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Faced with emerging technologies and a diversity of students entering higher education in South Africa, lecturers must continuously equip themselves with the necessary skills to teach and support today’s learners effectively. This article reports on the lessons learnt and experiences of academics at an open distance learning (ODL) institution who participated for the first time in the fully online teaching and learning programme at an international institution, through a partnership aimed at developing academic capacity in ODL.

E-portfolios have been used for decades in education; however, it is still a new trend in some developing countries as they continue to adopt e-learning practices. The study investigated postgraduate students’ experiences and perceptions of using an e-portfolio as a teaching tool to support their learning in an open and distance e-learning (ODeL) university in South Africa.

Modise, M.P. (2014). Perceptions of the effectiveness of internet marketing strategies for first-time students in an ODL institution Modise.(Master's thesis, University of South Africa, Republic of South Africa). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26962

Modise, M.P. (2014). Perceptions of the effectiveness of internet marketing strategies for first-time students in an ODL institution Modise.(Master's thesis, University of South Africa, Republic of South Africa). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26962

This paper seeks to demonstrate the role and value of e-portfolios as an alternative teaching and learning tool in distance education and the online environment, especially in developing countries.