Proceedings of the 10th Focus Conference (TFC 2023)

<Previous Article In Volume
Next Article In Volume>

The Implementation of 4IR Technologies in Higher Education Teaching and Learning: A qualitative systematic review

Authors
N. Mashiyi1, *, L. Baleni1
1University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa
*Corresponding author. Email: nmashiyi@ufh.ac.za
Corresponding Author
N. Mashiyi
Available Online 6 November 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-134-0_27How to use a DOI?
Keywords
4IR; qualitative systematic review; teaching and learning; higher education; Digital Divide
Abstract

The conversation on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), started in 2015, and since then practitioners in the various fields of expertise have been trying to understand the possibilities and challenges that this revolution will/has ushered in. This paper presents a qualitative systematic review of the literature on the implementation of 4IR in the South African higher education landscape – from 2017 to date. The aim of the systematic review was to synthesise available studies on the implementation of the 4IR in higher education teaching and learning. The purpose of the study is to move the discussion forward – from theorization about the 4IR to its implementation in the higher education context. The study sought answers to the question, how and to what extent have lecturers been implementing the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies in teaching and learning since 2017? The review process entailed developing a protocol for the review, searching, and selecting appropriate studies for review from several databases, using the identified inclusion and exclusion criteria to choose relevant studies for the review, summarizing the evidence and interpreting the findings using thematic analysis. The review reveals that a variety of digital tools and platforms were deployed during the pandemic. Although the 4IR presents opportunities and benefits for curriculum and pedagogical transformation, challenges such as the Digital Divide and lack of digital skills need to be addressed urgently to ensure equity in educational outcomes, social justice, and equality in higher education.

Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

Download article (PDF)

<Previous Article In Volume
Next Article In Volume>
Volume Title
Proceedings of the 10th Focus Conference (TFC 2023)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
6 November 2023
ISBN
978-2-38476-134-0
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-134-0_27How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

Cite this article

risenwbib
TY  - CONF
AU  - N. Mashiyi
AU  - L. Baleni
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/11/06
TI  - The Implementation of 4IR Technologies in Higher Education Teaching and Learning: A qualitative systematic review
BT  - Proceedings of the 10th Focus Conference (TFC 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 412
EP  - 425
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-134-0_27
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-134-0_27
ID  - Mashiyi2023
ER  -