Editorial Team

Editor-In-Chief

Fayyaz has more than 20 years of experience in UK Higher Education. He is currently working as a Director of Research at Oxford Business College and also a doctoral supervisor. Before this, he held the positions of Principal, Vice Principal, Director of Studies, Head of Business Department, MBA Dissertation Supervisor, Senior Lecturer and Lecturer in Business Management in the Higher Education Institutions in the UK.

He worked as Secretary of Information and Finance for Amnesty International Islamabad Pakistan, Editor-in-Chief for Luton Business and Computing College Magazine, and Managing Editor of OxConnect (Quarterly Magazine) of Oxford Business College. He also worked as a Business and Higher Educational Consultant. 

He also won several awards, for example  the best employer of the Amnesty International Pakistan,  Distinguished Scholar Award from the European Journal of Scientific Research, the best employee of the year Amnesty International Pakistan.

Postgraduate Research (Doctoral) Supervisor – University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD).

He is currently supervising the following doctoral projects. 

1. Social media usage in fostering customer engagement, business growth of micro and small enterprises in the UK
2. A Delphi study of how technology, automation and artificial intelligence could change Pharmacy in Wales
3. Servant Leadership, Motivations, Organisational Dynamics Outcome, and Organisational Performance Implications in the Nigerian Financial Services Sector
4. A study of transmission mechanisms and governance management of health-related misinformation on social media
5. Exploring external factors of academic procrastination: Peer intervention for Chinese students in the UK
6. The Influential Mechanism of Enterprise Social Media’s Usage on the Knowledge Hiding Behaviour: A Case Study in the Chinese Cultural Context 
7. Education Vs Experience: A study to critically assess and evaluate variants in motivation and job performance between university graduate 
8. How to Increase Customer Engagement on Social Media Platforms: A Case Study of Fashion and Luxury Consumers in Chinahospitality employees and non-graduates at all levels of the industry within the UK

Recent Research Publications (2020 onward)  

1.  Qureshi, F., H., Khawaja, S., Zia, T. (2020) Mature Undergraduate Students' Satisfaction with Online Teaching during Covid-19, European Journal of Education Studies, Vol, 7, No 12   

2.  Qureshi, F., H., Khawaja, S., Zia, T. (2021) Conceptualisation of Student Satisfaction In The Context Of UK Higher Education, International Journal of Business Marketing and Management (IJBMM) Volume 6 Issue, P.P. 60-81

3.  Sestanovic, A., Qureshi, F., H., Khawaja, S. (2021) The Economic Impact Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Ethnic Minorities – The Case Of London, United Kingdom, , European Journal of Education Studies, Vol, 5, No 3.   

4.  Šola, H., M., Qureshi, F. H., Khawaja, S. (2021) Enhancing the Motivation and Learning Performance in an Online Classroom with the Use of Neuromarketing, European Journal of Education Studies, Vol, 7, No 1    

5.  Qureshi, F., H., Khawaja, S. (2021) The Growth Of Private Higher Education: An Overview In The Context Of Liberalisation, Privatisation And Marketisation, European Journal of Education Studies, Vol, 8, No 9      

6.  Qureshi, F., H., Khawaja, S. (2021) Is Covid-19 Transitioning Cash Cow International Students into Cats? European Journal of Education Studies, Vol, 8, No 7    

7.  Sokić, K., Qureshi, F., H, Khawaja, S. (2021), Predicting Academic Procrastination and Academic Achievement in Private Higher Education With the HEXACO Model of Personality and Psychological Distress, International Research in Higher Education, Vol, 6, No 4 

8.  Sestanovic, A., Qureshi, F., H., Khawaja, S., (2021) Academic Endowments in the United Kingdom – Do They Make a Difference? International Research in Higher Education, International Research in Higher Education, Vol, 6, No 4.

9.  Šola, H., M., Qureshi, F. H., Khawaja, S. (2021) Applied Management Post-Covid19: Implications for Academic Managers In Private Higher Education, Beyond Crises, European Journal of Education Studies, Vol, 8, No 10.     

10.  Sokić, K., Qureshi, F., H., Khawaja, S. (2021) Gender Differences In Creativity Among Students In Private Higher Education, European Journal of Education Studies, Vol, 8, No 11   

11.  Sokić, K., Khawaja, S., Qureshi, F., H. (2021) The Dark Triad And Perceptions Of Organisational Justice Among Teaching Staff In Private Higher Education, European Journal of Education Studies, Vol, 8, No 12   

12.  Sokić, K., Qureshi, F., H, Khawaja, S. (2021), Aggression, Empathy, And Life Satisfaction During the Covid-19 Pandemic Among Students In Private Higher Education, European Journal of Education Studies, Vol, 8, No 12    

13.  Sokić, K., Khawaja, S., Qureshi, F., H. (2021) The Role of Impulsivity In Predicting The Subjective Well-Being Of Students In Private Higher Education, European Journal of Education Studies, Vol, 8, No 12  

14.  Šola, H., M., Steidl, P., Mikac, M., Qureshi, F. H., Khawaja, S. (2021) How Neuroscience-Based Research Methodologies Can Deliver New Insights to Marketers? International Journal of Social Science and Human Research, Vol, 4, No 10     

15.  Qureshi, F., H., Khawaja, S., Javed, R. (2022) Infodemic and Student Satisfaction With COVID-19 Related Information On The College Website, International Journal of Private Higher Education, Vol, 1, Issue 1,

16.  Qureshi, F., H., Khawaja, S., Zia, T., Javed, R. (2022) Online Education and Students’ Wellbeing During Covid-19 Pandemic, International Journal of Private Higher Education, Vol, 1, Issue 1,

17.  Khawaja, S., Sokić, K., Javed, R.  Qureshi, F., H. (2022) Extraversion and Introversion Personality Type of Mature Students in Private Higher Education, International Journal of Private Higher Education, Vol, 1, Issue 1,

18.  Zia, T., Khawaja, S., Qureshi, F., H. (2022), Student Satisfaction with Admission and Induction in the UK Private Higher Education Sector, International Journal of Private Higher Education, Vol, 1, Issue 1,

19.  Khawaja, S. Sokić, K., Qureshi, F., H.  (2022), The Importance of Social And Emotional Competencies For Effective Academic Leadership In Private Higher Education Institutions, International Journal of Private Higher Education, Vol, 1, Issue 1,

20.  Qureshi, F., H. Qureshi, S., H., Zia, T., Khwaja, F. (2022) Huntington's Disease (HD): A Brief Review, European Journal of Education Studies, Vol, 5, No 1.    

21.  Khawaja, S., Qureshi, F.,H, Sokić, K. (2022), Role of Emotional Intelligence and Coping in Dealing with Disinhibition and Aggression among Undergraduates in Private Higher Education, World Journal of Educational Research, Vol 9, No 2 

22.  Javed, R.  Qureshi, F., H., Khawaja, S. (2022) Academic Intrinsic Motivation And Learning Engagement In Mature Students In Private Higher Education Institutions In The South Of England, European Journal of Education Studies, Vol, 9, No.2   

23.  Zia, T., Javed, R., Khawaja, S, Qureshi, F., H. (2022), Social Media Advertising Persuasion on Mature Students’ Buying Behaviour: A Neural Network Validation Approach, International Journal of Private Higher Education, Vol, 1, Issue 2.

24.  Jajic, I., Khawaja, S., Qureshi, F., H., Bach M., P. (2022), Augmented Reality in Business and Economics: Bibliometric and Topics Analysis. Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems 20(6), 723-744. 

25.   Šola, H., M., Qureshi, F. H., Khawaja, S. (2022) The Effect of Facebook Page Design on Emotion Change and Behavioral Engagement: Neuromarketing Research in Higher Education, COJ Robotics & Artificial Intelligence 2(4):11

26.  Khawaja, S., Zia, T., Qureshi, F., H. (2023), Measuring Student Satisfaction Using Decision Tree Algorithm in Private Higher Education England, International Journal of Private Higher Education, Vol, 1, Issue 2.

27.  Zia, T., Qureshi, F., H., Kayode, A., M. (2023), Mature Students’ Choice to Study a Foundation Year at Private Higher Education Institutions UK, International Journal of Private Higher Education, Vol, 1, Issue 2. 

28.   Šola, H., M., Qureshi, F. H., Khawaja, S. (2023) Eye-tracking Analysis: College Website Visual Impact on Emotional Responses Reflected on Subconscious Preferences, International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications (IJACSA), Volume 14 Issue 1,

29.  Khawaja, S., Zia, T., Sokić, K., Qureshi, F., H. (2023) The impact of emotions on consumer behaviour: Exploring gender differences, Journal of Marketing and Consumer Research Vol 88.

30.  Qureshi, F., H. (2023) Canadian Private Higher Education at a Glance, International Journal of Private Higher Education, Vol, 1, Issue 3. 

31.  Sestanovic, A., Qureshi, F., H., Khawaja, S. (2023) Ranking, Income Diversification, and Income Size –Are They Related? Educational Research: Theory and Practice, 34(3), 60-72. 

32.  Žmuk, B., Qureshi, F., H., Khawaja, S. (2023) Inequality In E-Learning In European Union Countries: Role Of Gender, Education And Urban Development, Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems 21(5), 441-457 

33.  Khawaja, S., Anjos, E. and Qureshi, F. (2023) The Impact of the Pandemic (COVID-19) on Higher Education Students: Challenges, Adaptations, and Future Perspectives. Creative Education, 14, 2207-2227.

34.    Sarwar Khawaja, S., Javed, R., Qureshi, F., H. (2023). Employees Digital Experience and Mental Health During Covid-19 in Higher Education in the UK: Understanding the Aftermath. International Journal on Recent and Innovation Trends in Computing and Communication, 11(9), 4471–4479.

35.  Šola, H. M., Qureshi, F. H., & Khawaja, S. (2024). Exploring the Untapped Potential of Neuromarketing in Online Learning: Implications and Challenges for the Higher Education Sector in Europe. Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 14(2), 80

36.  Murko, D., Khawaja, S., Qureshi, F., H. (2024) An Examination of Work Conditions and Well-Being of Slovene Train Drivers, Organizacija, Vol. 57 Issue 1 

37.  Sokić, K., Khawaja, S., Qureshi, F., H. (2024), Hexaco Model Of Personality, Counterproductive Academic Behaviour And Hedonism Of Students In Private Higher Education, The International Journal of Organizational Studies, Volume: 19 Issue-01

38.  Qureshi, F., H., Khawaja, S., Azeez, A., P (2024) Re-visiting the Life of Migrant Healthcare Professionals: A Study of Liverpool and London, Migration Letters: Vol. 21 No. 5.

39.  Qureshi, F., Khawaja, S.; Pejić Bach, M.; Meško, M. (2024) Slovenian Higher Education in a Post-Pandemic World: Trends and Transformations. Systems, 12, 132

40.  Hunady, J., Pisar, P., Khawaja, S., Qureshi, F. (2024). The Digital Transformation of European Union Countries before and during COVID-19, Business Systems Research Vol. 15 No. 1.

