Bopelo Boitshwarelo

Dr Bopelo Boitshwarelo

Lecturer, Academic Development

Teaching and Learning Innovation

Academic

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

A senior fellow of the Advance Higher Education (formerly the UK Higher Education Academy), Bopelo Boitshwarelo has over 23 years working in the university sector both across Australia and overseas. He has primarily worked in educational/academic development roles with a particular focus on online and distance learning. Bopelo has been involved in cross-institutional initiatives such as the South Australia and Northern Territory Peer Excellence Network (SANTPEN), a network promoting capacity building in SoTL. He has also been an AAUT assessor since 2018, assessing national teaching awards. On the research front, Bopelo’s publications are in the general areas of online and blended learning, learning design and academic development, and they include conference papers, journal articles and a book chapter. He has also been involved in reviewing journal articles, notably Studies in Higher Education and International Research Review Online and Distance Learning (IRRODL) and International Journal of Academic Development.

Year Citation
2024 Boitshwarelo, B., & Jayasinghe, M. (2024). Enhancing online teaching of business statistics: a pedagogy before technology approach. International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 25(1), 240-254.
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2019 Stack, A., Boitshwarelo, B., Reedy, A., Billany, T., Reedy, H., Sharma, R., & Vemuri, J. (2019). Investigating online tests practices of university staff using data from a learning management system. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 36(4), 72-81.
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2017 Boitshwarelo, B., Reedy, A. K., & Billany, T. (2017). Envisioning the use of online tests in assessing twenty-first century learning: a literature review. Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 12(1), 1 6.
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2017 Boitshwarelo, B., & Vemuri, S. (2017). Conceptualising strategic alignment between curriculum and pedagogy through a learning design framework. International Journal for Academic Development, 22(4), 278-292.
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2014 Joyce, K. E., Boitshwarelo, B., Phinn, S. R., Hill, G. J. E., & Kelly, G. D. (2014). Interactive online tools for enhancing student learning experiences in remote sensing. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 38(3), 431-439.
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2011 Boitshwarelo, B. (2011). Proposing an integrated research framework for connectivism: Utilising theoretical synergies. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 12(3), 161-179.
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2009 Boitshwarelo, B. (2009). Exploring blended learning for science teacher professional development in an african context. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 10(4).
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Year Citation
2013 Adekanmbi, G., & Boitshwarelo, B. (2013). International collaboration in distance education in sub-saharan Africa: Trends, trials and tomorrow's thrusts. In Technology Sustainability and Rural Development in Africa (pp. 220-235). IGI Global.
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2012 Adekanmbi, G., & Boitshwarelo, B. (2012). International Collaboration in Distance Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Trends, Trials and Tomorrow’s Thrusts. In Cases on Cultural Implications and Considerations in Online Learning (pp. 375-394). IGI Global.
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2010 Adekanmbi, G., & Boitshwarelo, B. (2010). International collaboration in distance education in sub-saharan Africa: Trends, trials and tomorrow's thrusts. In Cases on Interactive Technology Environments and Transnational Collaboration Concerns and Perspectives (Vol. 1, pp. 39-55). IGI Global.
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2023 Boitshwarelo, B., Armstrong, M., Hynes, K., & Stack, A. (2023). Understanding university teachers' online pedagogies through teaching analytics: what are the possibilities?. In Ascilite 2023 Conference Proceeding 40th International Conference on Innovation Practice and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education (pp. 291-295). Open Access Publishing Association.
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