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Institute for Open Distance Learning

Prof Ansie Minnaar

1. Short biography

Prof Ansie Minnaar is staff member at the Institute for Open Distance learning (IODL), University of South Africa in Pretoria, South Africa. With more than 20 years of experience in higher education and research supervision, she is responsible for ODL research and postgraduate research programmes at IODL.

Ansie is the author of various articles regarding job satisfaction, management of health services, HIV and AIDS in the workplace and the author of a number of academic books such as Infection Control Made Easy, A Hospital Guide for Health Professionals and co-author of Introduction to Health Services Management, Leadership in Health Services Management and The Pocket Guide for HIV and AIDS and The Workbook on HIV and AIDS. She authored various chapters in Principles and Practice of Health Care. Upcoming is a chapter on meta-cognition in online learning in an international book on distance education.

2. My personal research interest

  • Online learning or technology enhanced learning
  • Metacognition
  • Student support in ODL and specifically academic student support in ODL
  • Research mentoring and supervision of post graduate students
  • Research writing and development of other researchers in writing logically and coherently
  • Cheating in ODL
  • Mobile technology in supporting ODL students.

3. Current research projects

  • Support to online learning students
  • Cheating in ODL and online learning
  • Planning of ODL facilities at higher educational institutions
  • Student satisfaction in ODL
  • Innovative assessment practices
  • Quality improvement in ODL

4. My publications

  • Minnaar, A. 1990. What is asked from the nurse administrator in private hospitals? Nursing RSA Verpleging, 5(10): 40-41.
  • Minnaar, A. 1994.  Innovation for productivity. Nursing RSA Verpleging, 9(8): 34-35.
  • Minnaar, A. & Booyens, S.W. 1997. Caring for the caregivers. Curationis, 20 (2): 9-15.
  • Minnaar, A. 2001. Caring to the caregivers-a nursing management perspective. Curationis, 24(3):19-26.
  • Minnaar, A. 2002. A framework for caring in the human resource management process of nurses. Curations, 25(1): 35-40.
  • Minnaar, A. 2003. The views of nurses regarding caring in the workplace. Curations, 26(1): 37-42.
  • Uys, L. Minnaar, A, Simpson, B., Brysiewitz, L. & Ribero, T. 2003. The modified Martix Model of supervision. African Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 5(2): 30-38.
  • Uys, LR. , Minnaar, A, Reid, S. & Naidoo, J. 2004. The perceptions of nurses in a district health system in KwaZulu-Natal of their supervision, self-esteem and job satisfaction. Curationis, 27(2): 50-56.
  • Uys, L. Minnaar, A, Simpson, B., Reid, S. 2005. The effect of two Models of supervision on selected outcomes. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 37(3): 282-288.
  • Minnaar, A. 2005. HIV & AIDS in the workplace of nurses. Curationis, 28(3): 31-38.
  • Minnaar, A. 2006. People who care. Nursing Update, 30(1): 46-48.
  • Selebi, C & Minnaar, A. 2007. Job satisfaction among nurses in a public hospital in Gauteng. It is all about salaries. Curationis, 30(3): 53-61.
  • Selebi, C. & Minnaar A. 2008. Why are nurses walking away from their jobs? Nursing UPDATE, 33(6): 29-35.
  • Minnaar, A. & Bodkin, C. 2009. The mourning of HIV and AIDS positive pregnant women. Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 11(2): 3-15.
  • Minnaar, A. 2011. Meta-synthesis of support in online learning courses. (Submitted to African Education Review and for publication in 2011).
  • Minnaar, A. 2011. Student satisfaction in ODL (Submitted to Africa Education Review)
  • Minnaar, A. 2012. Framework for planning ODL (Submitted to Progressio – Searchlight 2010)
  • Minnaar, A.  2012. Cheating (for submission to Progressio - Searchlight 2011)

Books and book chapters

  • Minnaar, A. 2001 Chapter 3, Foundations of planning in Africa- Introduction to Health Services Management. Edited by SW Booyens 2001 Juta: Cape Town: pp. 64-87, (Koch, S & Minnaar, A.);
  • Minnaar, A. 2001. Chapter 9, The scientific approach to nursing in Africa- Introduction to Health Services Management. Edited by SW Booyens 2001 Juta: Cape Town:  pp. 206-228 (Minnaar, A & Potgieter, S.)
  • Minnaar, A. 2001. Chapter 14, The control of quality in Africa- Introduction to Health Services Management. Edited by SW Booyens 2001 Juta: Cape Town:  pp. 304-340 (Booyens SW & Minnaar, A.).
  • Minnaar, A. 2003. Chapter 13 Strategic planning and change management in Health services in Leadership in health Services Management. Edited by K Jooste 2003 Juta: Cape Town
  • Minnaar, A. 2003. Chapter 15 Leadership in the District health Services in Leadership in health Services Management. Edited by K Jooste 2003 Juta: Cape Town
  • Minnaar, A & Bodkin, C. 2006. The Pocket Guide for HIV&AIDS Nursing Care. Cape Town: JUTA.
  • Minnaar, A. 2008. Infection control made Easy - A hospital guide for Health Professionals.
  • Minnaar, A. & Koch, S. 2008, Introduction to Health Services Management 3rd edition. Chapter: Foundations of planning in Nursing Management. Cape Town: JUTA .
  • Minnaar, A. 2008. Introduction to Health Services Management 3rd edition. Chapter: Supervision in health Services. Cape Town: JUTA .
  • Minnaar, A. 2008. Introduction to Health Services Management 3rd edition. Chapter: Quality improvement. Cape Town: JUTA .
  • Minnaar, A.  2010. Strategy and change in Principles and practice of nursing and health care, ed. K Jooste Pretoria: Van Schaik.
  • Minnaar, A. 2010. The management process: An overview, in The principles and practice of nursing and health care, ed. K Jooste Pretoria: Van Schaik.
  • Minnaar, A., Nkosi, Z.Z., Jooste, K. 2010. Staff development, in The principles and practice of nursing and health care, ed. K Jooste Pretoria: Van Schaik.
  • Minnaar, A.  2010. Data gathering and analysis, in The principles and practice of nursing and health care, ed. K Jooste Pretoria: Van Schaik.
  • Minnaar, A. 2011. Metacognition in distance education – the Nelson-Narens framework. Trends in Distance Education. 2nd Edition.

5. Contact details

minnaa@unisa.ac.za
Tel +27 12 429 6354

Please contact me if you are interested in collaborative research on:    

  • Cheating in ODL 
  • Support in online learning
  • Mobile learning and student support
  • Student satisfaction in ODL
  • Innovative assessment in ODL