41.  Bach, M, Mihajlović I., Stanković, M., Khawaja, S., Qureshi, F. (2024) Determinants of Intention to Use of Hospital Information Systems among Healthcare Professionals. Systems.  12(7):235. 

42.  Khawaja, S., Javed, R., Qureshi, F. (2024), Development and validation of career decision making proficiency scale. Journal of Asian Scientific Research, 14(3), 317–330. 

43.  Qureshi, F., Khawaja, S., Sokić, K., Pejić Bach, M., & Meško, M. (2024). Fostering Intrinsic Motivation and Mental Well-being in Today’s Systems. Preprints. 

44.  Taha, A., Khawaja, S., Qureshi, F., & Wahsheh, F. (2024) Exploring the relationship between supply chain collaboration, risk management strategies, and supplier development on supply chain resilience: The mediating role of trust, Journal of Project Management Volume 9, Issue 3.

45.  Šola HM, Qureshi FH, Khawaja S. (2024) Predicting Behaviour Patterns in Online and PDF Magazines with AI Eye-Tracking. Behavioral Sciences 14(8):677.

46.  Qureshi F, Khawaja S, Sokić K, Pejić Bach M, Meško M. (2024) Exploring Intrinsic Motivation and Mental Well-Being in Private Higher Educational Systems: A Cross-Sectional Study. Systems.12(8):281. 

47.  Taha, A., Khawaja, S., Qureshi, F., & Wahsheh, F. (2024) Evaluating the impact of project procurement strategies on supply chain efficiency: The role of vendor relationship management as a mediator variable, Journal of Uncertain Supply Chain Management Volume 13, Issue 1.

48.  Pejić Bach M, Suša Vugec D, Khawaja S, Qureshi FH, Fildor D. (2024). Systemic View of the Role of Higher Educational Institutions in the Great Reset. Systems.12(9):323. 

49.  Šola HM, Qureshi FH, Khawaja S. (2024) AI Eye-Tracking Technology: A New Era in Managing Cognitive Loads for Online Learners. Education Sciences.14(9):933. 

50.  Šola, H. M., Qureshi, F. H., & Khawaja, S. (2024). AI-Powered Eye Tracking for Bias Detection in Online Course Reviews: A Udemy Case Study. Big data and cognitive computing, 8(11), 144.

51.  Pejić Bach, M., Kamenjarska, T., Khawaja, S., Qureshi, F. H., & Roblek, V. (2024). Conceptual Metaphors in Linguistics and Information Science and Their Role in the Great Reset. In Business Systems Laboratory International Symposium (pp. 53-74). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.

52.  Qureshi, F. H., Sokic, K., & Khawaja, S. (2024). Impulsive Buying Tendencies and Personality: Cognitive and Affective Aspects.

53.  Galic, J. O., Pejic-Bach, M., Khawaja, S., Qureshi, F. H., & Dwivedi, P. (2025). Adoption and Use of Public Hospital Information Systems in Croatia Based on PLS-SEM Analysis. International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications (IJESMA), 17(1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJESMA.365287

Peer Reviewer

• Manuscript ID HESWBL-04-2020-0063 entitled "Achieving group work excellence in internationally diverse cohorts of higher education: A framework" has been submitted to Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning.
• Manuscript ID HESWBL-05-2020-0091.R1 entitled "Indexes of employability assets: a comprehensive tool for analyzing students’ attitudes in Indigenous contexts" for Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning.
• Manuscript ID HESWBL-08-2020-0176, entitled "Cooperative Language Learning Elements to enhance social skills in English classroom: A Case Study."
• Manuscript “The Role of Spatial Ability in Academic Success: The Impact of the
  Integrated Hybrid Training Program in Architecture and Engineering Higher
  Education” MDPI
• Manuscript ID higheredu-3156404,Title: The relationship between sense of coherence and social integration in higher education
• Manuscript ID: admsci-3285872, Title: LWMS factors as moderators of the influence of working conditions on the psychological well-being of university teachers
• Manuscript “Delving Into the Design and Implementation of Specifications Grading Systems in Higher Education” MDPI
• Manuscript ID: behavsci-3310381, Title: Analysis of the Changes in Happiness, Achievement Goals, and Help, MDPI
• Manuscript: Neuroscience Literacy and Academic Outcomes: Insights from a
  University Student Population, Brain Sciences, MDPI
• Manuscript “Understanding How Workplace Dynamics Affect the Psychological Well-Being of University Teachers” Administrative Sciences MDPI
• Manuscript ID behavsci-3247542,Title: Latent Profile Analysis of AI Literacy and Trust in Mathematics Teachers and Their Relations with AI Dependency and 21st-Century Skills
• Manuscript ID: quantumrep-3380859 “An Introduction to Quantum Mechanics through Neuroscience and CERN Data” MDPI.
• Manuscript “From Hofstede to the 7Ps: How Do Cultural Dimensions Shape Consumer Preferences in Seychelles? A Study of Integrating Local Culture in Marketing Strategies” Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development 
• Manuscript ID: education-3379019, Title: A novel approach to a maturity model for Peruvian universities, MDPI

Founder Member

 Luton Business and Computing College (LBCC)

 Ethames Graduate School (ETGS)

 British School of Management Sciences (BSMS)

 Britain College (BC)

 Bedfordian Business School (BBS)

 Oxford Centre of Applied Research and Entrepreneurship (OxCARE)

 Oxford Business Research And Innovation Network (OxBRAIN)

 Oxford Staff Centre of Professional Excellence (OxSCOPE)

 Oxford Business Innovation and Incubation Centre (OxBIIC)

Achievements and Awars

Independent Higher Education (IHE) Winner of the Rising Star Award of Year 2023

https://ihe.ac.uk/latest/news/ihe-awards-2023-winners

Award of Distinguished Scholar from the independent ad hoc Scientific Award Committee and the Editorial Board of the European Journal of Scientific Research (2021) 

Award: Best worker of the year 1999 by Amnesty International

Senior Editor 

Mirjana Pejić Bach is a full professor at the Department of Informatics, Faculty of Economics in Zagreb. She holds a PhD in system dynamics modelling and was trained at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Her research areas are data science and simulation modelling. Mirjana is the editor of several scientific journals indexed in the Scopus and WoS and has given plenary lectures at congresses, such as IEEE Systems. She has won Emerald Literati Network Award for Excellence. She was among the 2% of the most-cited scientists in the world in 2020, according to the analysis of the Scopus scientific database, with the largest number of citations from the field of Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing, among 1.35% of scientists with the greatest impact of citations. The main goal of her work is to support aspiring researchers through mentoring doctoral theses and the development of their scientific careers.

• PhD in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Zagreb (2002)
• Guided Study Program in System Dynamics, Sloan School of Management, MIT (1999)
• Master of Science in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Zagreb (1997)
• MBA, School of Management, University of Zagreb (1996)
• Master in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Zagreb (1993); Major 1: Economic Cybernetics; Major 2: Finance, banking and insurance
• iMotions Academy (2022). Copennhagen, Denmark
• Stanford Universtity (2016). Statistical Learning. Certificate of accomplishment (PDF)
• University of Waikito (2015). Data Mining with Weka. Certificate of accomplishment (PDF)
• Predictive Modeling Course (2006), By C. Olivia Parr-Rud, Author, Data Mining Cookbook

• Undergraduate courses in Knowledge Discovery in Databases (2004-), Simulation games for managers (2005-), System dynamics (2005-).
• Postgraduate courses in Business Intelligence, Simulation for Business Decision Making, and Simulation Modelling (2002-)
• Doctoral courses in Research methods, Writing scientific papers and Decision Support (2012-)
• Undergraduate course in Business Informatics (1998-) and Business Information Systems (2005-)
• Undergraduate courses in Statistics, Business Forecasting, Quantitative Methods for Business Management and Decision making Methods (1993-1997)
• Postgraduate course in Statistics (1997)

• Business Systems Research - Editor-in-chief (2010-today)
• International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications (IJESMA) - Editor-in-chief (2018-2021)
• Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research - Associate editor (2015-today)
• International Journal of Engineering Business Management - Associate editor (2018-today)
• Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems - INDECS - Associate editor (2014-today)
• Managing Global Transitions - Editorial Board member (2018-today)
• Financial innovation - Editorial Board member (2019-today)
• IJISPM - International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management - Editorial Board member (2017-today)
• Journal of Global Information Technology Management - Editorial Board member (2019-today)
• Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics - Editorial Board member (2023-today)

• According to the Scopus scientific database analysis, Mirjana Pejić Bach is among the 2% of the most cited scientists in the world in 2020 and 2021. The largest number of citations was made in Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing.

• Recognition Ljubomir Martić for exceptionally high-quality scientific work for the paper: Ilko Vrankić, Tomislav Herceg i Mirjana Pejić Bach (2021). Dynamics and stability of evolutionary optimal strategies in duopoly. Central European Journal of Operations Research, 29 (3), 1001-1019
• Award for the most cited paper in WoS CC at Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb for the paper Supporting performance management with business process management and business intelligence: A case analysis of integration and orchestration (ak.god. 2018/2019)
• Recognition for exceptional results in teaching in the academic year 2015/2016. 
• 'Mijo Mirkovic' award for the scientific paper: Exploring Information and Communications Technology Adoption in Enterprises and its Impact on Innovation Performance of European Countries, Ekonomický časopis Vol. 4; pp. 335-362 (2014)
• Mijo Mirkovic' award for the scientific paper: 'Surviving in an Environment of Financial Indiscipline', System Dynamics Review, Volume 19, Issue 1, 47-74. (2003)
• Award for the best graduate work - Faculty of Economics & Business - Zagreb, University of Zagreb (1993), Topic: 'One application of the Bayesian decision making method'
• Award for the best student - Faculty of Economics & Business - Zagreb, University of Zagreb (1992)

• Emerald Literati Network, 2013 Highly Commended Paper Award za članak: T., Pejić Bach, M., Bosilj Vukšić, V. (2013). "Influence of strategic approach to BPM on financial and non-financial performance", Baltic Journal of Management, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp.376 - 396.
• One of the Noteworthy articles from leading authors in the Emerald Engineering eJournals collection for the paper Vasja Roblek, Mirjana Pejic Bach, Maja Meško, Andrej Bertoncelj, “The impact of social media to value added in knowledge-based industries”, 2013, Kybernetes, Vol. 42, No. 4, available at: http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/collections/pdf/eng.pdf

• Invited lecture (2023). 'Operations Research meets Artificial Intelligence: Intersection or Union', The 17th International Symposium on Operations Research in Slovenia, Bled, Slovenia
• Invited lecture (2022). 'Targets of phishing attacks: the bigger fish to fry', 30 International Conference on Software, the Telecommunications and Computer Networks, SoftCom 2022, Split, Hrvatska.
• Invited lecture (2019). 'FinTech: European Union Perspective', IEEE SERVICES 2019 Conference's Future of Financial Services Symposia, 2019, 8-13.7.2019. Milano, Italija.
• Invited lecture  (2015).'Influence of Different Information Sources to Innovation Performance: Evidence from France, Netherlands and Croatia' na konferenciji2nd European Data Access Forum,  Luxembourg, Nizozemska.
• Invited lecture  (2013). 'Obstacles to Publication in ISI Journal for the Scientists from Transition Countries: How to Overcome them.' Dubrovnik International Economic Meeting DIEM 2013 Scientific Conference on Innovative Approaches to the Contemporary Economic Problems, Dubrovnik.
• Invited lecture  (2012). 'How to write and publish a paper in ISI journal: A closer look to Eastern European economics, business and management journals', Conference Knowledge and globalisation challenges, (2012), Celje, Slovenija.
• Invited lecture (2010). 'Profiling intelligent systems applications in fraud detection and prevention: survey of research articles' International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Modelling and Simulation (2010), London, United Kingdom.

