Academic Profiles

Ms HJ van Niekerk

College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences
School of Environmental Sciences
Department: Environmental Sciences
Lecturer
Tel: 011 471 2325
E-mail: vniekhj@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • PGD (Environmental Sciences) (University of the Witwatersrand, 2012)
  • MDE (Distance Education) (UMUC, 2015)

Fields of academic interests

  • Environmental Geology/Science
  • Open Distance e-Learning
  • Geoconservation

Field of Specialisation

  • Environmental Geology
  • Environmental Science
  • Open Distance e-Learning
  • Remote Sensing
  • Geoconservation

Books

  • Pretorius, R.W., Coetzee, R., de Jager, A.E., van Niekerk, H.J., Vlok, A.C., Hendrick R.M, & Potgieter, C.E. (2013). From correspondence to online provisioning in open and distance learning: Greening implications versus practical and organisational imperatives. In: Leal Filho, W., Muthu, N., Edwin, G., Sima, M. (Eds.) 2015. Implementing Campus Greening Initiatives: Approaches, Methods and Perspectives. Series: World Sustainability Series

Journal articles

  •  Van Niekerk, H. J. and Viljoen, M. J. (2005) Causes and consequences of the Merriespruit tailings dam failure. LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT. 16 (2), 201 - 212
  •  Van Niekerk, H J and van der Walt, I. J. (2006) Dewatering of the Far West Rand Dolomitic area by gold mining activities and subsequent ground instability. LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT. 7 (4), 441 - 452
  •  Van Niekerk, H. J. en Sandham, L. A. (2007) Visuele interpretasie van ASTER-satellietdata, Deel I: Geologiese kartering in die Wieg van die Mensdom-wêrelderfenisgebied. DIE SUID-AFRIKAANSE TYDSKRIF VIR NATUURWETENSKAP EN TEGNOLOGIE. 26 (3), 177 - 195
  •  Van Niekerk, H. J. en Sandham, L. A. (2007) Visuele interpretasie van ASTER-satellietdata, Deel II: Opsporing van grondgebruiksverandering in Mpumalanga, Suid-Afrika. DIE SUID-AFRIKAANSE TYDSKRIF VIR NATUURWETENSKAP EN TEGNOLOGIE. 26 (4), 247 - 264
  •  Olivier, J. van Niekerk, H. J. and van der Walt, I. J. (2008) Physical and chemical characteristics of thermal springs in the southern part of Limpopo Province, South Africa. WATER SA. 34 (2), 163-174
  •  Adriaanse, L. A. & van Niekerk, H. J. (2013). Mendeley for Open Distance Learning (ODL) research projects in Environmental Sciences: a social network experiment. 15th annual Conference on World Wide Web Applications at CPUT, Cape Town

Projects

  • Project  1: Online tuition and student support
  • Project  2: Unisa Centre for Lifelong Learning (UCL)
  • Project  3: SLPs (Environmental Science) for UCL