Publications
Home » Faculty of Education » Centres » Centre for Advanced Learning Technologies in Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics (CALTSTEAM) »Ogegbo, A. A., Penn, M., Ramnarain, U., Pila, O., Van Der Westhuizen, C., Mdlalose, N., & Bergamin, P. (2024). Exploring pre-service teachers’ intentions of adopting and using virtual reality classrooms in science education. Education and Information Technologies, 1-18.
Némcová, V., Thomsen, M. K., Mares, A-C., Penn, M., Ramnarain, U., & Rodil, K. (2023). Craftsmanship in Virtual Reality: Digital Development and Evaluation of Traditional South African Beer Brewing. International Journal of Intangible Heritage, 18.
Ogegbo, A.A. & Ramnarain, U. (2022). Teachers’ Perceptions of and Concerns About Integrating Computational Thinking into Science Teaching After a Professional Development Activity. African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 26(3), 181-191.
Ogegbo, A. A., & Ramnarain, U. (2022). Teaching and learning Physics using interactive simulation: A guided inquiry practice. South African Journal of Education, 42(1), 1-9. DOI: https://www.ajol.info/index.php/saje/article/view/229349
Ogegbo, A.A & Ramnarain, U. (2022) A systematic review of computational thinking in science classrooms. Studies in Science Education, 58(2), 203-230. DOI: 10.1080/03057267.2021.1963580
Makamu G & Ramnarain U. (2022). Physical Sciences Teachers’ Enactment of Simulations in 5E Inquiry-Based Science Teaching. Education Sciences, 12(12), 864-876.
Penn, M. & Ramnarain, U. (2019). South African university students’ attitudes towards chemistry learning in a virtually simulated learning environment. Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 20, 699-709.
Penn, M. & Ramnarain, U. (2019). A comparative analysis of virtual and traditional laboratory chemistry learning. Perspectives in Education, 37(2), 80-97.
Penn, M., Ramnarain, U. (2023). A Systematic Review of Pedagogy Related to Mixed Reality in K-12 Education. In: Cai, Y., Mangina, E., Goei, S.L. (eds) Mixed Reality for Education. Gaming Media and Social Effects. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4958-8_5
Ramnarain U., Penn M. (2021) An Investigation of South African Pre-service Teachers’ Use of Simulations in Virtual Physical Sciences Learning: Process, Attitudes and Reflections. In: Cai Y., van Joolingen W., Veermans K. (eds) Virtual and Augmented Reality, Simulation and Serious Games for Education. Gaming Media and Social Effects. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1361-6_7
Rodil, K., Ciungu, M., Leth, P., Christensen, S., Ramnarain, U., Penn, M. (2023). Brewing Umqombothi: Technicalities of a VR Prototype Merging STEM and South African Intangible Cultural Heritage. In: , et al. Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning, 12th International Conference. MIS4TEL 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 580. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20617-7_22
Penn, M. & Ramnarain, U. (2022, December). Investigating The Role of Gesture and Embodiment in Natural Sciences Learning Using Immersive Virtual Reality. Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE). AsiaPacific Society for Computers in Education. 2022 467-475
Penn, M. & Ramnarain, U. (2022, June). Extending natural sciences learning in pre-service teacher education using augmented reality-enhanced inquiry. In the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END) 2022, 2 358-362