• Coordinator for Croatia fo EU Danube Region Programme Project No. RP0200277 "Boosting smart specialization and encouraging Spin-offs in IT across Danube Region - Spin-it"  (1.1.2024.-30.6.2026.)
• Coordinator for Business Informatics at the project 'Excellence and efficiency in higher education in economics (E4) '- European structural fund (2018-2022)
• Co-chair for relevance at the Expert Group on Evaluation Methodologies for the Interim and Ex-post Evaluations of Horizon 2020 (2016-017)
• Expert for evaluation of Horizon 2020, various programmes related to SMEs, ICT and Science
• Evaluator for the EIT Jumpstarter programme (2023)
• Coordinator of the project INNOHUM (Impact of human resources management to innovation activities: Evidence from the European Company Survey) financed by the FP7 project 'INGRID' (2016)
• Coordinator of the project DINNOCA financed by the FP7 project 'Data without boundaries' (2012-2014)
• Coordinator for Croatia for FP7-ICTSME project 'Methodology and supporting toolset advancing embedded systems quality' (2010-2014)
• Erasmus teaching staff mobility program at Universitas Teknologi Yogyakarta (UTY) Indonesia, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (2018/2019)
• Erasmus teaching staff mobility program at Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia (2017/2018)
• Erasmus teaching staff mobility program at Shangai University of International Business and Economics, Shanghai, China (2016/2017)
• Erasmus teaching staff mobility program at ISM University of Management and Economics, Vilnius, Lithuania (2014/2015)
• Erasmus teaching staff mobility program - University of Economics (Prague, Czech Republic) (2009/2010)
• Erasmus teaching staff mobility program - Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (Porto, Portugal) (2010/2011)

• Papers indexed in Web of Science journals: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/E-7313-2012 
• List of publications at Croatian Scientific Bibliography: http://bib.irb.hr/lista-radova?autor=213892
• List of publications at scholar.google.com: http://scholar.google.hr/citations?user=r4WNZa0AAAAJ&hl=en
• Author of the book: Actualization of Female Potentials in Entrepreneurship, Science and Politics, published by Croatian Association of Businesswomen - KRUG  (2010)

• Senior researcher on the project "Research on natural language processing (for Croatian) and product development PhisHRban to increase cyber security" from the competition Increasing the development of new products and services arising from research and development activities - phase II, funded by the European Regional Development Fund Development Agency (EFRD) (2021-2023)
• Head of the Croatian-Slovenian bilateral program of cooperation in the field of science and technology of the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Croatia: Managerial simulation games: Trends and perspectives (MENSIMUL) (2019-2022)
• Main researcher of the Research support project University of Zagreb "The role of information and communication technologies for increasing competitiveness of organizations" (2015-2016)
• Main researcher of the Research support project University of Zagreb "The role of knowledge discovery in data bases for increasing competitiveness of organizations" (2013-214)
• Main researcher of the bilateral Croatian-Montenegro project "Intelligent systems and innovations in tourism" funded by Croatian Ministry of Science (2013-2014)
• Main researcher of the research project 'Intelligent tools for controllership, accounting and management' (2007-2014 ) funded by Croatian Ministry of Science
• Researcher at the project: Process and Business Intelligence for Business Performance (2015-2019); funded by the Croatian Science Foundation
• Researcher of the research project 'Decision support methods and models' (2002-2006) funded from the Croatian Ministry of Science
• Researcher of the research project 'Modelling and Simulation in Business' (1997-1999) funded from the Croatian Ministry of Science
• Main researcher of the research project for young scientists 'Modelling Forecasting Sales System' (1997-1999) funded from the Croatian Ministry of Science
• Research Collaborator of 'Survey of Student Attitudes about Gender, Work and Family'
• Member of the WWW site development project 'Croatian Business Information Center' funded from the Croatian Ministry of Science
• Researcher at the several projects at the Puls, agency for public opinion and marketing research (1998-)

• Reviewer of scientific programmes and projects for the Ministry of Science in the Greece and Croatia 
• Reviewer of book chapters in books (IGI Publishing): (i) Cases on Enterprise Information Systems and Implementation Stages: Learning from the Gulf Region; Information System Applications in the Arab Education Sector; (ii) Knowledge Management Innovations for Interdisciplinary Education: Organisational Applications, Strategy; (iii) Adoption and Competitive Advantage of Mobile Services in the Global Economy
• Editorial Advisory Board Member of book: "Organizational Knowledge Facilitation through Communities of Practice in Emerging Markets", IGI publising; Editorial Review Board  of book: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches in Management and Organizational Strategy 
• Reviewer for the articles in international journals: Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems - INDECS, Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations, International Journal of Informing Discipline, International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications, Information Systems Frontiers, Baltic Journal of Management, Problems in Post-Communism, Business Process Management Journal
• Reviewer for the articles at international conferences

• President of Society for Advancing Research and Innovation in Economy (IRENET)
• Member of System Dynamics Society
• Member of Croatian Statistical Society; President of the Society (2019-2020)
• Member of Croatian Operational Research Society
• Croatian Interdisciplinary Society
• Croatian Association for Artificial Intelligence
• Croatian Association for Scientific Communication - ZNAK

• Program committee member of 17th IADIS International Conference on Information Systems (IS 2024), 9-11, March, Porto, Portugal
• Program committee member of 2023 International Conference on Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing (CLNLP 2023), August 18-20, 2023 in Nanjing, China
• Program committe member of ICMTT´23 - The 2023 International Conference on Management, Tourism and Technologies, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, in Bogotá, Colombia, 2023
• Program Committee member of the IADIS Information Systems 2022 (IS 2022), Virtual Conference
• Scientific committe member of CENTERIS - International Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems, Lisbon, Portugal , 2022
• Pogram committee member of CENTERIS - International Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems, Braga, Portugal , 2021
• Program committee member of ProjMAN – International Conference on Project MANagement, Algarve, Portugal , 2020
• Program commitee member of IADIS International Conference on Information Systems 2019, Utecht, The Netherlands.
• Program committee member of  ICIST2020 (10th International Conference on Information Society and Technologies), Lecce, Italy 
• Program committee member of 1st International Conference on Cyber Security, Privacy and Networking (ICSPN 2020),  Jaipur, India
• Program committee member of 21st International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems  - ICEIS - 5-7 May,  2019, Prague
• Member of technical program committee for the 8th International Conference on Modeling Simulation and Applied Optimization (ICMSAO) (ICMSAO'19), Bahrain, April 15-17, 2019, IEEE accredited
• Program committee member of ProjMAN – International Conference on Project MANagement, Sousse - Tunisia, 2019
• International Programme Committee  member of 9th International Conference on Information Society and Technology (ICIST 2019) , Kopaonik, Serbia
• Chair of the special session Opportunities and Risks for Data Science in Organizations: Banking, Finance, and Policy, The IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics (DSAA) , 2018, Turin, Italy
• Program committee member of 12th IADIS International Conference on Information Systems 2019 , HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands DSAA 2018 Special Session 
• Program committee member of ICDS 2019, The Thirteenth International Conference on Digital Society and eGovernments, Athens, Greece
• Program committee member of ICEIS 2019 - 21st International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS), Heraklion, Krete Greece
• General Chair of ProjMAN – International Conference on Project MANagement, Lisbon, Portugal, 2018
• Scientific committee member of AUEIRC2017, Dubai, November 15-16, 2017
• Program committee member 8th International Conference on Information Society and Technology (ICIST 2018), Kopaonik, Serbia
• Program committee member ICEIS 2018 - “20th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems”, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, 21-24, March
• Program committee member of 2nd “SmartBlueCity” Euro-Mediterranean Conference 28-29 September 2017, Heraklion-Crete.
• Program committee member of ProjMAN – International Conference on Project MANagement, Barcelona, Spain, 2017
• Program committee member of ProjMAN – International Conference on Project MANagement, North Region, Portugal, 2016
• Member of technical program committee for the The 4th International Conference on Software Engineering & Computer Systems 2015, Malasyia, 19 Aug - 21 Aug 2015
• Member of technical program committee for the First International Conference on Computing in Mechanical Engineering (ICCME’15), August 10-13, 2015, Kochi, India
• Program committee member of 12th International Conference on e-Commerce and Digital Marketing 2015 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, 21 - 23 July 2015
• Program committee member of ProjMAN – International Conference on Project MANagement, Vilamoura, Portugal, 7-9, October 2015
• Program committee of CIMsim2014, the Sixth International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Modelling and Simulation, 
• Program committee of ICDS 2015, The Ninth International Conference on Digital Society, February 22 - 27, 2015 - Lisbon, Portugal
• Program committee of ISD2014 (23rd International Conference on Information Systems Development), Varaždin, September, 2013
• Program committee of the ProjMAN 2014 International Conference on Project MANagement an AIS affiliated conference, Troia, Portugal, October 15-17, 2014
• Technical Program committee member of the ICDS 2014 The Eighth International Conference on Digital Society, March 23 - 27, 2014 - Barcelona, Spain
• Program Committee of the IADIS Information Systems 2014 (IS 2014) Conference (IS 2014), 28 February – 2 March, Madrid, Spain
• Program Committee of the IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE e-COMMERCE 2013 (IS 2013), Prague, Czech Republic, 24 - 26 July 2013
• Program Committee of the IADIS Information Systems 2013 (IS 2013) Conference, March 13-15, 2013 - Lisbon, Portugal
• Program Committee member of the IADIS International Conference e-Commerce 2012 (EC 2012), Lisbon, Portugal, 21 - 23 July 2012
• Technical program commitee for AMS 2011 - Asia Modelling Symposium - 24 - 26 May 2011, Manila, Philippines
• Technical program commitee for UKSim 2011- 13 th International Conference on Mathematical/Analytical Modelling
• Technical program commitee for CICSyN 2010 - 2nd International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Communication Systems and Networks - Jul 28, 2010 - Jul 30, 2010 - Liverpool, United Kingdom
• Program Committee member for the IADIS e-Commerce 2011 conference
• Technical program commitee for CIMSiM 2010 - Second International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Modelling and Simulation - Sep 28, 2010 - Sep 30, 2010 Bali, Indonesia
• Technical program commitee for UKSIM2010 (UKSIM 12 th International Conference on Mathematical/Analytical Modelling)
• Technical program commitee for ISMS2010 (1st International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Modelling and Simulation)
• Technical program committee for EMS2009 (European Modelling Symposium 2009)
• Program Committee member for the e-Commerce conference
• Program committee member of the IIS conference (Information and Intelligent Systems, Varaždin), 2006
• Member of the Scientific committee The 8th WSEAS Int. Conf. on AUTOMATION and INFORMATION (ICAI'07),Vancouver, Canada, June 19-21, 2007
• Member of the Scientific committee The 11th WSEAS International Conference on APPLIED MATHEMATICS, Dallas, Texas, USA, March 22-24, 2007
• Program committee member CONFENIS 2007, The IFIP International Conference on Research and Practical Issues of Enterprise Information Systems, An International Forum for Exploring the Research Frontier in Enterprise Information System, October 14-16, 2007 - Beijing, China
• Program committee member Informing Science and IT Education Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 22-25, 2007 
• Program Committee member IADIS International Conference, 7-9 December, 2007, Algarve, Portuga

