Table of Contents Preface.................................................................................................................................................xiv Chapter 1 ABlendedLearningToolboxforEducators........................................................................................... 1 Chantelle Bosch, North-West University, South Africa Chapter 2 QualityAssuranceinBlendedLearningatInstitutionsinPrivilegedandUnderprivileged Communities:TheNeedforPolicyImplementation............................................................................ 24 Michael Casparus Laubscher, North-West University, South Africa Natasha Ravyse, North-West University, South Africa Chapter 3 ICTsUsedEffectivelytoRe-EnvisionandRestructureE-SchoolingforUnderprivileged Communities:PrimarySchoolsinEkurhuleniSouthDistrict.............................................................. 44 Puseletso Kekana, University of South Africa, South Africa Leila Goosen, University of South Africa, South Africa Chapter 4 Re-EnvisioningandRestructuringE-LearningThroughEngagementWithUnderprivileged Communities:TheImpactofEffectivelyUsingICTsinClassrooms................................................... 66 Nomvula J. Ndhlovu, University of South Africa, South Africa Leila Goosen, University of South Africa, South Africa Chapter 5 AMobileApplication(App)BasedonRealisticMathematicsEducation:TheDesignofan InterventionToolforMathematicsTeachers........................................................................................ 88 Dorothy Joy Laubscher, North-West University, South Africa A. Seugnet Blignaut, North-West University, South Africa Hercules D. Nieuwoudt, North-West University, South Africa Chapter 6 SupportingEFLScienceStudentsThroughaMultilingualApproachtoBlendedLearning............. 109 Erasmos Charamba, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa   Chapter 7 ContentDevelopersasStakeholdersintheBlendedLearningEcosystem:TheVirtualInstitutefor AfrikaansLanguageEducationPortalasaCaseStudy...................................................................... 124 Adri Breed, North-West University, South Africa Nadine Fouché, Virtuele Instituut vir Afrikaans, South Africa Nina Brink, North-West University, South Africa Marlie Coetzee, Virtuele Instituut vir Afrikaans, South Africa Cecilia Erasmus, St. David’s Marist Inanda, South Africa Sophia Kapp, Virtuele Instituut vir Afrikaans, South Africa Sulene Pilon, University of Pretoria, South Africa Roné Wierenga, Virtuele Instituut vir Afrikaans, South Africa & North-West University, South Africa Gerhard van Huyssteen, North-West University, South Africa Chapter 8 ExploringtheUseofUniversalDesignforLearningtoSupportIn-ServiceTeachersintheDesign ofSocially-JustBlendedTeachingPractices...................................................................................... 143 Frederic Fovet, Royal Roads University, Canada Chapter 9 IntegratingTechnologytoSupportLearnersWithBarrierstoLearningintheRuralClassroom...... 165 Marinda Neethling, North-West University, South Africa Susan Greyling, North-West University, South Africa Benita Taylor, North-West University, South Africa Chapter 10 RevitalizingBlendedandSelf-DirectedLearningAmongAdultLearnersThroughtheDistance EducationModeofLearninginGhana............................................................................................... 185 Isaac Kofi Biney, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana Chapter 11 SinkingorSwimming?TheRoleofMoodleinPromotingSelf-DirectedLearningatthe UniversityofEswatini......................................................................................................................... 204 Selloane Pitikoe, University of Eswatini, Eswatini Fritz Ngale Ilongo, University of Eswatini, Eswatini Happiness Mavimbela, University of Eswatini, Eswatini Chapter 12 ArrangementsforOnlineEngagementsofDistanceLearnersintheWakeoftheCOVID-19 Pandemic............................................................................................................................................. 225 Samuel Amponsah, University of Ghana, Ghana Simon-Peter Kafui Aheto, University of Ghana, Ghana Gideon Mensah Anapey, University of Ghana, Ghana Olivia Oatf Kwapong, University of Ghana, Ghana  Chapter 13 InvestigatingtheReadinessofaDevelopingCountrytoAdoptBlendedLearningasaPedagogical ApproachDuringtheCOVID-19Pandemic:ACasefortheGreatZimbabweUniversity................ 240 Tobias Marevesa, Philosophy and Religious Studies Department, Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe Esther Mavengano, English and Media Studies Department, Simon Muzenda School of Arts, Culture and Heritage Studies, Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe Chapter 14 PrinciplesandGuidelinesforEstablishingCommunitiesofInquiryinBlendedLearningto BroadenStudentParticipation............................................................................................................ 254 Jessica Pool, North-West University, South Africa Adri Du Toit, North-West University, South Africa Compilation of References............................................................................................................... 274 About the Contributors.................................................................................................................... 321 Index................................................................................................................................................... 328 .