Dr Odette Swart

College of Accounting Sciences
School of Applied Accountancy
Department: Financial Intelligence
Research Coordinator
Tel:	012 429 4382
E-mail:	swarto@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

Chartered Accountant (South Africa)
PhD in Accounting Sciences

Currently teaching

M&D coordinator and supervisor of M&D students

Fields of academic interests

Accounting education
Alternative assessments
Fourth Industrial Revolution
International taxation

Field of Specialisation

Accounting education
Alternative assessments
Fourth Industrial Revolution

Books

PhD Thesis

Swart, O. (2020). Developing an alternative assessment framework for undergraduate accountancy modules in open distance learning (ODL). University of South Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26316

Journal articles

Swart, O, and Shuttleworth, CC. 2021. The new face of alternative assessment in accounting sciences - technology as an anthropomorphic stakeholder. South African Journal of Higher Education, Vol 35 Issue 3, pp. 200-219. https://doi.org/10.20853/35-3-3900.
Goldswain, G. K. and Swart, O. (2015). The Port Elizabeth Electric Tramway case: Is the meaning ascribed to the phrase “in the production of the income” by Watermeyer AJP in the Port Elizabeth Electric Tramway case still religiously followed today?, Southern African Business Review, Vol 19, pp. 71-96. https://doi.org.10.25159/1998-8125/5791.
Swart, O and Becker AI. (2014). Matric results – a predictor of undergraduate and postgraduate success, Progressio, Vol 36 Issue 1. https://doi.org.10.10520/EJC158118
Ungerer, M., Becker, A., Nieuwoudt, M., Swart, O., & Wilcocks, J. (2013). The importance of the changing demographic profile on the success of post graduate accounting students. South African Journal of Higher Education, Vol 27 Issue 6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.20853/27-6-308

Paper presentations

Full paper(s) presented and published in peer reviewed Conference Proceedings:

Swart O. (2016). Take-home and Online Timed Assessments at an ODL Institution. In Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 228, pp. 66-71. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.07.010. ISSN 1877-0428
Swart O. (2015). Alternative Assessments: The Journey from Venue-Based Examinations to Take-Home and Online Timed Assessments. In: Brown T., van der Merwe H (eds). The Mobile Learning Voyage - From Small Ripples to Massive Open Waters. mLearn 2015. Communications in Computer and Information Science, Volume 560. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25684-9_28. Online ISBN 978-3-319-25684-9, Print ISBN 978-3-319-25683-2

Papers/posters presented at conferences (abstract only):

Swart, O. (2018). Development of a non-venue based alternative assessment framework in accounting sciences in open distance learning, Global Education, Teaching & Learning (GETL) 2018 Conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia from 26–29 September 2018.
Swart, O. (2017). The use of alternative assessments to assess modules at an ODL university presented at the 12th International Conference on e-Learning (ICEL) in Orlando, Florida, USA from 1–2 June 2017.
Swart, O. (2011). The demographic profile of a successful first attempt CTA student in an ODL environment, 2011 Biennial Conference of the South African Accounting Association (SAAA) International congress (in collaboration with the International Association for Accounting Education and Research (IAAER).

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

Chartered Accountant (South Africa)

Best poster: The use of alternative assessments to assess modules at an ODL university presented at the 12th International Conference on e-Learning (ICEL) in Orlando, Florida, USA from 1–2 June 2017.