Senior Editor 

A full professor in Economics Education and an NRF C2-rated researcher at the College of Education, University of South Africa (UNISA). He is a qualified professional teacher and esteemed researcher, has published articles in highly impacted journals, supervised doctoral and master’s degree students, read conference papers, was a keynote speaker, published conference proceedings, edited academic books and awarded external grants. He is a flipped learning expert in ODeL research. 2013, the Chancellor Award for Excellence in Research (UNISA) was awarded for his novel contributions to economics education and teacher education. Furthermore, the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (2018) was awarded for his groundbreaking research on the e-portfolio as an alternative assessment approach in teacher education. One of his 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. Prof van Wyk received the International Award for Excellence for Research (2020) from the Common Ground Research Network, University of Chicago, USA. I was awarded the UNISA Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research (2023) for the second time. Serving on international journal editorial boards and vetting panels. The Medal of Honor in Education (2023) was awarded for his contribution to teacher education by the Education Association of South Africa. Currently an Associate Editor for Heliyon: Education. (Scopus, Quintile 2 journal). His research interests are digital technologies, artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital game-based learning, flipped pedagogy, e-Portfolios, authentic assessment and Economics Education.

• Ph.D (Curriculum Studies)
• MEd (Curriculum Studies)
• BA (Economics)
• BEd Hons (Educational leadership and Management)
• Secondary Teacher Diploma
• Certificate in Financial Management
• Certificate in Assessment

• Cooperative learning
• Curriculum studies
• Economics education
• Indigenous education
• Teaching Practice
• Technology-integrated teaching and learning

• Economics education
• Cooperative learning,
• Indigenous knowledge systems,
• Social media technology, ePortfolios
• Self-directed learning,
• Quantitative research methods
• Indigenous pedagogy
• Life history
• Auto-ethnography

• Economics Education
• Curriculum studies
• Indigenous education
• Cooperative learning
• Teacher Education

van Wyk M.M. (2021) South African Multigrade Teachers’ Implementation of Cooperative Learning Strategies. In: Cornish L., Taole M.J. (eds) Perspectives on Multigrade Teaching. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84803-3_5

van Wyk, MM. (2021). Narrating Deputy Principals and Heads of Departments' Experiences of Assessment Practices in Curriculum Delivery. In Ailwei S Mawela, Micheal M van Wyk, Lazarus Lebeloane, & Awelani Mudau (Eds.), Investigating the Roles of School Management Teams in Curriculum Delivery (pp. 78-94). IGI Global. http://doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-7168-2.ch006

van Wyk, MM. (2021). Flipped Class Pedagogy as a Digital Pedagogical Strategy in an Open Distance E-Learning Environment. In Information Management Association (Eds.), Research Anthology on Developing Effective Online Learning Courses (pp. 496-515). IGI Global. http://doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-8047-9.ch026 

Meintjes, H. H., & van Wyk, M. M. (2020). Facebook Page as a Digital Pedagogical Tool in the Business Studies Class. In Matthew Montebello, (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Digital Learning (pp. 57-74). IGI Global. http://doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-9304-1.ch004

Van Wyk, MM., & Mudau, P. K. (2019). The Use of Pedagogical Support Strategies in an Online Teacher Education Course. In Micheal M van Wyk (Ed.). Student Support Toward Self-Directed Learning in Open and Distributed Environments (pp. 192-215). IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9316-4.ch009

Van Wyk MM (2019). (Editor) Student Support Toward Self-Directed Learning in Open and Distributed Environments. IGI Global Publishers doi: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9316-4

Van Wyk, MM. (2019). Blogging as a Supportive E-Pedagogical Strategy in the Teaching Methodology of Economics. In Micheal M van Wyk (Ed.), Student Support Toward Self-Directed Learning in Open and Distributed Environments (pp. 149-168). IGI Global. Doi: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9316-4.ch007

Van Wyk MM. (2018). Flipped class pedagogy as a digital pedagogical strategy in an Open Distance eLearning environment. In Lazarus N Makwea (Ed.). Handbook of Research on Technology-Supported Teaching and Research Methods for Educators (pp.34-56) IGI Global

Van Wyk, MM. (2018). Flipping the class for students to learn to teach economics. In Digital technologies and instructional design for personalized learning (pp. 287-306). IGI Global.

Van Wyk MM. (2018). [Re]framing an integrated Multicultural Education process for a decolonized curriculum, In LDN Tlale & T Makhalele (eds.) Integrating Multicultural Education Into The Curriculum For Decolonisation: Benefits And Challenges Nova Science Publsihers, New York, pp.1-16

Van Wyk MM. (2018). Flipping the Class for Students to Learn to Teach Economics. In Robert Zheng, Digital Technologies and Instructional Design for Personalized Learning, IGI Global Publishers, pp.287308. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3940-7.ch014

van Breda M & Van Wyk MM (2018). Electronic -Portfolio Approach to Enhance Self-Directed Learning. In Emmanuel Jean-Francois (Ed.), Transnational perspectives on innovation in teaching and learning technologies (pp.45-66). Boston, MA: Brill-Sense. ISBN: 9789004366053

Zhang, Z & van Wyk, MM. (2016) Professional ethics and roles of the teacher. In, CIO Okeke, CC Wolhuter, EO Adu, MM van Wyk, JA Abongdia Learn to teach: A handbook for teacher education. ISBN: 9780190411794 E-pub ISBN: 9780190412869

Van Wyk, MM; Galloway, G; & Okeke, CIO (2016) Basic skills in classroom discipline and control (Chapter 8). Editors: Prof CIO Okeke [UFH], Prof CC Wolhuter [NWU], Prof EO Adu [UFH], Prof MM van Wyk [UNISA], Dr JA Abongdia [UFH] Learn to teach: A handbook for teacher education. ISBN: 9780190411794 E-pub ISBN: 9780190412869

Van Wyk, MM.& Ndamba GT. (2016) Portfolios and e-portfolios in teaching practice. (Chapter 18) Editors  Prof CIO Okeke [UFH], Prof CC Wolhuter [NWU], Prof EO Adu [UFH], Prof MM van Wyk [UNISA], Dr JA Abongdia [UFH] Learn to teach: A handbook for teacher education. ISBN: 9780190411794 E-pub ISBN: 9780190412869

Van Wyk MM.& Steyn H (2016) Electronic learning aids and social media in teaching (Chapter 19). Editors: Prof CIO Okeke [UFH], Prof CC Wolhuter [NWU], Prof EO Adu [UFH], Prof MM van Wyk [UNISA], Dr JA Abongdia [UFH] Learn to teach: A handbook for teacher education. ISBN: 9780190411794 E-pub ISBN: 9780190412869

Van Wyk, MM (2015) Teaching Economics. In James D. Wright (Ed.) The International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd Edition. Elsevier Publishers. ISSN

Johnson L, van Wyk MM. (2015) Approaches to teaching EMS: The teacher-centred approach  and the learner-centred approach(Chapter 3). Editors: MM van Wyk, UNISA; Dr K Dos Reis, PCUT. Teaching EMS in the Senior Phase. ISBN: 9780190407346; 9780199076819 (epub)

Van Wyk, MM. & Tshelane. M. (2015) Using ICT in the classroom (Chapter 7). Editors: Prof Micheal van Wyk, UNISA; Dr K Dos Reis, PCUT. Teaching EMS in the Senior Phase. ISBN: 9780190407346; 9780199076819 (epub)

Van Wyk, MM. (2015) Afrocentricity Research Methodology. In CIO Okeke & MM van Wyk (Eds). Educational research: An African approach. (Chapter 1 / pp #). Cape Town: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780190409135, e-pub: 9780199047871.

Van Wyk, MM & Taole JM. (2015) Research Designs. In CIO Okeke & MM van Wyk (Eds). Educational research: An African approach. (Chapter 10 /pp #). Cape Town: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780190409135, e-pub: 9780199047871.

Van Wyk, MM. (2015) Writing for publication. In CIO Okeke & MM van Wyk (Eds). Educational research: An African approach. (Chapter 30 /pp #). Cape Town: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780190409135, e-pub: 9780199047871.

Van Wyk MM. (2014) Integration of Information and Communication Technology into teaching practice. In MJ Taole (Editor), Teaching Practice, Perspectives and Frameworks (June, 2014). Cape Town: Van Schaik Publishers. ISBN: 9780627 03118 2. pp. 75-92

Taole MJ & Van Wyk MM. (2014) Reflective practice in teacher education. In MJ Taole (Editor), Teaching Practice, Perspectives and Frameworks (June, 2014). Cape Town: Van Schaik Publishers. ISBN: 978062703118 2. pp. 183-197

Van Wyk MM. (2014) Towards an Afrocentric – Indigenous Pedagogy. CJ Okeke, MM van Wyk and NJ Phasha, Schooling, society and inclusive Education: An African perspective (May). Cape Town: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780199077809.

Van Wyk MM. (2012) Drivers for Mentoring Diversity in Teacher education. In Georgianna Duarte &  Emma Miller (Eds.): Mentoring Diverse Populations ISBN-13: 978-1-60797-381-2.

