Academic Research Fellow in Networked, Distributed and Mobile Learning

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Dr Daisy Mwanza-Simwami's Teaching Activities

(formerly Dr Daisy Mwanza)

PhD Supervision

2007 to 2009 Co-Supervising PhD Thesis (with Prof. Josie Taylor of the Open University, UK)
Student Name: Ms Eladyr da Silva1998 to 2009
PhD Topic: Tutors' Perceptions about their Practice and Identity Formation in a Distance Education Programme in Brazil.
Current status: Completed, Awarded PhD.

16th May 2009 to May 2012 - Supervising EdD Research Student
Student Name: Mr Derek O’Reilly.
Research Topic: Children’s learning and internet safety: An investigation into the effectiveness of using quarantining techniques as a method for securing primary school children’s learning on the internet

2008 August - PhD Thesis External Examiner
PhD Student: Mr KA Masters, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
PhD thesis title: The diffusion of the internet amongst South African primary care doctors: an activity systems view

2008 - July to August, Expert Evaluator of Research Grant Applications to the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa. Area of focus: Mobile learning

Teaching on OU Undergraduate and Postgraduate Courses

2009 - Course Team Member on the OU's H807 Course
Innovations in E-learning course, part of the Masters in Online and Distance Education

2008 to 2009 - Associate Lecturer on the OU's H809 Course
Practice-based research in educational technology course, part of the Masters in Online and Distance Education

"Where is the wisdom, that we have lost in knowledge;
where is the knowledge that we have lost in information"
T. S. Eliot (The Rock)