A full professor in Economics Education, and an NRF-rated researcher, College of Education, University of South Africa (UNISA). He is a qualified professional teacher, published articles in highly impacted journals, supervised doctoral and master’s degree students, read conference papers, published conference proceedings, edited academic books and awarded external grants. He is a flipped instructional designer researcher in ODeL research.
In 2013, he was awarded for his novel educational contributions to Economics Education in teacher education, the Chancellor Award for Excellence in Research (UNISA). In 2018, he was awarded the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning for his groundbreaking research on the e-portfolio as an alternative assessment approach in teacher education at both the College of Education and the University of South Africa. One of his recent articles entitled, Students’ Perceptions of the Flipped Classroom Pedagogy in an Open Distance e-Learning University (2020), was published in Ubiquitous Learning: An International Journal (SCOPUS) and voted as the best scholarly publication by the journal vetting panel and was consequently awarded the International Award for Excellence for Research (2020), Common Ground Research Network, University of Chicago, USA. In 2023, awardee of the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research (UNISA).
Serving on international journal editorial boards and vetting panels. Recently awarded the Medal of Honor Education from the Education Association of South Africa. He is the Associate Editor for Heliyon: Education. (Scopus). His research interests are digital technologies, artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital game-based learning, flipped pedagogy, e-Portfolios, authentic assessment and Economics Education.