Van Wyk, MM. (2011) Creating Powerful and Sustainable Learning Environments: Theory into Practice. First Edition. ISBN 978-3-8443-9904-2. Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany. Published date: 2011/05/16

Van Wyk, MM. (2010) Rethinking the value of simulated games in Economics education: An experimental teaching strategy. In Sechaba Mahlomaholo, Milton Nkoane & Dennis Francis (Eds). Praxis towards sustainable empowering learning environments in South Africa,(101-122) First edition ISBN 978-1-920383-07-7. SUN PRESS: Bloemfontein

Alexander G, van Wyk MM, Jaftha CD and Nkoane MM. (2010) The University of the Free State community service intervention on grade 12 science, mathematics and accounting: scholarship for teaching and learning. 289-307. In Sechaba Mahlomaholo, Milton Nkoane & Dennis Francis (Eds). Praxis towards sustainable empowering learning environments in South Africa, (289-307) First edition. ISBN 978-1-920383-07-7. SUN PRESS: Bloemfontein

VAN Wyk MM. (2009). Cooperative learning as a teaching strategy for the classroom: A practical guide for economics teachers. ISBN: 978-3-639-20735-4: VDM Publishing–House.com Published date: 2009/10/05

Alexander.G, van Wyk. MM and Japtha, PD. (2009). Exploring Community Engagement: A Higher Education Initiative, with the project number 29824, and ISBN 978-3-639-22076-6, VDM Publishing– House.com Published date: 2009/12/05

van Wyk, MM., Kotze, C. J., Tshabalala, S. L., & Mukhati, F. (2021). The responsiveness of teacher education managers at an ODeL college to resilience and the well-being of staff working from home during COVID-19. International Journal of Educational Methodology, 7(4), 623-635. https://doi.org/10.12973/ijem.7.4.623

Amponsah, S., van Wyk, MM., & Kolugu, M. K. (2021). Academic Experiences of “Zoom-Fatigue” as a Virtual Streaming Phenomenon During the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 17(6), 1-16. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJWLTT.287555

van Wyk, MM. (2021), "Academic support under COVID-19 lockdown: what students think of online support e-tools in an ODeL course", Interactive Technology and Smart Education, Vol. 18 No. 2, pp. 137-157. https://doi.org/10.1108/ITSE-08-2020-0121

van Wyk, MM. (2021). A Flipped Instructional Design as an Online Pedagogy Enabling Student Learning in an ODeL Course. International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies (IJWLTT), 16(6), 1-17. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJWLTT.20211101.oa14

Mudau, PK & Van Wyk MM. (2021). "Academic Support of ODL Students through e-Portfolio Assessment." The International Journal of Technologies in Learning 28 (1): 59-73. http://doi:10.18848/2327-0144/CGP/v28i01/59-73  ISSN: 2327-0144 (Print); ISSN: 2327-2686 (Online)

Hagos, G & Van Wyk MM. (2021). "Parental Involvement in Children’s Academic Achievements: A Case of Ethiopian Schooling." The International Journal of Educational Organization and Leadership 28 (1): 123-140. http://doi:10.18848/2329-1656/CGP/v28i01/123-140   ISSN: 2329-1656 (Print) ISSN: 2329-1591 (Online)

Koopman, O, Van Wyk, MM & Koopman, K.J. (2020). "Science Teachers’ Views and Applications of Technology-Based Teaching" Ubiquitous Learning: An International Journal 13 (3): 25-42. http://doi:10.18848/1835-9795/CGP/v13i03/25-42

van Wyk, MM. (2020). Student Teachers' Lived Experiences of an ODeL Flipped Instructional Design. International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design, 10(4), 14-31. http://doi:10.4018/IJOPCD.2020100102

Van Wyk, MM. (2020). "Students’ Experiences of a Flipped Instructional Design at an Open Distance e-Learning University." The International Journal of Technologies in Learning 27 (2): 1-20. http://doi:10.18848/2327-0144/CGP/v27i02/1-20  ISSN: 2327-0144 (Print); ISSN: 2327-2686 (Online)

van Wyk, MM. (2020). E-Pedagogical Support Strategies to Teaching Methodology of Economics Students at an Open Distance Learning University. International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design (IJOPCD), 10(3), 1-18. http://doi:10.4018/IJOPCD.2020070101

Amponsah, S., & van Wyk, MM. (2020). STAD Cooperative Pedagogy in Teaching English First Additional Language in KwaZulu-Natal Secondary Schools. International Journal of Teacher Education and Professional Development, 3(2), 47-64. http://doi:10.4018/IJTEPD.2020070104  

Van Wyk MM. (2019). "Students’ Perceptions of the Flipped Classroom Pedagogy in an Open Distance e-Learning University." Ubiquitous Learning: An International Journal 12 (4): 1-13. doi:10.18848/1835-9795/CGP/v12i04/1-13

Van Wyk MM. (2019).  Pedagogical strategies to support economics students’ learning at an open distance learning university. Journal of Education, 76(1):23-46 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2520-9868/i76a02

Van Wyk MM. (2019).  "Teachers’ Voices Matter: Is Cooperative Learning an Appropriate Pedagogy for Multigrade Classes?" The International Journal of Pedagogy and Curriculum 26 (2): 19-34. http://doi:10.18848/2327-7963/CGP/v26i02/19-34

Van Wyk, MM. (2018). “How I Got out of the Gutters”: The Lived Experiences of Ex-prisoners who Became Social Change Activists." The International Journal of Diverse Identities 18 (2): 1-14. doi:10.18848/2327-7866/CGP/v18i02/1-14

Van Wyk, MM. (2018). "e-Portfolio as an Empowering Tool in the Teaching Methodology of Economics at an Open Distance e-Learning University." Ubiquitous Learning: An International Journal 11 (3): 35-50. doi:10.18848/1835-9795/CGP/v11i03/35-50 

Van Wyk MM. (2018). Flipping the Economics Class in a Teacher Education Course. Technology, Knowledge and Learning pp 1-27 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-018-9377-9 

Van Wyk MM. (2018). "Economics student teachers’ views on the usefulness of a flipped classroom pedagogical approach for an open distance eLearning environment", The International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, Vol. 35 Issue: 4, pp.255265,https://doi.org/10.1108/IJILT-07-2017-0068   ISSN: 2327-0144 (Print); ISSN: 2327-2686 (Online)

Van Wyk MM. (2018). Blog Phenomenology: Student Teachers’ Views of Learning to Teach Economics International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies Vol. 13 • Issue 2; pp 62-77,  DOI: 10.4018/IJWLTT.2018040105 

Ndamba GT & van Wyk MM. (2018) State barricades: Educators’ inside story on mother-tongue education in a postcolonial Zimbabwean context, South African Journal of African  Languages, Vol. 38, Issue 1, pp.51-59,  DOI: 10.1080/02572117.2018.1429870 

Havenga M & van Wyk, MM. (2017). Cooperative elements in joint projects to enhance first-year engineering students’ self-directed learning: a case of a South African university World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education Volume.15, No.4, 23-39

Havenga M & van Wyk, MM. (2017). A conceptualised design-based research framework for a problem-based learning approach in a first-year engineering course.  Global Journal of Engineering Education   Volume 19, Issue 3, pp. 200-206 

Van Wyk, MM. (2017). Stokvels as a Community-based Saving Club Aimed at Eradicating Poverty: A Case of South African Rural Women. The International Journal of Community Diversity. 17(2): 13-26. ISSN: 2327-0004; ISSN: 2327-2147 http://doi.org/10.18848/23270004/CGP/v17i02/13-26

Van Wyk, MM. (2017). Exploring Student Teachers’ Views on ePortfolios as an Empowering Tool to Enhance Self-Directed Learning in an Online Teacher Education Course. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 42(6).  http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/vol42/iss6/1

Van Wyk, MM., (2017), An e-portfolio as empowering tool to enhance students' self-directed learning in a teacher education course: A case of a South African university South African Journal of Higher Education, 31(3) 268‒285, DIO: 10.208535/31-834

Van Wyk, MM., (2017), ‘Exploring the role of the church as a “reformation agency” in enhancing a socially transformative agenda in South Africa’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 73(3), a4356. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/hts.v73i3.4356  

Ndamba, G. T. , Sithole, J. C. , van Wyk, MM. (2017). Competing Purposes: Mother Tongue Education Benefits Versus Economic Interests in Rural Zimbabwe. The International Indigenous Policy Journal, 8(1) . Retrieved from: http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/iipj/vol8/iss1/1   DOI: 10.18584/iipj.2017.8.1.1

Van Wyk, MM. (2016) Using An Attitude Toward Economics Education Scale To Explore Teachers’ Attitudes Toward The Subject In Free State Secondary Schools. Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research, 17(2) 266-277 

Van Wyk, MM. (2016) Enabling Environments to Advance Economics Education: A Factorial Design Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research, 17(2) 247-265 

Van Wyk, MM. (2015) Measuring the Effectiveness of Student Teams Achievement Divisions as a Teaching Strategy on Grade 10 Learners’ Economic Knowledge International Journal of Educational Studies 10(2): 325-337 

Van Wyk, MM (2015) Using the Jigsaw Teaching Strategy for the Advance of Economics Teachers’ Acquisition of Knowledge International Journal of Educational Studies 10(2): 338-346 

Van Wyk, MM. (2015) Teaching Economics. In: James D. Wright (editor-in-chief), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition, Vol 24. Oxford: Elsevier. pp. 83–88.

Van Wyk MM. (2014) Blogs as an E Learning Strategy in Supporting Economics Education Students during Teaching Practice. Journal of Communication, 5(2): 135-143 ISSN 0976-691X 

Van Wyk MM.  (2014) The Nama Stap as Indigenous Identity and Cultural Knowledge. Journal of Human Ecology 48 (1): 181-188

Dewah C & van Wyk MM. (2014) The Place of Indigenous Cultural Games by Educators in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics. Journal of Human Ecology 48 (1): 189-197  

Van Wyk, MM. (2013) Using blogs as a means of enhancing reflective Teaching Practice in open distance learning ecologies. African Education Review, Supplementary issue 10:47 –62

Van Wyk MM. (2013) [Re]vitalize Khoisan art and culture via a community outreach initiative. Studies on Tribes and Tribals, 11(2): 145-151 

Van Wyk MM. (2013) Economics Education Students Learning to Teach for Diversity via a Community Engaged Project. Journal of Sociolology and Anthropology, 4(3): 219-226 

Van Wyk, MM. (2012). "Narrating Student Teachers’ Life Histories in Relation to Identity, Social Class and Learning Spaces through a School-based Learning Project." The International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities, and Nations: Annual Review 11 (3): 111-122. doi:10.18848/1447-9532/CGP/v11i03/39013.

