Boundary Crossing for Education Continuity: Exploring WhatsApp’s Potential in Botswana During and Beyond the Pandemic
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Title
Boundary Crossing for Education Continuity: Exploring WhatsApp’s Potential in Botswana During and Beyond the Pandemic
Subject
Botswana
boundary crossing
COVID-19
educational technology
m-learning
WhatsApp
Description
Based on a conceptualization of WhatsApp as a boundary object that permits educational institutions to cross over from in-school teaching to out-of-school teaching, this study investigated the viability of WhatsApp as a mobile learning (m-Learning) technology tool for the continuity of teaching and learning in Botswana during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Utilizing a narrative review of the literature, we found that WhatsApp’s viability is supported by Botswana’s high mobile phone penetration rate, the extensive coverage of the country’s mobile broadband network, reduced domestic internet prices and research findings of WhatsApp’s technological, educational and academic advantages elsewhere. However, teachers require training to develop relevant technological and pedagogical competences. WhatsApp’s viability also requires inclusive access for all children including those from rural poor families and living with disabilities, and the protection of children learning online from mobile phone dependency and exposure to potentially harmful content and abuse.
Creator
Lyken-Segosebe, Dawn
Gamariel, Gladys
Bagai, Kelebonye
Source
International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM); Vol. 16 No. 02 (2022); pp. 59-81
1865-7923
Publisher
International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE), Vienna, Austria
Date
2022-01-28
Rights
Copyright (c) 2021 Dawn Lyken Segosebe, Gladys Gamariel, Kelebonye Bagai
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Relation
Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
Type
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
Identifier
Citation
Lyken-Segosebe, Dawn, Gladys Gamariel and Kelebonye Bagai, Boundary Crossing for Education Continuity: Exploring WhatsApp’s Potential in Botswana During and Beyond the Pandemic, International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE), Vienna, Austria, 2022, accessed November 22, 2024, https://igi.indrastra.com/items/show/2158