name":91,"@type":92},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-28","2026-09-12",true,{"@type":98,"interactionType":99,"userInteractionCount":15},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":100},"ViewAction",{"@type":102,"mainEntity":103},"FAQPage",[104,110,114],{"name":105,"@type":106,"acceptedAnswer":107},"What is the theme and context of the digiTAL 2021 conference proceedings?","Question",{"text":108,"@type":109},"The proceedings are built around a “journey beyond” theme and present research shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to keep education progressing in disruptive conditions.","Answer",{"name":111,"@type":106,"acceptedAnswer":112},"Where and how was the conference held?",{"text":113,"@type":109},"The second digiTAL conference was held on 2nd and 3rd December 2021 in a fully digital environment due to COVID-19 disruption.",{"name":115,"@type":106,"acceptedAnswer":116},"What types of topics are covered in the proceedings?",{"text":117,"@type":109},"Topics include digital technologies in higher education, online and distance learning practices, student engagement in digital environments, curriculum design, e-assessment and learning outcomes, and ethical considerations such as the use of chatbot systems.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":78,"og:type":120,"og:title":59,"og:site_name":91,"og:description":61},"article",{"robots":122,"canonical":78},"index,follow",{"doc_id":124,"site_id":56},248820,1791306329,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":127},{"doc_id":124,"user_id":128,"nickname":88,"user_avatar":129,"doc_module":9,"category_id":8,"category_name":11,"doc_title":59,"doc_description":61,"doc_content":130,"file_id":131,"file_url":132,"file_type":133,"file_size":134,"view_count":15,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":9,"is_downloadable":9,"audit_status":9,"page_count":135,"language":136,"language_code":57,"site_id":56,"html_lang":57,"table_of_contents":137,"faqs":138,"seo_title":139,"seo_description":61,"update_tm":140,"read_time":141},1374402739827,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/avatar/14000c97e7351f1a627?x-image-process=image/resize,m_fixed,w_180,h_180&k=1787885694763230660","|  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| |  |  |\n| digiTAL 2021\u003Cbr>Conference Proceedings |  |  |\n| | | |\n| Editors: Dr UG Singh (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)\u003Cbr>Prof CS Nair (Victorian Institute of Technology, Australia)\u003Cbr>Publication Date: 20th December 2021\u003Cbr>ISBN: 978-0-620-91827-5 (e-book)\u003Cbr>Publisher: digiTAL2K\u003Cbr>PO Box 88\u003Cbr>Siripath Post Office\u003Cbr>Reservoir Hills\u003Cbr>KZN, South Africa\u003Cbr>4152\u003Cbr>[Email: ](Email:  info@icdigital. org. za)[ info@icdigital. org. za](Email:  info@icdigital. org. za)\u003Cbr>[Website: ](Website:  www . icdigital. org. za)[ www . icdigital. org. za](Website:  www . icdigital. org. za) |  |  |\n\nTable of Contents  \nTable of Contents .................................................................................................................................... 2  \nEditorial ..................................................................................................................................................... 3  \nPreface ...................................................................................................................................................... 4  \nConference Editorial Board .......................................................................................................................... 5  \nConference Organising Committee ............................................................................................................... 6  \nDHET Conference Compliance Letter (for SA Authors) ................................................................................... 7  \nThe Impact of COVID-19 on Students Completing a Blockchain Course ........................................................... 8  \nApplication of Digital technologies in the 21st Century. Literature Review of Experiences, Opportunities and Challenges in Higher Education .................................................................................................................. 22  \nLecturers’ readiness as a factor in the uptake of teaching with digital technologies in distance learning: A Zambian case study ............................................................................................................................................... 36  \nExploring the impact of Mobile Instant Messaging on learning: An engineering student perspective ................. 47  \nAre e-Assessments Testing Subject-Specific Learning Outcomes, or Digital Proficiency? .................................. 56  \nEvaluating the Ethical Implications of Using Chatbot Systems in Higher Education .......................................... 68  \nDidactics has evolved to digital age didactics .............................................................................................. 78  \nRemote Parental Guidance in Occupational Therapy for Children with Learning Disabilities .............................. 86  \nTowards a Framework for the Problematisation of Graduate Supervision of Computing Students in an Open Distance e-Learning (ODeL) Environment................................................................................................................101  \nProblematising the Teaching of Formal Methods (FMs) in Open Distance e-Learning (ODeL) .......................... 117  \nRelationship between students' self-directed learning and motivation for online learning at undergraduate university level in Mauritius .....................................................................................................................................129  \nVirtual reality education: A potential catalyst to the next stage of the evolving pedagogy ...............................142  \nThe journey to 4IR: Equipping today’s Chemical Engineering students with skills for tomorrow’s workplace ..... 157  \nA Project-Based Approach to Building Organisational and Staff Capability at the University of South Pacific (USP) Emalus Campus, Vanuatu which is Strategic, Scaffolded and Sustainable ....................","cbCaiuLZqWHtIHA1","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuLZqWHtIHA1","pdf",4734654,236,"English","# Editorial\n## Preface\n## Conference Editorial Board\n## Conference Organising Committee\n## DHET Conference Compliance Letter (for SA Authors)\n# Selected Papers\n## The Impact of COVID-19 on Students Completing a Blockchain Course\n## Application of Digital technologies in the 21st Century. Literature Review of Experiences, Opportunities and Challenges in Higher Education\n## Lecturers’ readiness as a factor in the uptake of teaching with digital technologies in distance learning: A Zambian case study\n## Exploring the impact of Mobile Instant Messaging on learning: An engineering student perspective\n## Are e-Assessments Testing Subject-Specific Learning Outcomes, or Digital Proficiency?\n## Evaluating the Ethical Implications of Using Chatbot Systems in Higher Education\n## Didactics has evolved to digital age didactics\n## Remote Parental Guidance in Occupational Therapy for Children with Learning Disabilities\n## Towards a Framework for the Problematisation of Graduate Supervision of Computing Students in an Open Distance e-Learning (ODeL) Environment\n## Problematising the Teaching of Formal Methods (FMs) in Open Distance e-Learning (ODeL)\n## Relationship between students' self-directed learning and motivation for online learning at undergraduate university level in Mauritius\n## Virtual reality education: A potential catalyst to the next stage of the evolving pedagogy\n## The journey to 4IR: Equipping today’s Chemical Engineering students with skills for tomorrow’s workplace","[{\"question\":\"What is the theme and context of the digiTAL 2021 conference proceedings?\",\"answer\":\"The proceedings are built around a “journey beyond” theme and present research shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to keep education progressing in disruptive conditions.\"},{\"question\":\"Where and how was the conference held?\",\"answer\":\"The second digiTAL conference was held on 2nd and 3rd December 2021 in a fully digital environment due to COVID-19 disruption.\"},{\"question\":\"What types of topics are covered in the proceedings?\",\"answer\":\"Topics include digital technologies in higher education, online and distance learning practices, student engagement in digital environments, curriculum design, e-assessment and learning outcomes, and ethical considerations such as the use of chatbot systems.\"}]","digiTAL 2021 Conference Proceedings - Conference Proceedings - digital education research | PDF",1789248088,83]