Van Wyk, MM. (2012) Teacher Efficacy: The Use of Cooperative Learning Techniques in Economics Education: An Exploratory Study.  International Journal of Educational Studies 4(3):187-195

Van Wyk, MM. (2012) Exploring Collective Learning Conversations in Economics education: An Autoethnographic perspective.  The Anthropologist, 14(5): 433-443

Van Wyk, MM. (2012) The Effects of the STAD-Cooperative Learning Method on Student Achievement, Attitude and Motivation in Economics Education, Journal of Social Sciences, 33:2, 261270, DOI: 10.1080/09718923.2012.11893104

Alexander.G, van Wyk. MM. (2012) Exploring the value of cooperative learning in enhancing teaching in integrated school environments of the Northern Cape province. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 47: 1945 – 1949

Van Wyk, MM. (2012) [Re]claiming the Riel as Khoisan Indigenous Cultural Knowledge. Studies on Tribes and Tribals, 10(1): 47-56

Van Wyk, MM. (2011) Narrating Student Teachers’ Personal Stories in Relation to Identity, Social Class and Learning through a School-based learning project. The International Journal on Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations, Volume 11 (2):111-122.Published by Common Ground Publishing Press, University of Illinois Research Unit, USA, ISSN: 1447-9532

Van Wyk, MM. (2011) The Effects of Teams-Games-Tournaments on Achievement, Retention, and Attitudes of Economics Education Students, Journal of Social Sciences, 26:3, 183193, DOI: 10.1080/09718923.2011.11892895

Van Wyk, MM.  (2011) Student Teachers’ Personal Stories- Identity, Social Class and Learning: A Life History Approach. Loyola Journal of Social Sciences. Vol. XXV, 2:141-161

November,I;  Alexander, G & van Wyk MM. (2010) Do principal-educators have the ability to transform schools?: A South African perspective. Teaching and Teacher Education, 26(5):786-795

Alexander. G, van Wyk. MM, Bereng, T & November, IP. (2010). Legitimate Peripheral Participation (LPP) – The case for Recognition of Prior Learning sites and knowledges in South Africa’s transforming education system. Teaching and Teacher Education 26: 45–52

Van Wyk MM,  Alexander G & Moreeng BB. (2010) Education as Transformation: A case of a Faculty.  South African Journal for Higher Education, 24(6):1036-1051 

Van Wyk. MM. (2008) Teacher use and training related to cooperative learning as a teaching strategy for economics education. Issues on Education and Research: Volume 1 Edited by Gregory T. Papanikos ISBN: 978-960-6672-43-9, 331 pages, Hardback. First published in 2009 by ATINER, pp127-149. ATINER, Athens, Greece

Van Wyk MM. Exploring the use of cooperative learning techniques in economics education. Theme of conference: Criticality, Creativity and Connections: in Pursuit of Educational Innovations. Conference Proceedings of the 2013 Annual Conference of Educational association of South Africa (EASA)17-20 January 2013, Mpekweni Resort, Eastern Cape, Potchefstroom: Platinum Press, pp.235248: ISBN:978-1-86822-640-5

Van Wyk MM. (2013) Blogging as an E-learning tool in teaching economics. Theme of conference: The State of play in educational research in South Africa.  Conference Proceeding of the South African Education Research Association, Klein Kariba. 28-30 January 2013, Cape Town Oxford University Press. pp.284-302.

Alexander G & Van Wyk MM. (2012) Exploring the value of cooperative learning in enhancing teaching in integrated school environments of the Northern Cape province. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 47: 1945 – 1949 

Van Wyk, MM. (2011) Exploring Student Teachers’ Personal Stories in Relation to Identity, Social Class and Learning: A Life History Approach. Proceedings of the 2011 Eleventh International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations. Published by Common Ground Publishing Press, University of Illinois Research Unit, USA, ISSN:1447-9532

Van Wyk, MM. (2010). The Effects of Teams-Games-Tournaments on Achievement, Retention, and Attitudes of Economics Education Students. Proceedings of the 2010 European College Teaching & Learning Conference Published by Clute Institute for Academic Research, Colorado, USA. Conference Proceedings ISSN Number: 1539-8757 Conference proceedings included in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index

Alexander G, van Wyk, MM & November, IP. (2010) Enhancing Cultural Diversity In Integrated School Settings Of The Northern Cape Province: Cooperative Learning As Teaching Tool.  Proceedings of the 2010 European College Teaching & Learning Conference. Published by Clute Institute for Academic Research, Colorado, USA. Conference proceedings included in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index. Conference Proceedings ISSN Number: 1539-8757 

November, I., Alexander, G., & van Wyk, M.M. 2009. The Legitimation of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) as Redress Mechanism for Workspaces in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Narrative of a Black Master Builder. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Teaching and Learning (ICTL 2009).“Achieving Educational Excellence through Student Centred Approach”. Published by INTI University-College, Laureate International Universities, Malaysia. 

Alexander, G., van Wyk, M.M., Japtha, C, D., Teis, N & Le Roux, N. 2009. The Impact of a UFS-Volksblad Grade 12 Learner Intervention on the Quality of Teaching and Learning in Mathematics, Physical Science and Accounting: A University Community Service Initiative. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Teaching and Learning (ICTL 2009). “Achieving Educational Excellence through Student Centred Approach”. Published by INTI University-College, Laureate International Universities, Malaysia.

Van Wyk, MM. 2022. Economics Students Views of the Functionality of the Flipped Pedagogy” Fifteenth International Conference on e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies, Apr 15, 2022 – Apr 16, 2022 at National Changhua University of Education, Changhua City, Taiwan, Province of China

Van Wyk, MM. Systematic Mapping of Flipped Learning in Teacher Education. Conference Theme: Universalism or Particularism: Knowledge and Power in the Process of Decolonization Revisited. Virtual Twenty-eight International Conference on Learning, Jul 07, 2021 – Jul 09, 2021 at Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

Van Wyk, MM. Students’ Views of e-Pedagogical Support Strategies in an Online Course. 14th Virtual International Conference on eLearning and Innovative Pedagogies, 23-24 April 2020, University of Aegean, Rhodes, Greece

Van Wyk, MM. Ubiquitous Learning Spaces: Support Strategies for An Online Discipline Based Education Course” Virtual Twenty-seventh International Conference on Learning, Jul 13, 2020 – Jul 15, 2020 at Universitat de València - Facultat de Magisteri, València, Spain

Van Wyk, MM. Students’ Views of e-Pedagogical Support Strategies in an Online Course. 13th Virtual International Conference on eLearning and Innovative Pedagogies, 23-24 April 2020, University of Aegean, Rhodes, Greece

Van Wyk, MM. Teachers’ Voices Matter: Cooperative Learning Across Multigraded Classes, Reading paper at Twenty-sixth International Conference on Learning, 22-28 July 2019, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.

Van Wyk, MM. “Students’ Perceptions of The Usefulness of The Flipped Classroom Pedagogy in An Open Distance E Learning University” Reading paper at the Twelfth International Conference on e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies, Hobart, Australia, 1-3 May 2019. 

Van Wyk, MM. Economics students’ perceptions of the usefulness of the flipped classroom pedagogy 11th International Conference on Educational Research (ICER) 2018: Challenging Education for Future Change, 8 - 9 September 2018 at Khon Kaen University.

Van Wyk, MM. "Student Teachers Perceptions of a Flipped Classroom Pedagogy," Eleventh International conference on e-Learning and Innovative Pedagogies, 2-3 March 2018.

Van Wyk MM. Economics student teachers’ views on the usefulness of a Flipped Classroom Pedagogical design for an Open Distance eLearning environment. World Education Research Association (WERA) 2018 World Congress to be held in Cape Town, South Africa on 3 August to 5 August 2018

Van Wyk MM. Teachers’ voices matters: a cooperative learning design for multigrade classes. World Education Research Association (WERA) 2018 World Congress to be held in Cape Town, South Africa on 3 August to 5 August 2018

Van Wyk MM. “The usefulness of flipping the class pedagogical design for an Open Distance eLearning environment”. 1st International Conference on Teaching and Learning Through Languages. Skukuza Camp, Kruger National Park, South Africa, 23 -25 July 2018.

Van Wyk MM.  "How I Got out of the Gutters: Narrating Ex-prisoners Life Stories Becoming Social Change Agents in Supporting Rural Township Communities 18th International conference on Diversity in Organizations and Nations – 6-8 June 2018, University of Texas, Texas, USA.

Van Wyk MM.  ePortfolios as an Alternative Assessment Strategy for Enhancing Self-directed Learning, e-Learning and Innovative Pedagogies Research Network. St John’s University, Manhattan, USA, 2-3 March 2-18.

Van Wyk MM. Usefulness of an ePortfolio pedagogy toward self-directed learning: an exploratory factor analysis. 6th Global Conference on Business and Social Sciences in Bangkok, Thailand, 2017 from 4-5 December 2017

Van Wyk MM. “Exploring student teachers’ views on ePortfolios as an empowering tool to enhance self-directed learning in an online teacher education course” has been accepted for oral presentation at the Teacher Education @ a Distance Conference (TE@DC-2017), Protea Marriot Ranch Hotel, Polokwane, Limpopo, 10-13 October 2017.

Van Wyk MM. An e-Portfolio as empowering tool enhance students self-directed learning in a teacher education course: a case of a South African University 37th International Society for Teacher Education Conference (ISfTE 2017), 24 – 29 April 2017, Aarhus, Denmark

Van Wyk MM. Stokvels as a community-based saving club of eradicating poverty: A case of South African rural women," 17th International conference on Diversity in Organizations and Nations – 26-28 July 2017, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada.

Van Wyk MM Is effective, efficient and engaging (e)-learning possible? “unpacking the affordances of technology for (e)-learning conundrum” Second International Conference on Advances in Education, Teaching and Technology, 29-31 July 2017, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada.  

Van Wyk MM Post Graduate Certificate of Education Student Teachers’ Views of Economics Games as an Interactive Classroom Technique Canadian International Conference on Advances in Education, Teaching & Technology 2016 (EduTeach2016), 16-17 JULY ,2016, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada.

Van Wyk MM. Using a Community Engagement Project to Prepare Economics Education Students for Culturally Diverse Learning Environments. International conference for Education, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada. 31 May to 3 June 2016.

Van Wyk MM Learn to teach: usefulness of e-Portfolios as an empowering tool toward self-directed learning in a teacher education course. South Africa International Conference on Educational Technologies (SAICET), 24th – 26th April 2016, Manhatten Hotel, Pretoria. 

Van Wyk MM Economics student teachers’ views regarding the usefulness of an ePortfolio as a tool for professional development: a case of a South African university 36th International Society for Teacher Education Conference (ISfTE 2016) Skukuza, Mpumalanga, 23-26 July 2016

Van Wyk MM. Using a Flipped Classroom Pedagogy to enhance student teachers’ learning to teach Economics education in open distance learning environments. 36th International Society for Teacher Education Conference (ISfTE 2016). Skukuza, Mpumalanga, 23-26 July 2016

Van Wyk MM. Using the Jigsaw Teaching Strategy to advance Economics Teachers’ Acquisition of Knowledge. Education Association of South Africa Conference, Arabella Hotel & Spa Hermanus, Western Cape. The conference is from 17 – 20 January 2016

Van Wyk MM The effect of student team achievement division as a cooperative learning teaching strategy on grade 10 learners’ economics knowledge 13th International Conference on Social Sciencen Research (ICSSR), Bangkok (Thailand) December 18, 2015 Conference Venue Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Conference Center, Bangkok, Thailand

Van Wyk MM ePortfolio as a digital story board of the student teacher’s learning journey, in charting a professional identity and constructing a teaching philosophy 13th International Conference on Social Science Research (ICSSR), Bangkok (Thailand) December 19, 2015 Conference Venue Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Conference Center, Bangkok, Thailand

Van Wyk MM. Pecha Kucha titled “The use of reflective journals as an e-portfolio alternative assessment strategy: an interpretive bricolage design: 26th International Conference on distance Education, theme of conference Growing capacities for sustainable distance e-learning provision. Sun City, Rustenberg, Northwest Province, 12-16 October 2015

Van Wyk MM. Poster titled “ePortfolio as a digital story board of the student teacher’s learning journey: 26th International Conference on distance Education, theme Growing capacities for sustainable distance e-learning provision. Sun City, Rustenberg, Northwest Province, 12-16 October 2015

Ndamba GT & Van Wyk MM. Competing Purposes: Mother Tongue Education Benefits Versus Economic Interests in Rural Zimbabwe 42nd Southern African Society for Education International Conference, Protea Hotel Zebula Lodge Bela-Bela Limpopo Province, South Africa from 07-09 October 2015

Lepholletse, AMM & Van Wyk, MM. The efficacy of implementing character education programmes that can sustain learners’ behaviour   in secondary schools 42nd Southern African Society for Education International Conference, Protea Hotel Zebula Lodge Bela-Bela Limpopo Province, South Africa from 07-09 October 2015

Amponsah S & Van Wyk, MM. Exploring English First Additional Language Teachers’ use of the Student Teams Achievement Divisions in Teaching the Subject in Kwazulu-Natal Secondary Schools, 42nd Southern African Society for Education International Conference, Protea Hotel Zebula Lodge (Bela-Bela Limpopo Province, South Africa from 07-09 October 2015

Van Wyk, MM. Student Teachers’ Views Regarding The Use of Reflective Journals as An E-Portfolio Alternative Assessment Strategy: An Interpretive Bricolage Phenomenological Analysis 42nd Southern African Society For Education International Conference, Protea Hotel Zebula Lodge (Bela-Bela Limpopo Province, South Africa from 07-09 October 2015

Van Wyk, MM Student teachers’ views regarding the use of an ePortfolio as an alternative method of assessment: an interpretive bricolage phenomenological analysis Conference Theme: Emerging Technologies and Authentic Learning in Higher Vocational Education Conference. Poster presentation. Date of conference, 31 August 2015 - 3 September 2015 in Cape Town, South Africa.

Van Wyk, MM.  Eportfolios As an Alternative Assessment Tool Toward Empowering Economics Student Teachers. ECTTC2015-European Conference on Technology in the classroom. Thistle Brighton, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom Wednesday, July 1 - Sunday 5, 2015

Van Wyk, MM.   African Rural Women Participation in Stokvels as Community-Based Savings Schemes. Oral presentation at the International Journal of Arts & Sciences’ (IJAS) International 

Conference for Social Sciences and Humanities, 26 to 30 May 2015. Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Van Wyk, MM  2014 Constructing an Eight-way Framework Strategy to enhancing Afrocentricindigenous pedagogy for an inclusive classroom. Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Van Wyk, MM Exploring student’s perceptions of blogs as an e-supportive tool during teaching placements International Educational Technology Conference, September 3-5, 2014 Chicago, USA

Van Wyk, MM. Social mediated tools in support of Economics education students’ engagement during a teaching practice course. Reading a paper at the 2nd International Conference on Teaching Practice in Education. Theme: Teaching Practice in the 21stCentury: emerging trends, challenges and opportunities. 26-28 August 2014, Birchwood and OR Tambo conference and hotel, Boksburg

Van Wyk, MM. Expanding Horizons: toward an Afrocentric-indigenous pedagogy for an inclusive learning space. Reading paper at SAERA 2014 Conference: 13-15 August,2014 Southern Sun Elangeni & Maharani Hotel, Durban.

Van Wyk, MM Factors emerged as drivers for online learning: Is there a new pedagogy emerging for the 21st century classroom and beyond? International conference on Education, May 23-24, 2014 Chicago, USA

Van Wyk, MM. Teaching Economic concepts with blogs. Theme: Continuity, Change and Sustainability in open, distance and eLearning. The Unisa Cambridge International Conference on Open, Distance and eLearning, 29 September – 2 October 2013. 

Van Wyk, MM. Rethinking the value of the Jigsaw cooperative learning method on economics teachers’ acquisition of knowledge. Theme of conference: Education in Namibia: Trends and Practices. Read paper at the UNAM 2dn Annual Education conference. Safari Hotel: Windhoek, Namibia (9-12 September 2013)

Van Wyk, MM. Measuring the effectiveness of student team’s achievement divisions on grade 10 learners’ economic knowledge. Theme of conference: Education in Namibia: Trends and Practices. Read paper at the UNAM 2dn Annual Education conference. Safari Hotel: Windhoek, Namibia (9-12 September 2013)

Van Wyk MM The Use of Economics Games as a Participative Teaching Strategy to Enhance Student Learning: a social interdependence construct. Read paper at the International Journal of Arts & Sciences’ (IJAS) International Conference for Academic Disciplines.Ryerson University’s International Learning Center: Toronto, Canada (May 20-23, 2013).

Taole MJ & Van Wyk MM Exploring the educational potential of blogagogy in an open distance learning course. Van Wyk, MMM reading paper at the International Journal of Arts & Sciences’ (IJAS) International Conference for Academic Disciplines. Ryerson University’s International Learning Center: Toronto, Canada (May 20-23, 2013).

Van Wyk MM. Narrating life stories of ex-prisoners of becoming social entrepreneurs in rural communities. Paper read at 4thInternational conference on Research and Development. Theme: People-focused Development and Sustainable Growth: Africa in view. 18-20th March, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa

Van Wyk MM. Exploring with blogs to enhance communities of reflective practice during teaching practice in open distance learning ecologies. Reading paper at the 1st International Conference on Open Distance Learning, 5th – 7th September 2012, Unisa campus, Pretoria.

Van Wyk, MM. Exploring with blogs in an ODL teaching practice education: A phenomenographic approach. Reading a paper at the 1stInternational conference on Teaching Practice (ICTPED), 6-8 August 2012, St George Hotel, Pretoria

Van Wyk MM. Cooperative learning and Contemporary Economics Issues: A comparative study of Student Teams Achievement Divisions and Direct instruction teaching strategies in Free State secondary schools. Reading a paper at the Canada International Conference on Education (CICE), 18th-21st of June 2012 in Ontario, Canada

Alexander G & Van Wyk MM.  Learner perceptions regarding Cooperative learning as a teaching strategy in Integrated school settings of the Northern Cape province. Paper read by Van Wyk MM at The Twelfth International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada:  11-13 June 2012

Van Wyk MM.  We can make a difference! Empowering Student Teachers to Teach Culturally Diverse learners in Economics education. Reading a paper the Twelfth International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada:1113June2012

Alexander G, Ramohai J & van Staden A.  Why did it happen to us? Confronting the Individualization of Racism in a High White Afrikaans Institution of Higher Learning. Reading the paper by van Wyk MM at the Twelfth International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada:  11-13 June 2012

Van Wyk MM. “Do We Need to Develop Critical Communities In Teacher Education As Stimulating Forces For Collective Learning? An Auto-Ethnographic Perspective” Dr G Alexander read the paper at the Cyprus International Conference on Educational Research Middle East Technical University North Cyprus Campus, 08-10 February 2012

Hongwane, VA & Van Wyk MM. “Do teachers have the ability to engender democratic classrooms?: An Afrocentric-Ubuntu perspective” Dr G Alexander read the paper at the Cyprus International Conference on Educational Research Middle East Technical University North Cyprus Campus, 08-10 February 2012

Alexander G & Van Wyk MM.  Exploring the value of cooperative learning in enhancing teaching in integrated school environments of the Northern Cape province” Dr G Alexander read the paper at the Cyprus International Conference on Educational Research Middle East Technical University North Cyprus Campus, 08-10 February 2012

Van Wyk MM. Money makes the world go round-Teaching economics concepts via edutainment efforts: A factor analysis”.  Dr G Alexander read the paper at the ACTC2012: The Second Asian Conference on Technology in the Classroom. April 26-28, 2012, Osaka, Japan

Van Wyk MM. Let's do the “riel”! [Re]Claiming cultural heritage: An Afrocentric-Indigenous perspective. Conference Theme: Africa 2011. Paper presented at The 34th Annual conference organized by The African Studies of Association of Australasia and the Pacific (ASAAP), Flinders University, City Campus, Adelaide, Australia: 29 November-2 December 2011 Van Wyk MM. Exploring Student Teachers’ Personal Stories in Relation to Identity, Social Class and Learning: A Life History Approach. The Eleventh International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa: 20-22 June 2011

Van Wyk MM. Exploring Student Teachers’ Attitudes to Economics Education: An Exploratory Factor Analysis. 3rd International Conference on Teaching and Learning (ICTL 2011), November 14 – 16, 2011 in Penang, Malaysia.

Milondzo KS & Van Wyk, MM. Exploring the Impact of In-Class Simulated Games on Student Learning in Economics Education at the 3rd International Conference on Teaching and Learning (ICTL 2011) to be held in November 14 – 16, 2011 in Penang, Malaysia.

Moreeng B; Van Wyk MM; Alexander G & Milondzo KS. 3rd International Conference on Teaching and Learning (ICTL 2011),November 14 – 16, 2011 in Penang, Malaysia.

Van Wyk MM. The Effects of Teams-Games-Tournaments On Achievement, Retention, And Attitudes Of Economics Education Students” Paper presented at the 2010 European College Teaching & Learning Conference held at the Hilton hotel in Dublin, Ireland, June 7-10, 2010.

Alexander G, van Wyk MM & November, IP. Enhancing Cultural Diversity in Integrated School Settings of The Northern Cape Province: Cooperative Learning as Teaching Tool. Paper presented by MM van Wyk at the 2010 European College Teaching & Learning Conference held at the Hilton hotel in Dublin, Ireland, June 7-10, 2010.

Alexander.G, van Wyk. MM, Japtha, PD, Le Roux, N & Teis, N Paper presented by G Alexander. The UFS community intervention on Grade 12 Science, Mathematics, and Accounting: A University Community Service-Learning Initiative. Paper presented at the 2ndInternational Conference on Teaching and Learning.  University of Kuching, Malaysia:16-18 November 2009.

Alexander.G, van Wyk. MM, & November,IPPaper presented by G Alexander. The Legitimation of Recognition of Prior Learning as Redress Mechanism for work in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Narrative of a Black Master Builder. Paper presented at the 2ndInternational Conference on Teaching and Learning. University of Kuching, Malaysia:16-18 November 2009.  

Daries,G, Alexander,G, Hlalele. D, Van Wyk, MM. The Perceptions of Primary School Educators Regarding Inclusive Education in the Free State Province of South Africa. 16th International Conference on Learning. University of Barcelona, Spain:1-4 July.

Alexander.G, van Wyk. MM, Bereng,T & November,IP Legitimation of Recognition of Prior Learning as Redress Mechanism for work in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Narrative of a Black Master Builder. 16th International Conference on Learning. University of Barcelona, Spain: 1-4 July.   

Van Wyk, MM & Alexander, G. Legitimation of Recognition of Prior Learning as Redress Mechanism for work in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Narrative of a Black Master Builder.  2009 Oklahoma Higher Education Teaching and Learning Conference. 1-3 April, Broken Arrow,Tulsa, OK, USA 

Van Wyk, MM. Do Student Teams Achievement Divisions enhance economic literacy? An experimental design. 2009 Oklahoma Higher Education Teaching and Learning Conference. 1-3 April, Broken Arrow,Tulsa, OK, USA

Van Wyk, MM. Students’ reflections regarding the use of cartoons as a teaching technique in the Economics classroom Education Association of South Africa EASA Annual Conference EASA International conference, Illovo Beach, Durban, So

Tayyaba is a lecturer at Oxford Business College. She covers various courses, including Marketing, Business Studies, Introduction to Business Finance and Inquiry-based learning.

Tayyaba is pursuing her PhD in Consumer Behaviour. Before that, she obtained her Master in Marketing (MSc) from Hertfordshire University in 2017. In addition, she has an Extended Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership (EDSML). She is a highly competent, efficient, motivated and enthusiastic person. She has more than ten years of experience in the UK retail industry, UK higher education and Student Recruitment Sector. Tayyaba has been working for Amazon in a managerial position since 2015. However, she left the job in 2020 to see her career in academia. Therefore, she also started her doctorate in March 2020. She has also received a Graduate Marketing Award from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM).

In 2020-21, she published a few papers and received Distinguished Scholar Award from the European Journal of Scientific Research. She also participated in the International Conference on "Challenges and Prospects of Business Education in a Post Covid-19 World" in 2021. 

Tayyaba considers teaching a noble profession and tries her level best to make learning easy and exciting for her students. She strongly believes in student satisfaction and endeavours to meet the diverse range of student's academic needs.

She received a paper published on 'Mature Undergraduate Student Satisfaction with Online Teaching during COVID-19 (2020). Tayyaba loves to unwind by indulging in travelling, gardening, cooking, interior and fashion designing and reading.

Bernard has expertise across several key business topics, including the management of business operations, the use of research methods in business, entrepreneurship, managing human resources and developments in modern business. His current area of research is looking at wealth creation through business and entrepreneurship across cultures. He is particularly interested in how agents and agencies in different countries promote these areas. Currently, he is working as a full-time lecturer at the University of Sunderland London Campus. He also delivers lectures and seminars at different HEIs in the UK. Say something interesting about your business here.

Dr Hedda Martina Šola is the Croatian Women of Influence Award Winner 2019. She drew on her rich twenty-year professional experience in marketing at strategic positions within different companies as a Board Member for Marketing. In addition, she was Vice-Dean for business cooperation and international relations at the University College of Economics, Entrepreneurship and Management. She is also working as a research coordinator at Oxford Business College and actively involved in research activities.

Her passion for marketing and science has led her to a doctorate in Economic Science with a specialisation in neuromarketing. She is also a permanent expert witness for marketing and intellectual property rights cases at the County Court in Zagreb and a much-quoted interlocutor in the media. Currently, she is the Director of the “Institute for Neuromarketing” in Croatia.

She has advised more than 100 companies on how to develop their brands, strengthen their market position in terms of strategy, and reposition themselves in the market. She has also published more than 30 scientific and professional papers on marketing and neuromarketing, peer-reviewed at both national and international levels. In addition, she is the author of the first book on neuromarketing published in Croatia under the title “Marketinška oružarnica“.

Dr Hristo Georgiev Sirashkiv is an Associate Professor in Social Management at D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics, Bulgaria. In addition, he holds the prestigious position of Head of the Center for Postgraduate and Optional Education, which was built as a profiled unit at the "D. Tsenov" Academy of Economics and is responsible for training in elite professions related to the economy.

He holds a Master's degree from the "D. Tsenov" Academy of Economics, Svishtov, Bulgaria. in Finance and Credit. In addition, he holds a doctorate in Social Management from the same institute. He has participated in numerous scientific projects and has international experience as an exchange teacher under the Erasmus program in many European countries.

He is the author of several publications, including research papers and course books such as Company Management, Behavior in Management, Quality Management, Management of Nature Use and Nature Conservation and Strategic Management. He published several research papers in leading Bulgarian Journals. He secured energy research funding from the German Federal Foundation for Ecology in 2016. He also completed the projects of European Educational Alliance Ltd. Samokov, Center for Professional Training, Program for the development of rural regions in the Republic of Bulgaria for the period 2007-2013, Measure 111 "Professional Training, Information Activities and Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge". 

Dr Islam is a consummate education professional with a combined 30 years of experience from award-winning research and development, through to postgraduate programme directorship. He is proficient at organising, delivering, and managing all levels of academic programmes, adding further value with industrial experience. Dr Islam seeks to enable an ambitious institution aiming for the next level in offering excellence to their students. PhD in Chemical Technology Imperial College, University of London, UK ● Thesis on Catalytic Conversion of Coal extract. ● Recipient Townend Prize for Outstanding Research in Coal Science. MSc in Petrochemicals University of Manchester, UK BSc (Hons) in Chemistry University of Manchester, UK He held several positions, for example  MBA Programme Director and Chairman of the Exam Board, University of Wales ● Created and delivered a validated MBA programme (by the University of Wales) for the London School of Accountancy and Management (London SAM) - 700 students graduated over 3 years ● Chaired MBA Exam Boards for each academic term, leading a team of 12-15 internal examiners and 3 external examiners ● Chaired MBA Appeal Boards to manage and resolve cases relating to extenuating circumstances and plagiarism. Academic Staff and Postdoctoral Researcher Imperial College London ● Carried out research and development in chemical engineering and technology (high temperature pyrolysis) Higher Education Consultant Alpha-i Education Services (UK) Ltd ● University Grants Commission (Bangladesh), World Bank-funded HEQEP (Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project), currently International Peer Reviewer ● Delivered biannual keynotes and academic training (quality assurance, pedagogy strategy) to various prestigious HE institutions including Bangladesh Postgraduate Medical School, BRAC University, and University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB). Director Fame Design, Bangladesh Quality Assurance Engineer Ministry of Defence, UK Director Bengal Development Corporation, Bangladesh Bid Co-ordinator and Technical Support Consortium of GEC and Marubeni, UK. Academic Awards Townend Prize for Outstanding Research in Coal Science Chemical Society, Imperial College London Science and Engineering Scholarship to read PhD SERC UK Science and Engineering Scholarship to study Masters’ programme SERC UK

Dr Susan is a senior business and management lecturer and Research Associate at Oxford Business College. She teaches People Management, Career Management, Business Strategy for Competitive Advantage, Foundation of Business, and International Business Studies.

She has more than ten years of experience teaching business and management. She holds a Doctorate from Oxford Brookes University and a Masters's degree in international investment & finance from London South Bank University. Before that, she studied banking & finance at the University of Ado Ekiti, Nigeria. 

 Susan has written a research paper on the 'Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on the Utilisation of Natural Resources in Nigeria'. She has also peer-reviewed the International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities. Previously, she held managerial positions within the health industry in a range of NHS Foundation Trusts, the recent being a Network Service Manager for the Cleft Department across Oxford and Salisbury. Besides Oxford Business College, Susan teaches at Oxford Brookes University also.

 She loves to read and does voluntary work with various organisations. Currently, she is an executive member of the 'Girls' Brigade' in Nigeria, an international and interdenominational Christian youth organisation.

Husam is a consultant with expertise in Blockchain and its application in business. Husam has a PhD from Queen Mary University in London in Satellite Communications and an MA from York St John university in Managing and Leading Innovation and Change. Husam worked in academia, where he taught business innovation and project management in a number of universities. Husam has also worked as a senior technical consultant and project manager in several companies and published several papers on Innovation and ATM over satellites. Husam's other interest is the use of ICT for development in Africa. 

Syed is a NetZero entrepreneur. His company Torque Energy Consultants help clients in industry and other built environments devise NetZero emissions strategy. Syed’s doctoral research at Cranfield explores how entrepreneurs can effectively leverage social media to accrue social capital. Syed’s doctoral research explores the accrual process of entrepreneurs’ social capital through their use of social media. His research focuses on explaining the interplaying role of antecedents such as privacy concerns and the context of audiences to predict the networking behaviour of entrepreneurs that may help them nurture bridging and bonding social capital. Syed is a NetZero enthusiast; his consultancy, teaching and research interests focus on how companies can strategize to reach NetZero emissions before 2050. He is working with clients to measure their current emissions and strategies to reach NetZero emissions. He has worked on multiple NetZero and energy efficiency projects helping the key UK industries, including automobile, pharmaceutical, energy, and public.

Syed’s recent research at Bettany Centre of Entrepreneurship explores the micro-foundations for pro-NetZero actions among SMEs in the UK. As part of this project, he is studying the cognitions of entrepreneurs to transcend NetZero plans into pro-NetZero actions among SMEs.

Shahid Mahmood is an IT professional, an academic, an entrepreneur, and a research scholar. His areas of research interests mainly revolve around cyber security, with a particular focus on automotive and mobile security testing.

Shahid received his master’s degree in Software Development (with distinction) from Coventry University, the UK in 2014. Following this, he worked as a software and web developer for more than a year. From 2016 to 2018, he served as a lecturer in computing at Riphah International University, Pakistan, before joining the Institute for Future Transport and Cities at Coventry University in 2018, where he earned a PhD degree.

Dr Ruqaiya Javed is a Research Associate at Oxford Business College, and she is also a Psychologist. In addition to that, she is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR). She specialises in Business Management. Ruqaiya holds a PhD. and an M.A. She has an experience 7 years of in psychological research. She also gained a one-year teaching experience as a visiting faculty in a private HEI (B.A. Hons-Psychology). 

Dr Ruqaiya is currently working on assessing social media's persuasive power in mature students' behaviour through ANN (Artificial Neural Network). She has formerly worked on mature students' intrinsic motivation and learning engagement in HEIs across the south of England.

To her credit, she has more than half a dozen published papers in various journals. Ruqaiya is knowledgeable and well-versed with various research methodologies in Data Science, such as quantitative data analysis, and has hands-on experience using Statistical Package for Social Science Research (SPSS), R, and AMOS. Ruqaiya has also gained expertise in data processing, qualitative analysis, decision tree algorithm, psychological surveys, and assessment, developing and standardising psychological scales/measures.

Dr Ivanov obtained two Master's degrees – one in Banking accountancy and the second an MBA, from Dimitar A.Tsenov Academy of Economics Bulgaria. His PhD is also from the same institute.

His career incorporates various managerial positions within the financial and public sectors besides having Qualify Teacher of Economics status and being a research associate at Oxford Business College in the UK. Vensislav was also an assistant at the Technical University of Sofia for more than a year. With over eight years of lecturing experience in Business and Management and Economics for financial analysis and accounting management, he currently lectures in Business and Management at Oxford Business College. In addition, he has published several papers and written two chapters in a book on higher education.

A member of the AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians – Student), he is also a member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).